Considerations for the Certification of Blasters

Details

• Personal Author:
  Coulson JR ; Southall LT II
• Description:
  The objective of this report was to determine the existing federal and state requirements for blasters working on the surface or underground in metal, nonmetal, and coal mine operations; determine industry needs for blasting personnel and recommend licensing requirements for blasters; determine the types of training now available and compare the training needs with the training available; and consolidate the above and make recommendations. The federal government and each state were surveyed for existing certification requirements and the industry was surveyed for the needs for training blasters and for available training. Recommendations for training and certification for blasters are made. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Delaware ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-79
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002090
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-214116
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/81-214116; :1-79
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Performing Organization:
  E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/81-214116
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:828f144ea1537f762efe3dbb2fd760502fa453de3dfe5f6a89f96c49ee13d0e81bb658a8ca6113d2f12283e743c439438f7dcad1d9acd9ab72839492b339026e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234527/cdc_234527_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB ]