Underground Mining Confined Spaces

MSHA Underground Mining Confined Spaces

TRAINING MODE: e-Learning

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This course is designed to help you achieve a general awareness of the health and safety hazards that exist in confined spaces at underground mine sites. The course highlights various hazards found in confined spaces at underground mine sites and provides best practices for accident prevention during operations in such spaces.

Governing regulations

To help American mines operate safely, congress enacted the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (“MINER Act”). The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), part of the US Department of Labor, was established in 1978 to regulate the mining industry and enforce these acts.

Every person at a mine site has a responsibility to ensure that health and safety standards are observed at all times. The employer is responsible for providing information, instruction, and supervision to all workers. The supervisor is responsible for ensuring that all workers are properly trained and are compliant with MSHA and OSHA regulations. And workers are responsible for observing all MSHA and OSHA standards and practicing safe work habits.

To be MSHA compliant your company must have a training plan that is approved by MSHA and administered by a competent person. Your company can use this or any of our courses as part of that plan.

If you are unsure how to write a training plan we can help with our Part 48 Underground Mining Training Plan course, the only one like it in the mining industry.

Course Overview

This course reviews the hazards of working in confined spaces at underground mine sites. It also outlines safety requirements for assessing, avoiding, and managing those hazards in compliance with regulations set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

Topics Covered

• About This Course
• Course Objectives
• Introduction to the MSHA Underground Mining Confined Spaces Training Course
  • Regulatory Agencies
  • Record Keeping
  • Accident Statistics
  • Applicability
  • Key Terms and Definitions
• Overview of Confined Spaces
  • Types of Confined Spaces: Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS)
  • Types of Confined Spaces: Non-Permit-Required Confined Space
  • Entry Requirements and Responsibilities: Employer
  • Entry Requirements and Responsibilities: Entry Supervisor
  • Entry Requirements and Responsibilities: Entrant
  • Entry Requirements and Responsibilities: Attendant
  • Entry Requirements and Responsibilities: Independent Contractor
  • Confined Space Program Requirements
  • Confined Space Permit
  • Elements of a Confined Space Permit
  • Pre-Entry Preparation

• Atmospheric Hazards
  • Classification of Atmospheric Hazards
  • Oxygen-Deficient Atmospheres
  • Flammable Atmospheres
  • Toxic Atmospheres
  • Asbestos
  • Radiation
  • Atmospheric Testing and Monitoring
• Physical Hazards
  • Engulfment
  • Equipment Hazards
  • Electrical Hazards
  • Temperature Extremes
  • Noise
  • Vibration
  • Wet Surfaces
  • Psychological Hazards
• Confined Space Hazard Control
  • Engineering Controls
  • Administrative Controls
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Controls
  • Emergency Response Plan
  • Fire Safety
  • Respiratory Equipment
  • Isolating Hazardous Energy
  • Purging
  • Ventilation
  • Roof Support
• Summary
• Additional Resources
• Exam

Who Must Take this Course?

The course is designed for operators, supervisors, safety personnel, and all other individuals who work at underground mines.

Course Format

Our MSHA Underground Mining Confined Spaces training course consists of content, graphics, audio, self-check questions, and a final exam.
Upon successful completion each student will receive Hard copy of completion certificate and can print a wallet card

Continuing education credits?

Each student will receive 0.2 CEUs (or 2 CMEs) for completing this course.