[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 30, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 30CFR57.4263]



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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES

 

  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 57_SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS_UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES

--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart C_Fire Prevention and Control

 

Sec.  57.4263  Underground belt conveyors.



    Fire protection shall be provided at the head, tail, drive, and 

take-up pulleys of underground belt conveyors. Provisions shall be made 

for extinguishing fires along the beltline. Fire protection shall be of 

a type, size, and quantity that can extinguish fires of any class in 

their early stages which could occur as a result of the fire hazards 

present.



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                  Firefighting Procedures/Alarms/Drills