Coal Mines Regulation Act

List of Principal Explosives used at Mines and Quarries in the United Kingdom under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, the Metalliferous Mines Act, and thf. Quarries Act, in 1909... 

At this point the nature and significance of the regulatory regime needs to be addressed. There are two quite separate bodies concerned with coal mine health and safety in New South Wales. One is the coal mines inspectorate, located within the Department of Mineral Resources, responsible for the enforcement of the Coal Mines Regulation Act. The other is the Joint Coal Board which, among other things, is responsible for workers compensation... 

From this point, legislation relating to mine working began to consolidate with the significant introduction of the Coal Mines Regulations Act in 1872, and more significantly, the Coal Mines Act of 1911. 

Occupational illness and injury187 cost 30-40 billion dollars/yr in the United States.188 In 1994 there were 6.8 million injuries and illnesses in private industry, amounting to 8.4 cases per 100 workers. Nearly two-thirds were disorders associated with repeated trauma, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.189 The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 set up the National Institute Safety and Health (NIOSH) to study the problem and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to deal with it through inspections and regulations. Both have received so much criticism of their effectiveness that they are struggling to find more effective ways to deal with the problem.190 NIOSH is searching for practical ways to protect workers, especially those in small businesses from methylene chloride, tetrachloroethylene, diesel exhaust in coal mines, isocyanates, 2-methoxyethanol, and others. OSHA is about to expand a plan that worked well in Maine, a state that used to have one of the worst accident and illness records in the United States.191 The 200 firms with the worst records were asked to look for deficiencies and to correct them. They were also inspected. These measures cut injuries and illnesses over a 2-year period. 

Chemical (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendments) Regulations 2000 Coal Mines (Respirable Dusts) Regulations 1975 Combination Acts Confined Space Regulations 1997... 

Have the Acts Been Effective The 1969 act was intended to reduce the incidence of coal mine deaths and injuries, especially fatalities from explosions and fires as well as deaths and disabilities from blacklung disease. To spur improvements, significant regulations were introduced, as described earlier. 

In the United States there has been a most exciting change in the mine-fire incidence. In 1970, the regulations of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 were implemented. Many regulations were related to fire, but the most important, in our opinion, were those that ... 

Vol. 30 Mineral Resources (1998) is the rules for implementation stipulated in accordance with the Mine Act. Also, statutory standard on mine safety and health can be proposed and revised as needed every year. Other coalmine safety-related regulations include Coal General Inspection Procedures Handbook and Inspection Tracking System and 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act, etc. Systematic, complete and strict legal system in American mine safety has become the first requisite for the country to ensure its accident investigation to be scientific and reasonable [ZHAO Jun et al. 2008, ZHANG Chuanbao JIA Xiuhua 2011]. 

Thus, coal preparation is, of necessity, an integral part of the production and use of coals. The effect on costs can be as important as the planning of mine layouts decisions concerning mining systems should be an essential element in aU mining feasibility studies, especially in view of new (and/or renewed) environmental regulations such as the Clean Air Act Amendments in the United States (Elliott, 1992 Tumati and DeVito, 1992 Rosendale et al., 1993 Paul et al., 1994). 

Additionally, individuals employed by railroad companies or whose jobs are rail-related may be considered miners if the tasks are performed at an MSHA-regulated site. A number of decisions have found that railroad employees who work at mines (e.g., shoveUng and cleaning coal out of railroad cars before cars taken to coal preparation plant for loading) should be considered miners who are eligible for blacklung benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act. ... 

Pursuant to Section 115 of the Mine Act, each operator of a coal or other mine must have a health and safety training program that is approved by the secretary. Under 30 CFR Part 48 for coal, metal, and certain nonmetal mines, and under 30 CFR Part 46 for sand, gravel, stone, and certain other related mines, the secretary has promulgated regulations that require each training program there under to meet approval. 

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