Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 805 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET › Chapter 3 - Mining Safety Standards › Section 805 KAR 3:110 - Employees' personal protection

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 351.070
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.070(13) authorizes
				the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of
				KRS Chapter 351. This administrative regulation establishes safety standards
				for equipment used for personal protection of employees in the operation of the
				Commonwealth's surface type coal and clay mines that include strip and auger
				mining operations.
Section 1. Personal
			 Protection.
(1) Adequate first aid materials,
			 including stretchers and blankets, shall be provided at places convenient to
			 all working areas. Water or neutralizing agents shall be available where
			 corrosive chemicals or other harmful substances are stored, handled, or
			 used.
(2) All persons shall wear
			 suitable hard hats when in or around mine plants or active workings of the
			 mine.
(3) All persons shall wear
			 suitable protective footwear when in or around mine plants or active workings
			 of the mine.
(4) All persons shall
			 wear safety glasses, goggles, or face shields when doing work hazardous to the
			 eyes.
(5) Safety belts and lines
			 shall be worn if there is danger of falling. A second person shall tend the
			 life line when bins, tanks or other dangerous areas are entered.
(6) Life jackets or belts shall be worn if
			 there is danger of falling into deep water.
(7) Protective clothing, rubber gloves,
			 goggles, or face shields shall be worn by a person handling substances that are
			 corrosive, toxic, or injurious to the skin.
(8) Protective clothing or equipment and face
			 shields or goggles shall be worn when welding, cutting, or working with molten
			 metal.
(9) Snug-fitting clothing
			 shall be worn by persons working around moving equipment and
			 machinery.
(10) Protective gloves
			 shall be worn by employees handling materials that could cause
			 injury.
(11) Gloves shall not be
			 worn if they could create a hazard by becoming entwined or caught in moving
			 parts of machinery.
(12) Effective
			 hearing protection shall be worn if noise levels could cause permanent ear
			 damage or hearing loss, or noise shall be reduced to safe levels, unless the
			 wearing of the protective devices would create a greater danger to the
			 employee.
(13)
(a) All miners shall wear clothing with at
			 least 100 square inches of reflective material while in an underground mine and
			 clothing with at least fifty (50) square inches of reflective material while on
			 a surface mine site.
(b) The
			 reflective material shall be prominently worn and visible in all
			 directions.
(14) All
			 underground miners who are on foot and are on an active working section shall
			 be equipped with an operating, flashing personal safety light that is
			 recognized by MSHA as intrinsically safe. The light shall be readily visible
			 and securely attached to the miner, at or above the shoulders, while on the
			 working section.