MSHA
Site-specific hazard awareness
Explain the hazards a visitor or miner may encounter at the particular site.
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Make it location-specific
Hazard awareness should cover conditions at the mine being visited, such as traffic flow, restricted areas, stockpiles and emergency contacts. A generic company orientation misses local changes in pit layout or equipment movement.
Know who needs a record
Part 46 distinguishes miners from certain visitors for recordkeeping. Even where an individual training record is not required for a non-miner visitor, the operator must be able to show evidence that hazard awareness was provided.
In practice
A vendor entering two sites on the same day needs each site's traffic route and restricted-area briefing.