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(MSHA RULES/VIOLATIONS)
(MSHA RULES/VIOLATIONS)
What MSHA code requires workplaces, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms to be kept clean and orderly, and mandates that the floor of every workplace be maintained in a clean and, as far as possible, dry condition?
What is code 57.20003 housekeeping?
This MSHA regulation ensures that barricades are provided, or warning signs posted to alert workers and other individuals, preventing inadvertent entry into areas where health or safety hazards exist but are not immediately obvious?
What is MSHA code 56.20011, Barricades and warning signs.
For fighting fires that could endanger persons, each mine shall have.
What is MSHA code 57.4200, General requirements.
This MSHA regulation requires that parking brakes on self-propelled mobile equipment be capable of holding the equipment with its typical load on the maximum grade it travels.
What is MSHA code 57.14101, Brakes.
Mine phones, or bell cables with instructions for their use shall be provided for communications from underground operations to the surface.
What is MSHA code 57.20032, Two-way communication equipment for underground operations.
This MSHA code requires mine operators to provide hearing protectors to miners whose noise exposure equals or exceeds the action level, and mandates training, proper fitting, and maintenance of these protectors?
What is MSHA Code 62.160 Hearing Protectors
Slushers rated over 10 horsepower shall be equipped with backlash guards, unless the equipment operator is otherwise protected. Safety precautions are essential to prevent hazardous movement during slushing operations.
What equipment rating requires the installation of backlash guards on slushers, unless the equipment operator is otherwise protected?
What is MSHA code 57.14111 (b) Slusher, backlash guards and securing.
In underground Mines, an unplanned fire not extinguished within ______ minutes of discovery.
What is 10 minutes.
MSHA code 50.10, Immediate notification.
Regularly used walkways and travel ways shall be sanded, salted or cleared of snow and ice as soon as practicable.
What must be done with regularly used walkways and travel ways in terms of snow and ice?
What is MSHA code 57.11016, Snow and ice on walkways and travel ways.
The operator must replace the container label immediately if it is missing or if the hazard information on the label is unreadable. Additionally, the operator must not remove or deface existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals1.
What is MSHA code 47.41, Requirement for container and labels.
This MSHA regulation requires frequent examination, testing, and proper maintenance of electric equipment to ensure safe operating conditions?
What is MSHA Code 30 CFR 77.502
What must guards be constructed and maintained to do during normal operation?
What is MSHA code 57.14112, Construction and maintenance of guards.
In surface areas of underground mines, an unplanned fire not extinguished within ______ minutes of discovery.
What is 30 minutes?
MSHA code 50.10, Immediate notification.
This MSHA code covers systematic procedure of inspection, testing, and maintenance must be developed and followed for shafts and hoisting equipment in surface metal and non-metal mines.
What is 56.19120 Procedure for inspection, testing, and maintenance.?
This MSHA regulation mandates that defects on any equipment, machinery, and tools that affect safety be corrected promptly to prevent the creation of a hazard to persons? Specifically, how should mine operators address a non-functioning mine phone?
What is MSHA code 57.14100 (b), Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
This MSHA regulation requires continuity and resistance testing for extension cords, power cords, and cables.
What is MSHA code 57.12005, Protection of power conductors from mobile equipment.
This MSHA regulation mandates that electrically powered equipment must be deenergized before mechanical work is performed on it? Additionally, what precautionary measure should be taken to prevent accidental energization?
What is MSHA code 56.12016, work on electrically powered equipment.
Maintenance checks for fire extinguishers should be made at least once every twelve months. These checks include assessing mechanical parts, the amount and condition of extinguishing agent and expellant, and the condition of the hose, nozzle, and vessel to ensure that the fire extinguishers will operate effectively.
What is MSHA code, 57.4201, Inspection.
This MSHA code states that while tools, timbers, or other materials are being lowered or raised in a shaft by means of a bucket, skip, or cage, they must be secured or so placed that they will not strike the sides of the shaft.
What is MSHA standard 57.19080, Hoisting tools, timbers, and other materials.
The operator shall immediately contact MSHA at once without delay and within 15 minutes at the toll-free number, 1-800-746-1553, once the operator knows or should know that an accident has occurred involving: (a) A death of an individual at the mine; (b) An injury of an individual at the mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death; An entrapment of an individual at the mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death; or (d) Any other accident.
What is MSHA code 50.10, Immediate notification.
This MSHA regulation requires that inspection and cover plates on electrical equipment and junction boxes be kept in place at all times except during testing or repairs.
What is MSHA code 57.12032, Inspection and cover plates.
This MSHA regulation mandates that warning signs near powder and cap magazines be posted with the appropriate United States Department of Transportation placards or other appropriate warning signs that indicate the contents and are visible from each approach, so located that a bullet passing through any of the signs will not strike the magazine? (You can use the ECFR for this one!)
What is MSHA code 57.6132, Magazine requirements.
If fire hydrants are part of the mine’s firefighting system, the hydrants shall be provided with?
What are the requirements for fire hydrants in a mine’s firefighting system according to MSHA code 57.4202?
This MSHA code states that safe access must be provided and maintained to al working places.
What is MSHA code 57.11001, Safe access.
(This is the ticket we were given when we switched to scaffolding boards.)
This MSHA standard focuses on ensuring that injured miners receive timely medical attention and have access to efficient transportation during emergencies.
You can access the ECFR on your phone for this question.
Where can you find information about American Gilsonite Company's Emergency response procedures?
What is MSHA code 57.18013, Emergency communication system.
In the glass case in the Shifters office.