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Tweet[IWS] MSHA: 1-800-746-1553 for ALL MINING ACCIDENTS [8 December 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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MSHA Media Advisory: [12/08/2006]
Contact: Dirk Fillpot Amy Louviere
Phone: (202) 693-9406 (202) 693-9423
Release Number 06-2056-NAT
U.S. Labor Department's MSHA Makes New Emergency Mine Evacuation Rules Permanent
Emergency Contact Number Established for Reporting All Mining Accidents
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2006/NR061208.asp
ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today issued a final rule that requires mine operators to increase the availability of emergency breathing devices, provide improved training on the use of the devices, improve emergency evacuation and drill training, install lifelines for emergency evacuation, and require immediate notification of MSHA in the event of an accident.
"These new requirements are an integrated approach to providing proper guidance to miners and mine operators during emergency situations," said Richard E. Stickler, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "The new rule adds additional protections for miners and provides them with more tools to survive a mining accident should one occur."
Earlier this year, MSHA issued a rare emergency temporary standard (ETS) aimed at protecting miners by helping them to evacuate an underground mine in the event of an emergency. MSHA held public hearings on the ETS following its publication in the Federal Register. The process was completed with issuance of the new permanent rule today.
Other requirements of the new rule include:
* Additional self-contained self-rescue (SCSR) devices for persons in underground coal mines-in working places, on mantrips, in escapeways, and where outby crews work or travel
* Submission of a revised training plan and a revised program of instruction for improved training on SCSRs; it includes a new requirement for annual SCSR expectations training (training in smoke or simulated smoke and breathing through a realistic training unit)
* Improved quarterly emergency mine evacuation training, including a drill
* Installation of lifelines
* Additional multi-gas detectors to alert miners as to when to don SCSRs.
One of the more significant results of the new rule is the establishment of only one phone number for use in reporting mine accidents within 15 minutes after it is known an accident occurred. All mine operators, including operators of metal and non-metal mines, must call 1 (800) 746-1553 to report mining accidents within the required time limit.
71430 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 2006 / Rules and Regulations
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Parts 3, 48, 50, 75
RIN 1219AB46
Emergency Mine Evacuation
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
http://www.msha.gov/REGS/FEDREG/FINAL/2006finl/06-9608.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
The operator shall immediately contact MSHA at once without delay and within 15 minutes at the toll-free number,
18007461553
once the operator knows or should know that an accident has occurred.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
MSHA Media Advisory: [12/08/2006]
Contact: Dirk Fillpot Amy Louviere
Phone: (202) 693-9406 (202) 693-9423
Release Number 06-2056-NAT
U.S. Labor Department's MSHA Makes New Emergency Mine Evacuation Rules Permanent
Emergency Contact Number Established for Reporting All Mining Accidents
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2006/NR061208.asp
ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today issued a final rule that requires mine operators to increase the availability of emergency breathing devices, provide improved training on the use of the devices, improve emergency evacuation and drill training, install lifelines for emergency evacuation, and require immediate notification of MSHA in the event of an accident.
"These new requirements are an integrated approach to providing proper guidance to miners and mine operators during emergency situations," said Richard E. Stickler, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "The new rule adds additional protections for miners and provides them with more tools to survive a mining accident should one occur."
Earlier this year, MSHA issued a rare emergency temporary standard (ETS) aimed at protecting miners by helping them to evacuate an underground mine in the event of an emergency. MSHA held public hearings on the ETS following its publication in the Federal Register. The process was completed with issuance of the new permanent rule today.
Other requirements of the new rule include:
* Additional self-contained self-rescue (SCSR) devices for persons in underground coal mines-in working places, on mantrips, in escapeways, and where outby crews work or travel
* Submission of a revised training plan and a revised program of instruction for improved training on SCSRs; it includes a new requirement for annual SCSR expectations training (training in smoke or simulated smoke and breathing through a realistic training unit)
* Improved quarterly emergency mine evacuation training, including a drill
* Installation of lifelines
* Additional multi-gas detectors to alert miners as to when to don SCSRs.
One of the more significant results of the new rule is the establishment of only one phone number for use in reporting mine accidents within 15 minutes after it is known an accident occurred. All mine operators, including operators of metal and non-metal mines, must call 1 (800) 746-1553 to report mining accidents within the required time limit.
71430 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 2006 / Rules and Regulations
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Parts 3, 48, 50, 75
RIN 1219AB46
Emergency Mine Evacuation
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
http://www.msha.gov/REGS/FEDREG/FINAL/2006finl/06-9608.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
The operator shall immediately contact MSHA at once without delay and within 15 minutes at the toll-free number,
18007461553
once the operator knows or should know that an accident has occurred.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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