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

2. Respirator Basics

3. Respirator Types and Selection

4. Medical Evaluation and Fit Testing

5. Respirator Inspection, Use, and Maintenance

6. Responsibilities and Regulations

7. Quiz and Evaluation

FOR MINE OPERATORS AND SAFETY MANAGERS:

8. Respiratory Protection Program

9. Free Template for Written Respiratory Program

CONTACT:

Dr. Xiaoliang Wang, Research Professor

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