Program Policy Manual - VOLUME V - Mine Safety and Health ...

MSHA PROGRAM POLICY MANUAL VOLUME V
and Certification Center, Technical Support. Manufacturers of
fire hose accepted by MSHA for flame resistance are required to
place the acceptance numbers at intervals not to exceed 3 feet
along the length of the fire hose.
Where waterlines are installed on a section, sufficient fire hose
shall be provided to reach from the water outlet to each working
face for fire-control operations. Water hose, ordinarily
provided in a section and connected to machines for dustsuppression
purposes shall be considered inadequate as fire hose
if the rate of water flow through the hose and nozzle is less
than the required 50 gallons per minute.
Average daily production figures shall be obtained from
information submitted in accordance with procedures, as required
by the respirable dust information reporting system.
Rock dust shall be dry and usable to comply with this section.
If containers other than bags are used, a means of transporting
the rock dust, such as shovels, pails, etc., to any location on
the section shall be provided.
75.1100-2 Quantity and Location of Firefighting Equipment
Paragraph (a)(1) requires that each working section in the coal
mine, where the production is 300 tons per shift or more, shall
be provided with one of the combinations of firefighting
equipment listed below:
Fire Suppresion Equipment
Portable fire extinguisher
240 pounds of rock dust
Waterline with fire hose
Portable water car
Portable chemical car
Portable foam-generating machine
Portable high-pressure rockdusting
machine
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