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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.05 - Fire Prevention And Fire Fighting Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Electrical
			 Installation
- All stationary electrical equipment, which might
			 communicate fire to adjacent flammable material shall be of a type which will
			 confine the heat and flames within the equipment or it shall be so located and
			 installed that flammable material will not be ignited. This rule does not apply
			 to conduit wiring or to approved enclosed externally operable
			 switches.
(2)
Fireproofing Mine Entrances and Stations
- Where it is
			 determined by the Department that a serious fire hazard exists, mine openings
			 for a distance of fifty (50) feet from the surface and underground stations
			 having a fire hazard, shall be constructed of fireproof material or maintained
			 in a nonflammable condition. The use of water, steel supports, concrete,
			 granite, cement plaster or other fire resistant material satisfactory to the
			 Department is recommended. It is further recommended that at regular intervals,
			 in the main shafts and haulage ways, certain sections be made fireproof, to
			 serve as fire barriers.
(3)
Heating Devices Underground
- Fire for personal warmth
			 shall not be permitted underground and open torches, acetylene lamps, electric
			 heaters, (except approved electric heaters used for baking armatures), and
			 candles shall not be left unattended in any mine in the vicinity of wood or
			 other flammable material. This shall not be construed to prohibit the use of
			 torches or heating devices necessary for mechanical repairs, provided such
			 devices have continuous attendance while lighted, and all flammable material
			 within a radius of five (5) feet of the work being done has been removed or
			 made wet with water before work is commenced and after the repairs have been
			 finished.
(4)
Exits to
			 be Passable in Case of Fire
- Each mine required to maintain a
			 second exit or travelway shall protect underground employees against the hazard
			 of all exits or travelways becoming impassable because of fire or fire gases,
			 by one or more of the following methods:
(a)
			 By fireproofing the main drift, slope or shaft and slope stations, provided
			 that where there is no fire hazard sufficient to interrupt the use of the main
			 hoist for rescue purposes, such conditions shall be a sufficient
			 compliance.
(b) By maintaining a
			 connecting passageway between working levels or sections of such mine and an
			 adjoining operating mine.
(c) By
			 such mechanical control of the air currents as will permit the supplying of
			 fresh intake air through any shaft or escapeway by reversal of air currents, if
			 necessary.
(d) By installation of
			 fire-proof, smoke-proof and gas-proof doors satisfactory to the
			 Department.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.06 - Shafts And Hoisting

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Construction of Shaft Landings, Surface and
			 Underground
. All vertical and inclined shafts over 35^ shall be
			 enclosed on the surface. Gates at ground landings shall be not less than five
			 (5) feet in height, of substantial construction, and except when the case is at
			 the landing, shall be kept closed at all times. When the shafts are enclosed by
			 a fence it shall be not less than five (5) feet in height and of substantial
			 construction. As an additional precaution to prevent the cage being moved from
			 the ground landing while the gate is open, a red warning light should be
			 installed in view of the hoistman or hoisting engineer and so connected as to
			 burn while the gate is open. Hinged or sliding gates at least five (5) feet in
			 height shall be installed at the shaft on each underground level and shall be
			 kept closed at all times except during periods of continuous hoisting when an
			 attendant or cager is constantly on hand.
(2)
Station Deflecting
			 Screens
- At the bottom of every shaft and at every station in the
			 case of mines operating from more than one level, there shall be heavy
			 deflecting screens hung by hinges at the top and extending down to within about
			 six and one-half (6 1/2) feet of the floor to protect workmen near the shaft
			 from falling objects. These protecting screens may be pulled up out of the way
			 when unloading long material such as rails and timbers.
(3)
Shaft Equipment
- When a bucket is used for hoisting, means shall be provided that will prevent
			 material from falling into the shaft while the bucket is being dumped.
(a) All stations, levels, or skip and cage
			 landing stations shall have a passageway around the working shaft so that
			 crossing through the hoisting compartment may be avoided.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.07 - Hoisting Engines

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Hoist Capacity
- All hoisting equipment used in shafts
			 and slopes shall be of ample capacity and of standard design commercially
			 recognized as safe, for its particular duty.
(a) The drums or cable reels of hoists used
			 in shafts and slopes shall be provided with flanges that extend not less than
			 two inches (2") radially beyond the outer layer of rope when the rope is fully
			 wound on the drum or reel.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.08 - Hoisting Ropes (Steel Or Iron)

