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Items Posted This Month (November)
POSTED: 11/04/2008
ACRI2001
MSHA has updated the CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION AND TEST OF INTRINSICALLY SAFE APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS. |
POSTED: 11/04/2008
P08-V-8
Program Policy Letter - Requirements of 30 C.F. R. § 75.313 and Two-Way Communication and Electronic Tracking Systems Operation After an Underground Coal Mine Accident
This Program Policy Letter (PPL) applies to underground mine operators, electrical equipment manufacturers, miners' representatives, independent contractors, and Coal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforcement personnel. |
Items Posted the Latter Part of October
POSTED: 10/31/2008
Part 50 Data
The third quarter 2008 Accident, Illness and Injury and Employment Self-Extracting Files
(Part 50 Data) are now available. |
POSTED: 10/31/2008
Fedreg. Doc E8-25981
Information Collection Request
Requirements for the Preparation and Maintenance of Accurate and Up-to-Date Mine Maps (Pertains to
Underground and Surface Coal Mines) |
POSTED: 10/31/2008
Fedreg. Doc E8-25980
Information Collection Request
Safety Requirements for the Use of Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal Mines |
POSTED: 10/30/2008
P08-V-7
Program Policy Letter - Longwall Lighting Cables
This Program Policy Letter (PPL) applies to underground coal mine operators, manufacturers of longwall systems, facilities that rebuild longwall systems, and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforcement and technical support personnel. |
POSTED: 10/30/2008
Circuit Breaker Identification Safety Alert
Every year a fatality or serious injury can be attributed to one or all of the above failures. The most recent involved unplugging the wrong circuit for a pump, resulting in serious flash burns. Victims convince themselves that they have a good excuse right up to the time of the accident. Have you heard these…..? |
POSTED: 10/30/2008
Remote Control Continuous Mining Machines Safety Alert
Remote control continuous mining machine operators continue to lose their lives while tramming these machines. There have been 31 fatalities involving remote control continuous mining machines since 1984, two of which have occurred in 2008. |
POSTED: 10/29/2008
2009 Course Catalog
The 2009 version of the Courses for MSHA and the Mining Industry is now available. |
POSTED: 10/27/2008
Safety Alert
On October 22, 2008, a dozer operator was fatally injured when the dozer he was operating
slipped and rolled sideways down a steep 80 foot incline coming to rest on its left side. This
was the fourth accident in five weeks where a dozer operator was either fatally injured or
suffered serious life threatening injuries. |
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