In annual refresher we still say it out loud before we run emergency drills: Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006. Any crews still teach the full name during new-hire training, or is that just an old dog habit now?
We still say the full name on day one and print it on the ERP binder, then it’s just “MINER Act” during drills; quick quiz is naming two provisions (tracking/comms) so it sticks like a hardhat decal. We don’t make them memorize the year, but we keep this handy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINER_Act.
I tie the long name to the 15‑minute notification rule: during “annual refresher” we say it once, then start a 15‑minute timer while running the first drill so the clock feels real. Might be an old‑dog trick from 2006, but the new folks remember it better that way.
@mark9202 I like the timer angle; we pair it with a quick “point-and-name” — new hires must locate the nearest tracking node and refuge cache, say the full title once, then start a smoke walk so the words match real spots. I don’t push the name after day one; a small hardhat sticker with the long title and a QR to the MSHA summary has cut down on the “what’s it called” pause.