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No rope for hoisting or lowering men
			 shall be used when such hoisting or lowering is done by any means other than
			 human or animal power, unless such rope shall be composed of metal wires with a
			 factor of safety determined as hereinafter set forth; provided, however, that
			 such metal wires may be laid around a hemp center. Such ropes shall be
			 inspected daily.
(2)
Safety Factor for Hoisting Ropes
- The safety factor
			 of a new rope shall be calculated by dividing the breaking strength of the rope
			 as rated by the manufacturer, by the sum of the maximum load to be hoisted,
			 plus the total weight of the rope in the shaft when fully let out.
(a) Hoisting rope safety factors for various
			 depths of shafts shall continuously conform with the table given below:
Minimum
Minimum factor of
Length of rope factor of safety when
(vertical safety for rope must be or incline) new rope
				discarded
500 feet or less 8 6.4
500 to 1,000 feet 7 5.8
1,000 to 2,000 feet 6 5.0
2,000 to 3,000 feet 5 4.3
3,000 to more 4 3.6
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.09 - Signal Systems

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Each
			 hoisting engine operating at a shaft or slope where men are being hoisted shall
			 have at least two independent signaling systems of which one shall be a
			 telephone. Provided that a telephone shall not be used in lieu of regular
			 signaling devices except in extreme emergency and when the regular signal
			 system is out of order. One signal system shall be permitted for shaft or slope
			 in a process of being sunk or deepened.
(2) Special care shall be taken to keep the
			 signaling apparatus in good order, and signal and telephone wires shall be run
			 at a safe distance from other electrical circuits, and where possible, placed
			 on side of the shaft, slope or heading away from other circuits.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.10 - Hoisting Signal Code

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The following code of signals shall be used for the operation
				of hoists. (All signals used for hoisting of men shall be acknowledged by the
				hoisting engineer before men may enter the shaft or slope conveyance.)
1 ring--stop
2 rings--hoist
3 rings--lower
4 rings-- hoist slowly
5 rings -- lower slowly
8 rings -- man on skip, cage or trip followed by hoist slowly
				or lower slowly signals after men have entered cage, skip or trip.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority
:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.11 - Hoisting Engineers

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Qualifications of Hoisting Engineers
- At every mine
			 where men are hoisted or lowered, there shall be two (2) or more men available
			 to be known as hoisting engineers. These men shall be able to speak and read
			 English readily, and must have had practical experience in operating mine
			 hoists. Each hoisting engineer shall be given a thorough physical examination
			 annually by a physician licensed to practice in Alabama and selected by the
			 operator.
(a) Men who wish to become hoisting
			 engineers but who have not had practical experience in hoisting and lowering
			 men and material must operate a hoist, handling material, a sufficient length
			 of time under the instruction of an experienced hoisting engineer, until the
			 employer considers the learner competent to hoist and lower men, and he may
			 then act as a hoisting engineer.
(b) At all shafts where men are hoisted or
			 lowered, such hoisting engineers shall be not less than twenty-one years of
			 age. Hoisting engineers shall be familiar with the details and workings of a
			 mine hoist, and, except in cases of emergency, no others than the duly
			 appointed hoisting engineers shall run such mine hoist; provided, however, that
			 learners may be taught the operation of the hoist at such times and under such
			 restrictions that there shall be no danger to life or limb.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.12 - Duties of Hoisting Engineers

