
MSHA
MSHA Course

MSHA Part 46 2024 Refresher (8-Hour) course is designed to provide miners with updated safety training and equip the mine’s Competent Person with the tools needed to ensure continuous focus on safety. This course helps meet MSHA's annual refresher training requirement for workers in sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone mines.
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In addition to the comprehensive material covered in this course, the Competent Person must also inform miners about any mine-specific changes that could impact their health and safety.
**Please Note:** This training applies only to MSHA Title 30, Part 46 regulations for specific types of surface mining (sand, gravel, stone, clay, etc.) and does not satisfy Part 48 training requirements. Contact your mine to verify whether Part 46 or Part 48 training is required.
- Updates on COVID-19 symptoms and safety measures
- MSHA’s response to increased fatalities in 2023, including the electrical safety alert, the “Stand Down to Save Lives” initiative, and ongoing impact inspections
- Awareness of the top 10 citations issued by MSHA
- Key lessons from 2023 to prevent future accidents
- MSHA safety alerts covering heat stress, highwall safety, hazardous chemicals, fall prevention, hearing protection, enclosed cabs, and mobile equipment health
- Continued enforcement of MSHA’s Silica Initiative, with increased air sampling in high-risk areas
- Information on MSHA's proposed rule to reduce silica dust exposure
- Reintroduction of MSHA’s Safety and Health App, offering miners access to rights information, fatalgrams, and more
- Legislative agenda updates, including proposed rules for surface mine equipment and silica dust exposure reductions, with possible implementation in late 2023 or early 2024.
ClickSafety’s online MSHA Part 46 2024 Refresher covers critical topics for surface mine safety, including:
- Key health and safety issues MSHA will focus on in 2024
- Review of the mining environment
- Best practices for recognizing, avoiding, and reporting hazards such as electricity, hazardous energies, confined spaces, and conveyors
- Fire warning signals and firefighting procedures
- Safety and health protocols for mining tasks
- Essential safety topics such as first aid, emergency medical procedures, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- The dangers of silica dust and blood-borne pathogens
- Emergency response procedures, including escape and evacuation plans
- MSHA miners' rights and responsibilities
- Supervisor and representative roles under MSHA regulations
- Key safety practices like machine guarding, lockout/tagout (LOTO), and fall prevention.