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Last Modified: 7/3/2008
Training, Education and Certification
Frank Reed, Director
The Mine Safety Analysis Division and the Training, Education and Certification Division were combined in 2004 to create the Safety Analysis, Training and Certification Division.
Each of the six district offices throughout the Commonwealth are staffed with underground and surface mine safety analysts.
The Mine Safety Analysis Division is the only division of its kind in the nation.
The primary responsibility of the safety analysts is to prevent mine accidents and fatalities by observing and evaluating the work habits of miners while at the same time providing on‑the‑job counseling to the individual miner and assisting in correcting any unsafe or potentially hazardous actions.
Studies have demonstrated that by performing on-the-job safety analysis to miners brings about a significant reduction in underground and surface accidents and fatalities.
Another role of the division is that of training and certification, which conducts professional-level miner training and develops programs from prepared course outlines and scripts. Certification is provided to those miners who meet the criteria.
The following mining courses are provided in each of the six district offices (click here for contact information):
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24-Hour Inexperienced Surface Miner
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40-Hour Inexperienced Underground Miner
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Underground and Surface Foreman
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Initial MET (Mine Emergency Technician)
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Annual Retraining for Surface and Underground Miner
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CPR
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Electrical
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Shot Firer/Conventional and Solid Blasting
Qualified instructors teach these classes on a daily basis in each of the six district offices.
By conducting on-the-job safety analysis and performing quality miner training, the division feels that miners will work safer and become more productive. The division will continue its relentless efforts in protecting the coal industries number one resource, the miner.
The 2006 General Assembly passed House Bill 572 requiring that after July 12, 2006, anyone seeking an initial certification offered by the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing will be required to pass both an 11-panel drug test and a breath alcohol test to obtain certification. In addition, there are additional training requirements for new miners and for retraining of miners and supervisory personnel. Click here to view the letter from Frank Reed detailing the new requirements.
To access the staff directory, click here.
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Division of Safety Analysis Training and Certification
1025 Capital Center Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-573-0140
Fax: 502-573-0152
E-mail: Kristie.Shelley@ky.gov
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