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) It shall be the duty of every hoisting
			 engineer to keep a careful watch over his engine, hoisting rope and all other
			 machinery under his charge.
(2)
Hoistman in Charge
- He shall at all times be in
			 immediate charge of his engine, and shall not delegate any of his duties to any
			 other person, except to learners duly designated as provided in these rules;
			 provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent
			 any hoisting engineers from delegating to or sharing his duties with any other
			 duly appointed hoisting engineer.
(3)
Duties of
			 Hoistman
- He shall familiarize himself with and use all signal
			 codes for hoisting and lowering as directed to be used in these rules.
(a) He shall not operate his hoist until he
			 is satisfied that the hoist and appurtenances are in safe working
			 order.
(b) It shall be the duty of
			 the hoisting engineer to exclude every person from his engine room, excepting
			 any person or persons whose duties require their presence therein, and
			 authorized visitors.
(c) He shall
			 hold no conversation with any one while his engine is in motion, or while
			 attending to signals, except to receive orders or instructions in case of
			 emergency.
(d) He shall run his
			 engine with extreme caution whenever men are being hoisted or
			 lowered.
(e) He shall not hoist men
			 out of or lower men into any mine or shaft at a speed greater than the rate
			 stipulated in these rules and posted in the engine room.
(f) He shall inspect daily all hoisting
			 machinery and safety appliances connected therewith and shall report any
			 defects found therein to the proper authority.
(g) He shall not land the trip, bucket, skip,
			 cage, or other conveyance at the collar of the shaft, or at a level but must
			 hang it at least ten feet (10') above the collar of the shaft, or above a level
			 before leaving his post.
(h) He
			 shall familiarize himself with and carry on the requirements of all rules
			 pertaining to his duties.
(i)
			 Whenever men are working in a place to which they have been lowered by
			 mechanical power, an engineer or a substitute must remain within hearing of the
			 telephone and signal gongs while the aforesaid men remain in their working
			 places.
(j) The hoisting engineer
			 shall not operate the hoist while it is being oiled or cleaned. The oiler shall
			 notify the hoisting engineer when oiling or cleaning operations are to commence
			 and when they are finished.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.13 - Haulage

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Blocking Frogs
- When mechanical haulage is used, the
			 wedge opening formed between the switch point and stock rail must be so filled
			 as to eliminate the danger of a foot being jammed or caught therein. Openings
			 formed by wing rail of frogs must likewise be so filled.
(2)
Trolley Suspension and
			 Guarding
- All trolley wires carrying two hundred twenty (220)
			 volts or more and less than six feet six inches (6'6") above the top of rail
			 must be guarded at all points under which men and animals are required to pass
			 and regardless of height, at stations designated for loading and unloading of
			 man trips and at sand boxes.
(3)
Person Operating Locomotive
- At no time shall a
			 haulage locomotive be operated by any one other than a qualified motorman or
			 man having had experience or training in the operation of such motor. The
			 motorman shall have direct supervision of the haulage crew and shall be
			 responsible for the safe operation of the trip.
(4)
Maintenance and
			 Inspection
- Haulage locomotives shall be maintained in good
			 operating condition and shall be equipped with adequate brakes, head-lights,
			 warning signals, sanding devices and two standard re-railing devices.
(a) Before operating a haulage locomotive, at
			 the beginning of a shift, the motorman shall inspect such locomotive to
			 determine whether it may be safely operated; such inspection shall include the
			 testing of brakes, lights, warning signals and sanding devices.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.14 - Explosives To Be Used

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Each
			 case containing explosives for underground use shall be clearly marked by the
			 manufacturer with the class which indicates the amount of poisonous gas
			 produced per one and one-fourth by eight (1-1/4 x 8) inch cartridge.
(2)
Explosives
			 Specifications
- For the purpose of this rule, the poisonous gas
			 producing properties of an explosive shall be the volume of carbon monoxide
			 plus hydrogen sulfide emitted by one and one-fourth by eight (1-1/4 x 8) inch
			 cartridge as shown by tests in the Bichel Guage in accordance with procedure
			 approved by the Department, provided the resultant gases do not contain more
			 oxygen than is sufficient to burn the combustible gases to their maximum
			 oxidizable state.
(a) No explosive shall be
			 used underground if the gases emitted in the tests in the Bichel Guage
			 according to the procedure approved by the Department show more oxygen than is
			 sufficient to burn the combustible gases to their maximum oxidizable
			 state.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.15 - Explosives Magazines - Surface

