Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:10 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Mine Safety › Chapter 1501:10-2 - Diesel Equipment in Underground Coal Mines › Section 1501:10-2-02 - Definitions for Chapter 1501:10-2 of the Administrative Code

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Alternate operating procedure" means any
			 procedure relating to the operation or usage of underground diesel equipment
			 not specifically authorized in this chapter that the chief determines will not
			 cause an unsafe condition.
(B)
			 "Alternative technology" means any technology relating to the operation or
			 usage of underground diesel equipment not specifically authorized in this
			 chapter that the chief determines will not cause an unsafe condition.
(C) "Authorized representative of miners"
			 means a member of a mine health and safety committee elected by miners at a
			 mine, an individual employed by an employee organization representing miners at
			 a mine, or an individual authorized as the representative of miners of a mine
			 in accordance with MSHA regulations 30 C.F.R. Part 40.
(D) "Attended" means a diesel equipment
			 operator is within sight or sound of the diesel- powered equipment while it is
			 in operation.
(E) "Diesel fuel
			 tank" means a closed metal vessel specifically designed for the storage or
			 transport of diesel fuel.
(F)
			 "Diesel fuel transportation unit" means a self-propelled or portable wheeled
			 vehicle used to transport a diesel fuel tank.
(G) "Diesel engine" means any compression
			 ignition internal combustion engine using the basic diesel cycle where
			 combustion results from the spraying of fuel into air heated by
			 compression.
(H) "Diesel-powered
			 equipment package" means a diesel engine with an intake system, exhaust system,
			 and a safety shutdown system installed that meets the specific MSHA
			 permissibility 
								regulations for diesel-powered equipment packages
			 intended for use in underground coal mines.
(I) "Exhaust emission"
			 means any substance emitted to the atmosphere from the exhaust port of the
			 combustion chamber of a diesel engine including exhaust gas and
			 particulates.
(J) "Exhaust emissions
			 control and conditioning system" means a device or combination of devices that
			 will collect and treat diesel exhaust emissions at the exhaust port of the
			 engine, and will reduce the volume of, or eliminate emissions of, diesel
			 particulate matter, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen in accordance with
			  30 C.F.R.
			 Part 7.
(K) "Fuel injection
			 system" means the fuel delivery system to the motor.
(L) "Major operational
			 change in underground diesel-powered equipment usage" and "major operational
			 change" mean a use of underground diesel-powered equipment that the chief has
			 determined, upon review by and recommendation from the technical advisory
			 committee, deviates significantly from the rules and procedures established in
			 this chapter.
(M) "Mine operator" and
			 "operator" 
								means operator as defined in section
			 1513.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(N) "New underground
			 diesel technology" and "new technology" mean an advance in diesel technology
			 that is developed for safe application in underground coal mines after the
			 effective date of this rule.
(O) "Long-term
			 underground diesel fuel storage facility" means a facility that is designed and
			 constructed to remain at one location for the storage or dispensing of diesel
			 fuel and which does not move as mining progresses and which has been installed
			 in full compliance with all applicable safety guidelines and procedures for an
			 underground fuel storage facility as provided in rule
			 1501:10-2-08 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(P) "Safety can" means
			 a metal container intended for the storage, transport or dispensing of diesel
			 fuel that has a nominal capacity of five gallons and is listed or approved by a
			 nationally recognized independent testing laboratory.
(Q)
			 "Short-term underground diesel fuel storage facility" means an area of a mine
			 provided for the short-term storage of diesel fuel in a fuel transportation
			 unit which moves as mining progresses, and which has been installed in full
			 compliance with all applicable safety guidelines and procedures for an
			 underground diesel fuel storage facility as provided in rule
			 1501:10-2-08 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(R) "Technical advisory
			 committee investigation" and "technical investigation" mean an investigation
			 and report by the diesel technical advisory committee on the impacts and safety
			 of an alternate operating procedure, alternative technology, major operational
			 change, or new technology related to the use of underground diesel
			 equipment.
(S) "Underground diesel
			 fuel storage facility" means any facility designed and constructed to provide
			 for the storage of any mobile diesel fuel transportation unit or for the
			 dispensing of diesel fuel and includes short-term underground diesel fuel
			 storage facilities and long-term underground diesel fuel storage
			 facilities.
(T) For dates of
			 federal rules referenced in this rule, see rule
			 1501:10-1-07 of the
			 Administrative Code.