BigWrench55
Senior Member
I go to mine sites regularly. What I did with my modified tools was put them into a locking brief case and tagged and locked out the brief case. I haven't had the pleasure of dealing with MSHA so I don't know if it will work. Besides all of the mine sites will not let you in if MSHA is there and will ask you to leave when they show up. It's illegal, but they don't want contractors on-site if MSHA is around.
My first experience with working on a mine was in Round Mountain, NV. When I got there it was a week long sites specific training. And the guy that did the training went on vacation the week we got there. So we got paid to get drunk and gamble while waiting for the guy to come back from vacation. After the two weeks we were allowed into the mine for the service truck and contents to be inspected. Only one hitch was the outlet on the welder needed to be a g.f.i. outlet. When I asked why. I was told that if I was grinding in a puddle of water I would be safe. We are in the middle of the desert . The other insane thing was my dad wasn't able to use the crane on his truck. But since he built the truck he could task train me and after 3 days I could task train him. Oh and don't forget to have fall protection on anytime you are 4 foot off the ground. Even if there isn't anything to tie off to.
My first experience with working on a mine was in Round Mountain, NV. When I got there it was a week long sites specific training. And the guy that did the training went on vacation the week we got there. So we got paid to get drunk and gamble while waiting for the guy to come back from vacation. After the two weeks we were allowed into the mine for the service truck and contents to be inspected. Only one hitch was the outlet on the welder needed to be a g.f.i. outlet. When I asked why. I was told that if I was grinding in a puddle of water I would be safe. We are in the middle of the desert . The other insane thing was my dad wasn't able to use the crane on his truck. But since he built the truck he could task train me and after 3 days I could task train him. Oh and don't forget to have fall protection on anytime you are 4 foot off the ground. Even if there isn't anything to tie off to.