Miner Training Program:

Supported by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant

For upcoming training opportunities and resources available in English and Spanish please select an option below:

Enhancing Respiratory Protection in Mining

Training Features:

OBJECTIVE: To train mine operators, safety managers, and miners on respiratory protection to ensure compliance with the latest MSHA standards and reduce exposures to respirable crystalline silica and other airborne hazards.

AUDIENCE: Mine operators, safety trainers and managers, and miners.

COST: Free! DURATION: 2-3 Hours

LANGUAGE: English (Spanish sessions available upon request)

COST: Free!

DURATION: 2-3 Hours

LANGUAGE: English (Spanish sessions available upon request)

2025 TRAINING LOCATIONS & DATES

Monthly May–September, 2025

• Reno (DRI Campus):
8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. on 5/27/25, 6/24/25, 7/29/25, 8/26/25 & 9/30/25

• Las Vegas (Best in the West Safety, Inc.):
1 – 3:30 p.m. on 5/22/25 & 7/29/25
8 – 10:30 a.m. on 6/26/25 & 8/19/25
1:30 – 4 p.m. on 9/2/25
Optional fit testing available for a fee at Best in the West Safety.

• Winnemucca (Sonoma Health & Safety Center):
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. on 5/29/25, 6/26/25, 7/31/25, 8/28/25 & 9/25/25
Optional fit testing available for a fee at Sonoma Health & Safety Center.

• Online participation also available

• On site training possible upon request

Register Now!

Key Topics:

FOR MINERS:

1. Training Overview: English and Español

2. Respirator Basics: English and Español

3. Respirator Types and Selection: English and Español

4. Medical Evaluation and Fit Testing: English and Español

5. Respirator Inspection, Use, and Maintenance:
English and Español

6. Responsibilities and Regulations: English and Español

7. Quiz and Evaluation: English and Español

FOR MINE OPERATORS AND SAFETY MANAGERS:

8. Respiratory Protection Program: English and Español

9. Free Template for Written Respiratory Program

CONTACT:

Dr. Xiaoliang Wang, Research Professor

775-674-7177
Xiaoliang.Wang@www-dev.dri.edu

Miner Dust/Silica Training Program:

REDUCING RESPIRABLE DUST AND CRYSTALLINE SILICA EXPOSURE FOR NEVADA MINERS

Training Features:

OBJECTIVE: To reduce respirable dust and crystalline silica exposure for Nevada metal and nonmetal miners

AUDIENCE: Miners, mining operators, and safety trainers

All are welcome; smaller mines and underrepresented miners are encouraged to attend

En Español

COST: Free! DURATION: 2-3 Hours LANGUAGE: English & Spanish

COST: Free!

DURATION: 2-3 Hours

LANGUAGE: English & Spanish

2024 TRAINING LOCATIONS & DATES

• Reno (DRI): 04/25/24, 05/30/24, 07/25/24, and 09/25/24
• Las Vegas (DRI): 06/20/24
• Winnemucca (Great Basin College): 08/22/24
• Online participation also available

Key Topics:

1. Training Overview: English and Spanish

2. Health effects of respirable dust and crystalline silica exposure: English and Spanish

3. Exposure limits and statistics: English and Spanish

4. A digest of proposed MSHA silica rule: English and Spanish

5. Sampling and measurement: English and Spanish

6. Best practices to reduce dust exposures: English and Spanish

7. Acknowledgements, Survey, and References: English and Spanish

CONTACT:

Dr. Xiaoliang Wang, Research Professor

775-674-7177
Xiaoliang.Wang@www-dev.dri.edu