MSHA regulations

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations... 

MSHA Regulations — Although OSHA has a section on basic respiratory aspects, speciftc requirements for air line respirators are specified in Mine Safety and Health Regulations Section 11.110. There are three basic types ... 

Have you ever noticed how safety-related conversations often resemble an adult-cluld confrontation One person holds another accountable for at-risk behavior, as in I saw what you did. Then safety becomes a gotcha game, reinforced by MSHA regulations and corporate rules. This heavy-handed approach only diminishes a person s feelings of empowerment, importance, belonging, and interpersonal trust. 

Unlike OSHA, which regulates employers, MSHA regulates land and all of the work that takes place on such land. MSHA jurisdiction attaches at the functional borders of a mine and any milling or preparation facihties. A mine operator could own a large tract of land, on which various activities aside from what is traditionally considered to be mining may be conducted (ranching, asphalt, or ready-mix concrete production, for example), and MSHA s jmisdiction would be limited to those parts of the property that fall within the definition of mine as set forth in the Mine Act. 

Special Assessments By regulation, MSHA may elect to waive the normal computer formula for assessing penalties if conditions surroimding the violation warrant special assessment. MSHA regulations state in essence that some types of violations may be of such a nature or seriousness that the computer formula wiU not be appropriate. In other words, the MSHA Assessment Office must make a specific determination with respect to the penalty. Invariably, special assessments are much higher than regular assessments. The maximum penalty of 50,000 per violation is periodically adjusted upward for inflation. 

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. ... 

The following is o summary of the training requirements under the MSHA Regulations, 30 CFR, PART 48-TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS (See 48.2 and 48.22 for definitions of terms used in Part 48)... 

MSHA regulates noise in metal and nonmetal mines (30 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 56.5050 30 CFR 57.5050) and coal mines (30 CFR 70.500 to 30 CFR 70.511 30 CFR 71.800 to 30 CFR 71.805). Regardless of the method of mining, MSHA estabhshes the permissible noise exposures, which are shown in Table 21.4. In addition, no exposure shall exceed 115 dBA, while impact or impulsive... 

Before we launch into a general discussion of commercial explosive materials, a few words about permissible explosives. The term permissible is defined in MSHA regulations as [a]ny substance, compound or mixture which is approved by MSHA and whose primary purpose is to function by explosion. Permissible explosives included on MSHA s Active List of Permissible/Sheathed Explosives are the ONLY explosives that may be used in underground coal mining operations and in certain underground metal and nonmetal gassy mines. ... 

MSHA regulations require this particular storage practice to be implemented at most mines. See, for example, 30CFR 57.6102(a)(l). 

FDA) standards. Another example is the mining industry, which complies with the OSHA mine dust standards as well as with the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations for dust emission [32],... 

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