2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 352 - MINING REGULATIONS 352.145 Restrictions on work where hazardous conditions exist -- Requirement of visible warning devices and enclosed operator's cabs at stockpiles with underground feeders or draw-off tunnels -- Barrier requirements for haulage roadways -- Examinations and equipment checks.
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352.145 Restrictions on work where hazardous conditions exist -Requirement of visible warning devices and enclosed operator's cabs at
stockpiles with underground feeders or draw-off tunnels -- Barrier
requirements for haulage roadways -- Examinations and equipment
checks.
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No employee of a surface coal mining operation shall be assigned, allowed, or
required to perform work alone in any area where hazardous conditions exist
that would endanger his safety unless he can communicate with others, can be
heard, or can be seen.
At stockpiles with underground feeders or draw-off tunnels, the licensee shall
install and maintain a visible warning device that shall be activated when the
feeders are in operation.
The operator's cab of all equipment being operated on or in the immediate
area of a stockpile with underground feeders or draw-off tunnels shall be
enclosed by a compartment and shall be furnished with a self-contained
self-rescuer that is capable of providing oxygen for a period of not less than
one (1) hour.
On all haulage roadways, berms, guardrails, concrete barriers, or other
suitable devices shall be installed in such a manner that they extend to at least
the mid-wheel height of the highest vehicle or equipment that regularly travels
that type of roadway.
A surface preshift examination shall be conducted within three (3) hours prior
to men working. A certified foreman shall check the areas where men are
required to work or travel during the shift. Roadways, pit areas, highwalls, and
dumping points shall be checked. If any hazardous conditions are found, they
shall be corrected prior to men working in the area. A suitable record book shall
be kept in the control of the mine foreman. Immediately after the examination
of the mine or portion thereof, the mine foreman shall enter and sign a record
of the examination in the book with ink. The record shall clearly show any
danger discovered at the mine, and the action taken to correct the dangerous
conditions. The record book shall, at all times during the working hours, be
accessible to the mine inspector or analyst and the miner or his representative.
All equipment operators shall conduct a preoperational check of their
equipment. All preoperational checks shall be recorded by the equipment
operator and kept with the equipment and, if a hazard is found to exist on any
piece of equipment that would render it unsafe to operate, the hazardous
condition shall be reported to the mine foreman or mine superintendent. All
appropriate repairs shall be made before the equipment is put back into
operation, except for moving the equipment to a safe place for repairs. The
record book of all hazardous conditions and repairs made shall be kept in the
control of the mine foreman or mine superintendent at all times.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 16, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 478, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 410, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
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