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351.1291 Course of instruction for surface coal miners.
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All inexperienced surface coal miners shall complete a twenty-four (24) hour
course of instruction composed of sixteen (16) hours of classroom training and
eight (8) hours of mine specifics that is devised or approved by the department
in subjects including but not limited to: accident prevention, cutting and
welding, equipment operation, fire protection, first-aid methods, ground control
and transportation, handling and use of explosives, mine communications,
mine electrical safety standards, mining law, including the statutory rights of
miners, safety around bins and hoppers, alcohol and substance abuse
education and training, and any other subjects deemed appropriate by the
department. For purposes of this section, "inexperienced coal miners" means
all persons who have not previously worked at least forty-five (45) days at a
surface coal mine in this Commonwealth.
All surface coal miners shall complete an eight (8) hour course of annual
retraining devised or approved by the department in the subjects identified in
subsection (1) of this section, thirty (30) minutes of which shall be dedicated to
alcohol and substance abuse education.
One (1) hour of initial substance abuse training and education shall be
provided as part of the certified miner's first annual retraining conducted in a
classroom that occurs after August 1, 2006. This requirement does not apply to
a certified person who received the one (1) hour initial substance abuse
training and education as part of his or her forty (40) hour or twenty-four (24)
hour new miner training.
In addition to the thirty (30) minutes of annual alcohol and substance abuse
education required for certified miners, supervisory personnel shall be required
to undergo an additional thirty (30) minutes of alcohol and substance abuse
awareness training annually.
Each applicant for a certified surface miner, in addition to meeting the
educational requirements of this chapter, shall pass a drug and alcohol test in
accordance with KRS 351.182 and 351.183.
The commissioner shall certify all surface coal miners who complete the
courses of instruction and show proof of drug- and alcohol-free condition of
certification required in this section.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 17, effective July 12, 2006. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky.
Acts ch. 481, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 161,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.
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