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Larry Witt is the foreman for the contractor. Greg Crouch and Erin Leftwich were responsible for the blasting for the contractor. The Bowie No.2 site has a valid State of Colorado Explosives Permit. Those responsible for blasting must also obtain a state shotfirer or blasters or mine foreman certification before they blast. Mr. Crouch has Federal OSM blasters certification from another state. He needed to take at least the state of Colorado shotfirers exam and passed it before blasting on a site in Colorado. Mr. Leftwich has taken the state shotfirer certification exam and passed it. Under Federal MSHA law, CFR 30, Part 48, all new employees and contractors that aze consistently exposed to hazazds on the site must have received 24 hours of training. Experienced miners must have received refresher training. It was verified that all required training had been completed for all contractor employees. A copy of the contractor's training plan showed that it was approved by MSHA on May 7, ]997. It was recommended to Mr. Beaz and Mr. Witt that on-site hazard training should be automatically provided for anyone entering the site. Both men agreed to provide this training to state inspectors at their next visit to the site. MSHA had made an inspection of the site about 3 weeks prior to this inspection and issued one citation for not having a fire extinguisher on a piece of equipment. No other citations were issued. At this time, there have been no reportable accidents on the Bowie No.2 site. We recommended that the contractor conduct at least weekly tool box safety meetings to address safety concerns as they arise. (3) The Coal Program inspector observed materials been pushed off the edge of an upper road while they were travelling with Mr. Beaz below on a lower switchback of the same road. At the time this happened, the upper and lower swithchbacks had just been pioneered and were very narrow and bouldery. It was recommended that the contractor station a flagman on the road below or with the dozer operation above, to stop the dozer while vehicles are travelling below. The dozer operator should stop and put their blade down. Radio and eye contact should also be established as signals for the dozer operator to stop the machine. A subsequent visit to the site on August 13 showed that all loose materials on the slopes azound the road had been removed or compacted into the slopes. (4) The Coal Program inspector, while travelling with Mr. Beaz in an operator vehicle, remembered having to back down the road to a wide spot to allow a lazge wck to pass. The only communication between the operator vehile and the contractor's haul truck was eye to eye. The contractor's vehicles and heary equipment were all equipped with radios. Mr. Bear had forgotten his radio. The operator vehicle has since been equipped with a radio. The road has since been widened to provide for two-way traffic. It has been reinforced to the dozer operators working in the roadway that they must stop and drop the blade to let traffic know that it is safe to pass. It was recommended that vehicles should never be pazked on the blind side of heavy equipment. (5) The explosives magazines were permitted by Colorado Mine Safety and Training Program. The Bowie No.2 site is allowed to use two temporary magazines on site as long as not more that 100 lbs. of explosives is stored in each of them at any one time. This restriction was imposed using the American Table of Distances due to the proximity of the temporary magazines to old