KRS § 352.650 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 352 / Section 352.650
352.650 Mine maps -- Posting -- Escape drills -- Frequency -- Locations -- Information
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352.650 Mine maps -- Posting -- Escape drills -- Frequency -- Locations --

Information.

(1) A map shall be posted or readily accessible to all miners in each working section,

and in each area where mechanized equipment is being installed or removed. The

map shall show the designated escapeways from the working section to the

locations where miners must travel to satisfy the escapeway drill specified in

subsection (4) of this section.

(2) A map showing the main escapeways shall be posted at the surface location of the

licensed facility where miners congregate.

(3) All maps shall be kept up-to-date. Any changes in routes of travel, locations of

doors, or directions of airflow shall be shown on the maps by the end of the shift.

Miners affected by the changes shall be informed of the changes before entering the

underground areas of the mine. Miners on a shift underground when any change is

made shall be immediately notified of the change.

(4) At least once every ninety (90) days, each miner, including those miners with

working stations located between the working sections and main escapeways, shall

participate in a practice escapeway drill.

(5) During the drill, miners that do not have working stations located between the

working sections and the main escapeways shall travel the greater distance of the

two (2) following choices:

(a) A path from the primary or alternate escapeway from the miner's working

section or from the area where mechanized mining equipment is being

installed or removed, to the area where the split of air ventilating the working

section intersects a main air course; or

(b) A path which is two thousand (2,000) feet outby the section loading point.

(6) Those miners who have working stations located between the working sections and

the main escapeways shall participate in the escapeway drill by traveling in the

primary or alternate escapeway for a distance of two thousand (2,000) feet from

their working station toward the nearest escape facility or drift opening.

(7) (a) At least once every six (6) weeks and for each shift, at least two (2) miners on

each coal-producing working section who work on that section, accompanied

by the section foreman, shall participate in a practice escapeway drill and shall

travel the primary or alternate escapeway:

1. From the location specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of this

section to the surface;

2. To mechanical escape facilities; or

3. To an underground entrance to a shaft or slope to the surface.

(b) Systematic rotation of section personnel shall be used so that all miners

participate in this drill.

(8) (a) At least once every six (6) weeks, at least two (2) miners on each maintenance

shift and a foreman or assistant foreman shall participate in a practice

escapeway drill and shall travel the primary or alternate escapeway:

1. From the location specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of this

section to the surface;

2. To mechanical escape facilities; or

3. To an underground entrance to a shaft or slope to the surface.

(b) Systematic rotation of maintenance personnel and working sections shall be

used so that all miners participate in the drill and so that the escapeways from

all sections are traveled.

(9) For all escapeway drills required by this section, an escapeway drill shall not be

conducted in the same escapeway as the drill proceeding immediately thereafter.

(10) Before or during practice escapeway drills, miners shall be informed of the

locations of fire doors, check curtains, changes in the routes of travel, caches of

self-rescuers, and plans for diverting smoke from escapeways.