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) All magazines in which explosives are
			 kept or stored shall comply with the requirements of these orders within six
			 (6) months of the date these rules become effective.
(2)
Location
- All
			 magazines in which explosives are kept or stored shall be located at a distance
			 from buildings, railroads and highways in conformity with the Quantity and
			 Distance Table in these rules.
(3)
Barricades
- The term barricaded shall mean a physical
			 barrier either natural or artificial around the magazine, to protect life and
			 limb in buildings and on highways, railroads and railways, from damage by
			 premature explosions. Methods of barricading are as follows:
1. Locate the magazine in an isolated ravine;
			 or
2. Excavate at foot or side of
			 hill sufficiently deep to provide protection on the sides and end of the
			 magazine. A two (2) foot space shall be allowed between the magazine and the
			 excavated sides; or
3. Construct a
			 substantial barricade of concrete or timber or earth or stone bank.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.16 - Transportation Of Explosives

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Explosives shall be transported from the surface to the underground magazines
			 between shifts if possible. Where this is not possible the movement of
			 explosives shall have the right-of-way over all other operations. The
			 explosives shall be transported from the surface to the underground magazines
			 in the original containers.
(2)
Train Transportation
- Explosives transported by
			 electric trolley locomotives shall be carried in substantial constructed
			 enclosed cars lined with a non-conducting material with two empty cars between
			 explosives car and locomotive.
(a) Detonators
			 or capped fuses shall not be transported with other explosives in the same
			 train.
(b) Card carrying explosives
			 shall be hauled only in a train carrying no other material.
(c) No explosives shall be transported on an
			 electric locomotive.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.17 - Handling And Use Of Explosives

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Black Blasting
			 Powder
- No black blasting powder shall be used in any underground
			 mining operation.
(2)
Squibs
- No squibs, other than those ignited by
			 electricity shall be used.
(3)
Use of Blasting Materials
- All detonators and
			 capped-fuse shall be used as soon as is reasonably possible after being taken
			 underground.
(a) Blasting caps shall not be
			 removed from original containers except as they are used for capping fuse or
			 when placed in other containers recommended by manufacturer.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.18 - Blasting (General)

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Time of Blasting
- Blasting shall be done at the end
			 of the shift except that blasting may be done during the shift provided:
1. That such blasting is done with the
			 permission of the mine foreman or one of his assistants and under the
			 supervision of the miner in charge of the working place.
2. That all approaches to the working place
			 where blasting is being done are guarded.
3. That the requirements set forth in Section
			 24-a. of these rules are continuously complied with.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.19 - Electrical Blasting

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Method of Blasting
_- Electric blasting with blasting
			 machines or special blasting circuits is permissible. With blasting machines,
			 connections shall be made in series or in a combination connection recommended
			 by the manufacturer. With power currents, connections shall be made in series,
			 parallel, or a combination of the two.
(2)
Blasting
			 Equipment
- When blasting by means of a special blasting circuit,
			 no one shall enter the place in which the blasting has been done until the
			 permanent blasting wires have been disconnected from the source of electrical
			 energy and the blasting switch has been locked in the open position.
(a) All blasting machines for generating or
			 supplying electricity for shot firing shall, when in the mine, be in charge of
			 a person properly instructed in blasting practice and no other person shall
			 connect the blasting machine to the leading wires, and such connections shall
			 not be made until all other steps preparatory to the firing shall have been
			 completed and the men removed to a safe place.
(b) Electric power shall not be used for
			 firing shots in a mine except when connections are made through a blasting
			 switch as described in these rules.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.20 - Drilling With Compressed Air Machines

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) All drilling for blasting shall be done
			 wet, including the collaring of drill holes, or an equally effective method of
			 dust control may be used.
(2) Air
			 lines and hoses shall not be disconnected from drills while under
			 pressure.
(3) Where column or post
			 mounting is used, the drill column or post shall be of such length as to
			 eliminate the necessity for excessive blocking. Where blocks are necessary,
			 only rectangular blocks shall be used.
(4) Where stagings are necessary in drilling
			 or for other purposes, they shall be solidly constructed and the platform or
			 staging shall be of good planking not less than two (2") inches thick, or
			 material of equivalent strength.
(5) Drilling in "bootlegs" or "guns" is
			 prohibited.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.21 - Mechanical Loading

