MSHA Environments
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Equipment in Mines
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MSHA Standards
100

The minimum requirement for a berm

What is half the axle height of the largest vehicle 0n site?

100

 Two violations for which you can be personally fined

What is Smoking (or materials) and falsifying MSHA documents or statements? 

100

Abbreviated as ROPS

What is roll over protection system?

100

According to MSHA regulations, all electrical repairs must be performed by

What is a qualified electrician?

100

When does MSHA require you to have a Hardhat on?

Wh is..When there is a hazard suspended over your head   .

200

The frequency that the ground must be inspected around a high wall.

What is once every shift?

200

The 3 minimum required PPE items

What are safety glasses, safety shoes, and hard hat?

200

The minimum distance you must keep all trucks, cranes and booms from any energized power lines

What is 10 feet?

200

Dual hearing protection is required by MSHA when performing this task

What is using an air impact wrench.

200

Access points near a waterway is required by MSHA to have _____________

What is a Flotation device .

300

Minimum required distance for working from high wall.

What is 25% of the high wall height?

300

Frequency that a mine must be inspected by MSHA

What is twice per year?

300

This is how often a brake function test must be performed on equipment in mines. 

What is prior to each shift?


300

The year the Mine Act was enacted.

What is 1977?


300

MSHA Standard  has reduce the exposure limit on Silica dust from _______ micrograms to ______ micrograms.

What is ...100 Micrograms to 50 Micrograms 

400

The minimum distance MSHA requires from a loaded shot.


What is 75 feet?

400

The first step before reporting a safety concern to MSHA

What is report the concern to your supervisor?

400

The first thing you should do when approaching a piece of operating equipment

What is make eye contact with operator?

400

who is considered to be a "miner"


Who is anyone working in a mine (including supervisors, contractors, construction or demolition workers, and truck drivers) ?

400

Any unattended vehicle on a mine site must be supported from movement using what ?

What is ... a wheel chock

500

The first step a first aid trained miner must assess before helping an injured miner?

What is area safety?

500

The minimum height that requires fall protection according to MSHA

What is when there is a risk of a fall?

500

According is MSHA this is when lockout tagout is not required.


What is having sole possession of the only source of energy for what it is you are working on?

500

The acronym we use for extinguishing a fire with an extingusher.

PASS

Pull

Aim 

Squeeze

Sweep

500

Three documents that MSHA would be looking for during an inspection.

What is... task training paperwork, Pre trips, current year refresher paperwork.