30 U.S.C. § 952 — Training and education

(a) Programs for operators, agents, and miners. The Secretary must expand education and training programs for mine operators, their agents, and miners about (1) recognizing, avoiding, and preventing accidents and unsafe or unhealthy conditions in coal and other mines; and (2) using flame-safety lamps, permitted methane detectors, and other methods the Secretary approves to accurately detect methane and other explosive gases. (b) Technical assistance to operators. To the greatest extent possible, the Secretary must give operators technical help in meeting this chapter’s requirements and further improving health and safety conditions and practices in coal and other mines. (c) National Mine Health and Safety Academy. (1) The National Mine Health and Safety Academy must remain an agency of the Department of Labor. It is responsible for training mine safety and health inspectors under section 954 of this title, technical-support personnel of the Mine Safety and Health Administration established under section 557a of title 29, and any other training programs for mine inspectors, mining personnel, or other people the Secretary of Labor designates. For this work, the Academy may enter cooperative education and training agreements with educational institutions, States, labor organizations, mine operators, and related industries. The Academy must conduct the training according to the curriculum needs and instructional-personnel assignments set by the user. (2) This paragraph was repealed by Public Law 96–38, title I, section 100, July 25, 1979, 93 Stat. 111. (3) The Secretary of the Interior must coordinate the safety research duties under section 951 of this title with the Secretary of Labor. The Secretaries of Labor and the Interior may enter contracts or other agreements to perform safety-related research.