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Scrapers or Drags
- Scraper or drag hoists shall be
			 solidly placed and anchored securely to their foundation, rail or roof.
(a) The scraper or drag operator shall be
			 protected from the danger of rope failure by two guards, one mounted over the
			 segment of the drum near the operator, which shall not obscure the rope
			 windings, and the other mounted ahead of the drum which may be the sheaves and
			 sheaves supports, shields with cross bars, wire netting of their
			 equivalent.
(b) "Bootlegs" or
			 "guns" shall not be used for eye bolt placement.
(c) Unless by permission of the Mine Foreman
			 or his assistant, no person shall be allowed at the face of the working place
			 where a scraper or drag is in operation except where one man is employed for
			 the purpose of signaling the scraper or drag operator. Persons employed at such
			 face shall remain in a place safe from danger of being struck by flying cable
			 or a scraper, and the signal man shall be provided with a suitable device for
			 signaling a scraper or drag operator. A standard signaling code shall be
			 used.
(d) When moving power shovels
			 into or out of a working place, bucket shall be securely blocked in the "up"
			 position.
(e) No person shall be
			 permitted to operate, a power shovel while standing on the ground beside such
			 shovel.
(f) The Muck Pile shall be
			 kept well sloped while loading with a power shovel.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.22 - Examination And Timbering Places

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Duties of Mine Operator, Miner Inspection
			 and Testing. It shall be the duty of any owner or operator to provide safe
			 working places for all mine employees. Provided, however, that it shall be the
			 duty of every mine employee to care for the place where he is working. A mine
			 owner or operator shall provide for inspection of all working places where men
			 are employed by competent, qualified and experienced men. Such inspection shall
			 be made at least once each shift. Any dangerous conditions found by such
			 inspector or supervisor shall be immediately corrected, if at all possible, or
			 employees removed to a place of safety until such dangerous conditions can be
			 corrected. No person shall be permitted to work in any place, where danger
			 exists, except for the purpose of making such place safe and then only under
			 the supervision of the mine foreman, his assistant or duly authorized competent
			 supervisor. No person shall knowingly work or remain under loose rock and such
			 loose rock must be taken down or securely timbered.
(a) The rib, roof, top or back of any working
			 place shall be thoroughly examined and tested at intervals of at least every
			 two (2) hours during the working shift, regardless of the operation being
			 performed. The rib, roof, top or back and sides of passageways where traversed
			 by employees passing to and from working places shall be inspected daily and
			 any hazardous conditions observed shall be immediately remedied. No person
			 shall remove any timber supporting roof or sides without authority of the mine
			 superintendent or mine foreman.
(b)
			 The owner or operator of any mine shall furnish the mine employees all timbers
			 necessary for safe mine operations and such timbers shall be supplied and
			 delivered to a point readily accessible and convenient to the working places.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.24 - Ventilation

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Quantity of Air to be Provided
- The operator of every
			 mine shall provide and maintain in each mine a good and sufficient amount of
			 ventilation and shall cause air to circulate through any place where men are
			 working. Employees shall not be permitted to work in any place where the air is
			 found to contain less than 19% oxygen more than 1% carbon dioxide, more than
			 1-1/2% methane, a harmful amount of poisonous gas or harmful concentrations of
			 dust. Sufficient fresh air shall also be conveyed to the working place to keep
			 the temperature and humidity of such working place healthful.
(2)
Air Samples and
			 Analysis
- Once each month or as often as the Department deems
			 necessary, air samples shall be collected by the Department at the face of each
			 heading and at the face of the deepest closed stope in each heading. Such
			 samples shall be analyzed for oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and
			 methane content. Analyses of samples shall be recorded and a report filed in
			 office of the Department on forms provided by the Department.
(a) Principal fan or principal fans installed
			 on the surface after these rules become effective shall have air ducts so
			 installed that the ventilating current can be quickly reversed in direction.
			 All surface fans, casings and air ducts connecting with the mine openings and
			 also the fan houses and other buildings in close proximity shall be made of
			 non-combustible material throughout.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.25 - Health Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Change House
- The operator of every mine except as
			 provided in paragraph (c) shall provide a dressing room or a change house at a
			 place convenient to but not within one hundred (100') feet of the mine opening,
			 if the dressing room or change house is made of combustible material, for the
			 purpose of drying the clothing of the persons employed in and about the mine.
			 Such dressing room or change house shall be provided with adequate means of
			 heating and lighting. These dressing rooms or change houses shall be available
			 to the men at all times when they are going on or coming off shift and shall be
			 equipped with shower baths having hot and cold water, at least one shower being
			 provided for each fifteen (15) men on a shift working in the mine. Such change
			 houses shall be kept reasonably clean and in a sanitary condition. This
			 requirement should not be deemed to affect any existing practice or agreement
			 as to changes for bathhouse facilities.
(a)
			 It is recommended that working clothes be either elevated by suitable means,
			 such as chains, to the upper side of the change house or that separate rooms be
			 used for working and street clothes.
(b) Mines which employ less than ten (10) men
			 and which have no suitable water available on the property for washing and
			 bathing purposes, shall be exempt from the shower bath provision of paragraph
			 (a) of this article; but such mines shall provide their employees with washing
			 and bathing facilities that are reasonably clean and sanitary.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.26 - Illumination

