{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-351.1291","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 351.1291","heading":"Course of instruction for surface coal miners.","body":"(1) All inexperienced surface coal miners shall complete a twenty-four (24) hour course\nof instruction composed of sixteen (16) hours of classroom training and eight (8)\nhours of mine specifics that is devised or approved by the department in subjects\nincluding but not limited to: accident prevention, cutting and welding, equipment\noperation, fire protection, first -aid methods, ground control and transportation,\nhandling and use of explosives, mine communications, mine electrical safety\nstandards, mining law, i ncluding the statutory rights of miners, safety around bins\nand hoppers, alcohol and substance abuse education and training, and any other\nsubjects deemed appropriate by the department. For purposes of this section,\n\"inexperienced coal miners\" means all pe rsons who have not previously worked at\nleast forty-five (45) days at a surface coal mine in this Commonwealth.\n(2) All surface coal miners shall complete an eight (8) hour course of annual retraining\ndevised or approved by the department in the subjects identified in subsection (1) of\nthis section, thirty (30) minutes of which shall be dedicated to alcohol and substance\nabuse education.\n(3) One (1) hour of initial substance abuse training and education shall be provided as\npart of the certified miner's fir st annual retraining conducted in a classroom that\noccurs after August 1, 2006. This requirement does not apply to a certified person\nwho received the one (1) hour initial substance abuse training and education as part\nof his or her forty (40) hour or twenty-four (24) hour new miner training.\n(4) In addition to the thirty (30) minutes of annual alcohol and substance abuse\neducation required for certified miners, supervisory personnel shall be required to\nundergo an additional thirty (30) minutes of alcohol and substance abuse awareness\ntraining annually.\n(5) Each applicant for a certified surface miner, in addition to meeting the educational\nrequirements of this chapter, shall pass a drug and alcohol test in accordance with\nKRS 351.182 and 351.183.\n(6) The commissioner shall certify all surface coal miners who complete the courses of\ninstruction and show proof of drug - and alcohol -free condition of certification\nrequired in this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 351"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32921","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:37Z","sha256":"29787bf692f837b87dcde730dca13523903a35ed2057958e9cdbfa203ffc0f28","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-351.129","next":"us-ky/krs-351.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}