Mine Safety & Health
Training
The Montana Safety and Health Bureau provides scheduled mine safety training only.
To register for classes, you must click on the class that you wish to attend, and to complete the registration process you must notify the instructor listed (contact information is included with the class registration form).
Note: The instructor will review your 5000-23 at the beginning of class. You must provide a previous 5000-23 for a completed (8 hours) Surface Annual Refresher Class or your completed (24 Hours) Surface New Miner 5000-23.
If you are an experienced miner and your 5000-23 is older than 5 years, you will have to retake the New Miner Training. If you are an inexperienced miner and your 5000-23 is older than 3 years, you will have to take the New Miner Training.
If you have an Online New Miner Training certificate, please contact the Denver District MSHA office at (303) 231-5466 prior to class. The District Office will need to verify that your New Miner training is acceptable. Please bring the written verification for the online training from MSHA to the refresher class.
Training Materials
You can download the materials for the mine training classes by scanning this QR Code or by selecting this link.
The Mine Section will provide the following scheduled training by certified MSHA instructors:
- Annual refresher and new miner training for surface, underground, metal-nonmetal, and coal operations
- First aid training for miners, as required by the MSHA training plan will be performed at SafetyFests held throughout the state.
The Montana Safety and Health Bureau's Mine Section is no longer offering the Surface or Underground Foreman Exam. Those interested in obtaining this designation must contact (303) 231-5465.
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All Upcoming MSHA Trainings and Courses
June 17-19, 2024: Ennis Surface New Miner
July 9, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
July 17, 2024: Helena Surface Annual Refresher
August 6, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
August 13, 2024: Great Falls Surface Annual Refresher
August 20, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
September 10, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
September 10-12, 2024: Missoula Surface New Miner
September 24, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
October 8, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
November 12, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
November 19-21: Kalispell Surface New Miner
December 17, 2024: Billings Surface & Underground Annual Refresher
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Part 46 Training
Part 46 training will be provided by the Mine Section in conjunction with our Part 48 training plan. We have worked cooperatively with MSHA to develop the following crosswalk to teach Part 46 & 48 classes together.
An operator will be responsible for assuring their Part 46 Training Plan mirrors the State of Montana MSHA Part 48 training plan (subjects and times). the operator is also responsible to update their plan to reflect our Staff as a competent person for either annual refresher and/or new miner training.
We will provide 20 of the 24 hours of New Miner training and 7.5 or the 8 hours of Annual Refresher Training at our centralized training locations. The operator's competent person will be required to complete the remaining hours and mandatory mine site subjects. Once completed, the person dedicated by the mine operator that is in charge of safety & health will sign the certificates as completed.
Part 46 was designed to be done by the operator. For assistance implementing your own Part 46 training see the list of resources below, and here is the Crosswalk of Part 46 through Part 48 Training,
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Inspections
The Montana Safety and Health Bureau Mine Section, under Montana Public Law 50-73-101 MCA (The Montana Coal Mine Safety Act), is responsible for workplace safety and health compliance in coal mines and sand and gravel operations.
How we can help:
- Assist mine operators in mine safety training plan development
- Partner with contractors to ensure Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Compliance
- Work with multiple county, state and federal agencies to assist in accident investigations and safety
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MT Coal Tonnage Report
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Contact Information