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No open flame
			 light shall be left burning unattended near flammable materials.
(2) Stationary lights shall be provided
			 during the working hours at all shaft or slope stations during the time the
			 same are in actual use and also at all stations on the levels where hoisting or
			 hauling is effected by means of machinery.
(3) All places where hoisting, pumping or
			 other machinery is erected and in the proximity of which persons employed in
			 the mine are working or moving about shall be so lighted that the moving parts
			 of such machinery can be readily distinguished.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.27 - Dust

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Use Of Water and Ventilation to Control Dust. Effective means
				for controlling dust in any part of a mine shall be used and shall be subject
				to inspection by the Department monthly. Sufficient water shall be used on
				broken rock such that the water together with adequate ventilation will prevent
				accumulation of injurious concentrations of dust, and such sprinkling or
				application of water shall be used wherever normally dry rock or ore must be
				handled,except that if dust cannot be controlled by use of water and
				ventilation, then permissable dust respirators may be worn by employees,
				continuously, during their exposure to such dust concentrations until the
				condition is relieved.
(a) Sufficient
			 circulation of air shall be provided to dilute, carry off and render harmless,
			 injurious dust which is not otherwise controlled.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.28 - Telephones

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) In all mines, a
			 telephone system shall be established, equipped and maintained with a telephone
			 on the surface and at each working level or section at all times when men are
			 working in the mines.
(2)
			 Telephones shall be installed in mine tunnels or adits and on the surface if
			 mining or development work is being done more than one thousand (1,000') feet
			 from the portal.
(3) Mines opened
			 by an inclined shaft or slope having an inclination of less than twenty (20)
			 degrees from the horizontal shall be considered, for the purpose of this order,
			 to be mines opened by tunnels or adits.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.30 - Protection Against Water And Gas

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Notice shall be given to the Department
			 in writing before any mine working shall be allowed to approach within fifty
			 (50) feet of any part of a winze, stope or other opening in which there is a
			 known or suspected dangerous accumulation of water, the level of which may be
			 above the level of the approaching working.
(2) Notice shall be given to the Department
			 in writing before starting to advance a mine working within one hundred (100')
			 feet of another mine working that is likely to contain a dangerous accumulation
			 of gases or water. Workings, when approaching such places, shall not exceed
			 eight (8') feet in width, and the person, or persons driving such place shall
			 constantly keep a sufficient distance ahead, not less than ten (10') feet in
			 advance, one bore hole near the center of the working, and one in each corner
			 fifteen (15') feet deep, at an angle of forty-five (45) degrees, at intervals
			 of six (6') feet. These holes shall not be used for blasting but separate holes
			 for blasting not over four (4') feet deep, must be drilled.
(3) In every mine where there is danger of a
			 sudden inburst of water, additional passageways, shall be constructed as are
			 necessary in the opinion of the Department, to insure the escape of
			 workmen.
(4) Except in emergencies
			 no restraining dam shall be installed in any mine where the rupture of such dam
			 would imperil the safety of men in said mine or other mine, until the
			 Department has given its approval for the construction of said dam. Immediate
			 notice must be conveyed to the Department when it becomes necessary to
			 construct an emergency dam.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.31 - Air Receivers

