VOLUME V - COAL MINES. 75.1404 Automatic Brakes; Speed Reduction Gear. This provision is not intended to require automatic brakes or speed reduction gears on locomotives used by mechanics and others solely to haul repair parts or supplies, or their transportation, provided that no more than one haulage car is used with such locomotives.
VOLUME V - COAL MINES. 75.1719-2 Lighting Fixtures; Requirements. The required illumination may be provided by light fixtures which are mounted on board mining equipment and receive power from the equipment, by stationary light fixtures which are mounted on the roof or along the rib and receive power through trailing cables, or by a …
Respirable coal mine dust. The percentage of respirable dust samples exceeding the PEL, by year, is shown in Table 1. There were 288 705 respirable dust samples collected during 1982–2017 included in this analysis; 6479 samples (2.2%) were less than the MQC and were imputed, and 4520 (1.6%) of the respirable dust samples exceeded the MSHA PEL.
On Thursday, March 2, 2000, at approximately 10:30 a.m., a fatal fall of person accident occurred in the B-side of the coal preparation plant at the raw coal classifying cyclone sump of the Beth Station No. 79 Preparation Plant, Hobet Mining, Inc., ID No. 46-05398. The accident resulted in fatal injuries to Billy Joe Gill, an electrical ...
Each operator shall provide the opportunity to have the examinations specified in § 72.100 (a) at least every 5 years to all miners employed at a coal mine. The examinations shall be available during a 6-month period that begins no less than 3.5 years and not more than 4.5 years from the end of the last 6-month period.
The Cumberland Mine, operated by Cyprus Cumberland Resources Corporation, a division of Cyprus Amax Coal Company, is located along State Route 2001 near Kirby, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The mine is opened by 3 shafts and 2 slopes into the Pittsburgh coal seam, which averages 84 inches in thickness. Employment is provided for 355 workers ...
Gibson County Coal, LLC - Gibson Mine. Fatality #34 - August 13, 2007. (Chargeback) Slip or Fall of Person - Surface at Underground - Alabama. Chevron Mining, Inc. - North River #1 Underground Mine. Fatality #15 - #17 - August 16, 2007. Fall of Face or Rib - Underground - Utah. Genwal Resources Inc. - Crandall Canyon Mine.