Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 805 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET › Chapter 7 - Miner Training, Education and Certification › Section 805 KAR 7:010 - Definitions for 805 KAR Chapter 7

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 351.102, 351.103, 351.105
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.102, 351.103, and
				351.106 require a person to be trained before his certification for employment
				in coal mines. KRS 351.070(3) requires the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing
				to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of
				KRS Chapter 351. This administrative regulation establishes the definitions for
				805 KAR Chapter 7.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Belt conveyor" means a belt
			 located underground outby the loading point which moves on rollers used to
			 carry coal and any structures, motors, or accessories used to support, protect,
			 or increase its efficiency.
(2)
			 "Certified Belt Examiner" means a person certified by the Office of Mine Safety
			 and Licensing who is trained to follow examination and reporting procedures in
			 examining the belt conveyor and surrounding conditions.
(3) "Certified person" means a person
			 certified by the commissioner to perform particular work duties in and around a
			 coal mine.
(4) "Experienced surface
			 miner" means a person who has worked a minimum of forty-five (45) working days
			 at a surface mine or on the surface area of an underground mine and has
			 complied with all statutory and regulatory training requirements.
(5) "Experienced underground miner" means a
			 person who has worked a minimum of forty-five (45) working days in an
			 underground coal mine and has complied with all statutory and regulatory
			 training requirements.
(6) "Hazard
			 training" means instruction in awareness and avoidance of accident or injury
			 from conditions inherent to mining provided by the licensee to visitors exposed
			 to mine hazards.
(7) "Inexperienced
			 surface miner" means a trainee miner who has not worked a minimum of forty-five
			 (45) working days at a surface mine or on the surface area of an underground
			 coal mine.
(8) "Inexperienced
			 underground miner" means a trainee miner who has not worked a minimum of
			 forty-five (45) working days in an underground coal mine.
(9) "Mine-specific training" means the
			 instruction of mining relative to the distinct factors of a particular
			 mine.
(10) "Newly employed miner"
			 means a miner, experienced or inexperienced, employed by a licensee to work at
			 a coal mine, who has not completed mine specific training
			 requirements.
(11) "New work
			 assignment" means a work duty in which a miner has not completed task training
			 or demonstrated proficiency.
(12)
			 "Normal work shift" means the period of time during which the miner is
			 scheduled to work on a regular basis.
(13) "Surface coal miner" means a person at a
			 surface mine or on the surface area of an underground mine who is engaged in an
			 activity of mining or processing coal.
(14) "Task training" means training of miners
			 for new work assignments.
(15)
			 "Trainee miner" means a miner who has not worked a minimum of forty-five (45)
			 working days at a coal mine.
(16)
			 "Underground coal miner" means:
(a) A person
			 working in an underground mine who is engaged in the extraction and production
			 process including maintenance or service; or
(b) A person employed or contracted by the
			 licensee who is regularly exposed to mining hazards.