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Each air receiver underground shall be equipped with a drainage
				valve.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.32 - First Aid Training And First Aid Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Arrangements shall be made and faithfully
			 maintained such that every injury suffered will receive adequate treatment
			 promptly.
(2)
Material
			 etc. to be Furnished
- The necessary equipment and material with
			 which to conduct properly such training shall be furnished by the operator. A
			 suitable clean, lighted and well ventilated room shall be provided by the
			 operator for First Aid Training. It shall be the responsibility of the operator
			 to obtain the required instructors and arrange the place and times for the
			 classes. The place of training should be so located as to cause no unnecessary
			 travel hardship to employees.
(3)
First Aid Equipment Required
- At every mine there
			 shall be adequate approved first aid materials, stretchers, blankets and other
			 facilities properly to care for injured employees. First aid materials shall be
			 kept in a sanitary and usable condition. Woolen and waterproof blankets shall
			 be kept in a moisture and dustproof container. A portable first aid kit shall
			 be kept as near the working place as feasible.
(4)
Main Underground First Aid
			 Stations
- A stretcher of a type approved for use in case of a
			 broken back, together with a woolen or cotton blanket, and such approved first
			 aid materials as are here listed shall be kept at the mine and placed at
			 convenient location or locations about the mine for the use in caring for
			 injured employees. Adequate and suitable first aid materials to be kept at the
			 place where each stretcher is located.
(5)
Material at Each
			 Station
- Adequate and suitable first aid materials shall be kept
			 at or on all sectional hoists, working sections or haulage
			 locomotives.
(6)
Individual First Aid
- Each supervisor and head miner
			 shall be furnished and carry or have available and each employee working in an
			 isolated place should carry a packet containing adequate and suitable first aid
			 materials.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.33 - Mine Rescue Training And Equipment - Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Mine Rescue Equipment Required
- There shall be
			 provided and kept in a readily accessible place at every mine employing more
			 than fifty (50) men underground on one shift, a minimum of the following
			 equipment or its equivalent:
1. 10 complete
			 sets of self-contained oxygen breathing apparatus of a permissable
			 type.
2. 1 extra small oxygen
			 bottle for each oxygen breathing apparatus.
3. 2 extra reducing valves, extra
			 mouthpieces, breathing bags, bypass tubes, gaskets, and other parts for
			 repairing apparatus.
4. 2 flame
			 safety lamps of a permissable type, with repair parts.
5. 12 permissable flashlights, 12 permissable
			 electric cap lamps. Charging rack and facilities for electric cap or hand
			 lamps.
6. 1 oxygen pump, hand or
			 power-driven, with extra gaskets and repair parts.
7. 1 1,000-foot life line and reel, or
			 approved electric life line.
8. 1
			 carbon monoxide (hoolamite) detector.
9. 1 orstat apparatus for analyzing gases and
			 6 gas-sampling tubes or bottles.
10. 1 oxygen inhaler.
11. 1 tool box with good assortment of
			 wrenches and other tools.
12. Means
			 for transporting equipment. Provided that the Department may require the
			 maintenance of such apparatus at a mine employing less than fifty (50) men
			 underground on one shift, when the ventilation or the fire hazard at such mine,
			 in the opinion of the Department justifies this protection. Nothing in this
			 section shall be construed to prevent the construction of a cooperative station
			 in any district where mine operators may build and maintain a station to supply
			 apparatus for several mines; not less than ten (10) sets of permissable
			 self-contained two-hour oxygen breathing apparatus shall be kept at such
			 station. A cooperative station shall be located at no greater distance from
			 each mine which it serves than can be covered by the most convenient means of
			 transportation in two hours' time, during all seasons of the year.
(a) Oxygen breathing apparatus shall be
			 stored fully charged with oxygen and cardoxide and shall be maintained in
			 condition for immediate use.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.34 - Physical Examinations For Mine Employees

