Criteria to Certify Coal Mine Rescue Teams

The revisions update existing Instruction Guide IG7 Advanced Mine Rescue Training – Coal Mines, currently in use as a part of certifying coal mine rescue team qualifications. New Instruction Guide IG7a Advanced Skills Training (AST) – Activities for Coal Mine Rescue Teams, includes activities and exercises moved from existing Instruction Guide IG7 and additional exercises to provide more hands-on skills training to improve team performance when responding to a mine emergency.
The revised instruction guides are posted on www.regulations.gov and on the agency’s website at www.msha.gov/MineRescue/Training/TeamTraining.asp. Use docket number MSHA-2013-0037 to find the guides posted on www.regulations.gov.