West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 36 - Coal Mine Health And Safety › Title 36 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BOARD OF COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY › Series 36-02 - Emergency Communications Requirements for Shaft and/or Slope Operations and Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transporting for Injured Persons; Reporting Requirements Posting Requirements at Shaft and/or Slope Operations › Section 36-2-3 - Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transportation for Injured Persons; Reporting Requirements; Posting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. While employees are on duty each
				operator of a shaft and/or slope shall have made arrangements with a licensed
				physician, medical service, medical clinic, or hospital to provide emergency
				medical assistance for any person injured at any shaft and/or slope.
3.2. While employees are on duty each
				operator shall have made arrangements with an ambulance service, or otherwise
				provided for emergency transportation for any person injured at the shaft
				and/or slope.
3.3. After the
				effective date of these rules and regulations, each operator shall report to
				the Director of the Office of Miners Health Safety and Training the name, title
				and address of the physician, medical service, medical clinic, hospital, or
				ambulance service with whom arrangements have been made or otherwise provided,
				in accordance with the provisions of sections 3.1. and 3.2. of these rules and
				regulations.
3.4. Each operator
				shall, within ten (10) days after any change of the arrangements required to be
				reported under the section 3.3. of these rules and regulations, report such
				changes to the Director of the Office of Miners Health Safety and Training. If
				such changes involve a substitution of persons, the operator shall provide the
				name, title, and address of such persons together with the name and addresses
				of the medical service, medical clinic, hospital, or ambulance
				service.
3.5. Each operator shall
				immediately after making arrangements required under the provisions of section
				3.1. and 3.2. of these rules and regulations, or immediately after any changes
				of such agreement, post at appropriate places at the shaft and/or slope the
				name, titles, and addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons or services
				correctly available under such arrangements to provide medical assistance and
				transportation at the shaft and/or slope.
Table 3 (IME, 2011)
Recommended Distances for One Ohm Electric Detonators
				  from RF Sources such as Fixed and Mobile Transmitters Including Cellular
				  Telephone Service, Amateur Radio and Citizens' Band
MINIMUM DISTANCE (Feet)
Transmitter'1' Power
							 (Watts)
MF 1.7 to 3.4 MHz Fixed, Mobile, Maritime
HF
28 to 29.7 MHz Amateur
VHF
35 to 36 MHz Public Use 42 to 44 MHz Public Use 50 to
							 54 MHz Amateur
VHF
144-148 MHz Amateur 150.8-161.6 MHz Public Use
UHF
450 to 470 MHz Public
Use
Cellular Telephones Above 800 MHz
1
15
47
37
12
8
3
25
81
64
21
14
5
33
105
82
27
18
10
46
148
116
38
25
50
102
331
259
85
55
100
144
468
366
120
78
180 
							 (2)
193
627
491
161
104
200
204
661
518
170
110
250
228
739
579
190
123
500 
							 (3)
322
1045
818
268
174
600 
							 (4)
353
1145
897
294
190
1,000
455
1,478
1,157
379
245
1,500(5)
557
1,810
1,417
464
300
10,000(6)
1,438
4,673
3,659
1,198
775
Table 3a
Recommended Distances for One Ohm Electric Detonators
				  from Citizens Band, Class D Transmitters 26.965 MHz (Channel 1) 27.405 MHz
				  (Channel 40)
Recommended Minimum Distance
Type
Hand-Held
Vehicle-Mounted
Double Sideband - 4 Watts maximum Transmitter
							 Power
5 ft
65 ft
Single Sideband - 12 Watts (Peak Envelope
							 Power)
20 ft
110 ft
1) Power delivered to the
				  antenna.
2) Maximum power to two-way mobile
				  units in VHF (150.8 or 161.6 MHz range) and for two-way mobile
and fixed station units in UHF (450 to 460 MHz range).
3) Maximum power for major VHF
				  two-way mobile and fixed station units in 35 to 44 MHz range.
4) Maximum power for two-way fixed
				  station units in VHF (150.8 to 161.6 MHz range).
5) Maximum power for amateur radio
				  mobile use.
6) Maximum power for some base
				  stations in 42 to 44 MHz band and 1.6 to 1.8 MHz band.
Note, this chart is found in the Institute of the Makers of
				  Explosives publication No. 20, December 2011.