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Pre-employment Examinations. All prospective employees at any
				mine shall receive a careful and thorough examination by a licensed physician,
				designated by the operator, before employment. Such examination shall determine
				the prospective employee's hearing, vision, the condition of his heart and
				lungs and any detectable physical or mental abnormalities, or defects which may
				affect his health or the health or safety of fellow employees.
(a) A prospective employee not physically fit
			 shall be employed only at work which may be performed by such employee, without
			 endangering the health or safety of himself or other employees.
(b) No person proven to be mentally
			 unbalanced shall be employed in or around any mine.
(c) Physical examinations before employment
			 shall be provided by the operator without cost to the prospective employee.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.35 - Personal Protection

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) All
			 persons employed underground in mines, or any persons entering mines for any
			 reason should wear a protective or hard hat and hard toed shoes, except persons
			 specified by physicians as physically unable to wear safety shoes.
(2) Suitable goggles should be worn by
			 employees engaged in work which may be hazardous to the eyes, including
			 employees exposed to possible eye injury as a result of work being performed by
			 other employees.
(3) Additional
			 protective apparel or equipment required for the personal protection of any
			 person exposed to a special hazard by reason of a special occupation or work
			 should be worn or used by the employee subjected to such hazard.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.36 - Safety Rules

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
These mine safety rules represent the minimum requirement for
				safe mine operation. Further to safeguard the health, life and limb of persons
				employed in and around mines, mine operators shall formulate, distribute and
				enforce reasonable and detailed safety rules or regulations not in conflict
				herewith, which thoroughly cover all mining operations and conditions
				characteristic of their mine or mines.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.37 - Responsibility Of Operators And Employees

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) It shall be the responsibility of the
			 operator to perform the following:
(a)
			 Provide safe plant and equipment.
(b) Safeguard all machinery.
(c) Place no new machinery or equipment in
			 operation unless full attention has been paid to its safety.
(d) Plan and arrange all processes and
			 operations with careful attention to safety.
(e) Maintain a system of inspection to
			 discover correctable hazards.
(f)
			 Maintain safety minded supervision.
(g) Train, educate and stimulate its
			 employees to follow safe methods of work and take a sincere interest in the
			 safety of themselves and their fellow workers.
(h) Investigate all accidents to determine
			 how best to prevent a recurrence.
(i) Keep proper record of all cases of
			 injury.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.38 - Tools

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The operator
			 shall be responsible for the safe condition of tools furnished employees by the
			 operator and shall not permit the use of tools which are unsafe or permit the
			 mis-use of any tools.
(2) The
			 employee shall be responsible for the safe condition of tools he furnishes and
			 shall not use any such tools which are not in safe condition for use.
(3) The employee shall promptly report to the
			 superintendent or foreman any tool being used by him which is in an unsafe
			 condition and said tool shall be promptly replaced or made safe by the person
			 furnishing same.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.39 - Inspections And Reports

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Some
			 competent, qualified and experienced person or persons shall make an inspection
			 at least every two (2) weeks of all travelways and working places of the mine
			 and appliances in the mine which are in use, and shall report any unsafe
			 conditions to the employer who shall take immediate steps to remedy the
			 same.
(2) Inspection of the main
			 shaft or slope and the active underground workings for any conditions tending
			 to increase the fire hazard shall be made every month. Required second exits
			 and other portions of the mine not regularly frequented shall be inspected for
			 fire hazards and deterioration of ladders or of other appliances necessary to
			 maintain an adequate escapeway, upon regular rounds through such places, and in
			 any event, at least once every month, and a report of the inspection filed in
			 the mine office. If any condition be found in a second exit making it
			 inadequate for an escapeway, repairs shall be commenced immediately and
			 completed with reasonable diligence. A signed report of each inspection shall
			 be kept in the mine office, whether hazardous conditions be found or not.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY › Section 480-3-3-.40 - Reports To The Department

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) On or before the twenty-fifth day of
			 October in each year, the operator or superintendent of each mine shall send to
			 the Department a correct report, specifying with respect to the year ending
			 with the thirtieth of September preceding, the name of the operator and
			 location of offices of mines, the quantity of material and kind of materials
			 mined. The report shall be in such form and give such information regarding
			 such mines as may be, from time to time, required and prescribed by the
			 Department. Blank forms for such report shall be furnished by the
			 Department.
(2) Where an accident
			 results in serious injury or death, the Department shall be immediately
			 notified by telephone or telegraph.
Author:
Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation
				Examiner.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										25-2-13(2).