---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 48.31"
title: "30"
number: "48.31"
heading: "Hazard training."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/48.31"
---

# §48.31. Hazard training.

- (a) Operators shall provide to those miners, as defined in [§ 48.22(a)](/cfr/30/48.22.md?p=a) (2) (Definition of miner) of this subpart B, a training program before such miners commence their work duties. This training program shall include the following instruction, which is applicable to the duties of such miners:
  - (1) Hazard recognition and avoidance;
  - (2) Emergency and evacuation procedures;
  - (3) Health and safety standards, safety rules and safe working procedures;
  - (4) Self-rescue and respiratory devices; and,
  - (5) Such other instruction as may be required by the District Manager based on circumstances and conditions at the mine.
- (b) Miners shall receive the instruction required by this section at least once every 12 months.
- (c) The training program required by this section shall be submitted with the training plan required by [§ 48.23(a)](/cfr/30/48.23.md?p=a) (Training plans: Submission and approval) of this subpart B and shall include a statement on the methods of instruction to be used.
- (d) In accordance with [§ 48.29](/cfr/30/48.29.md) (Records of training) of this subpart B, the operator shall maintain and make available for inspection, certificates that miners have received the instruction required by this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 47459, Oct. 13, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 23641, May 28, 1982]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 825.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 47459, Oct. 13, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 47459, Oct. 13, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 23641, May 28, 1982]