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MSHA PROGRAM POLICY MANUAL VOLUME V 1. Underground personnel may be transported in a scoop that is in the rear position according to the direction of travel. In other words, the scoop must be located so that, if a person accidentally fell from the scoop, the tractor would be moving in a direction away from the fallen person. 2. A locking device (stiff link or other accepted device) shall be used to preclude the possibility of accidental activation of the hydraulic control lever which operates the scoop. 3. If the scoop is equipped with an ejector blade, the control lever for the blade must also be locked in the neutral position. 4. Mantrip passengers should not ride under unguarded trolley wire unless suitable covered man-cars are used. 5. Failure to provide special locking devices on drop- bottom cars used for transporting miners on mantrips shall be considered to constitute a danger that a mantrip accident will occur immediately or before such danger can be eliminated within the meaning of Section 107(a) of the Act. 75.1403-8 Criteria - Track Haulage Roads Rails should be secured at all joints by means of plates or welds. 75.1403-9 Criteria - Shelter Holes Upon the approach of moving traffic, persons shall take refuge in shelter holes or other places of safety. 75.1403-10 Criteria - Haulage; General During inspections of mines where reflectors or other devices are being used in lieu of permissible trip lights, the inspector should determine if approval to use the reflectors or other type device has been granted by the district manager. In the event approval has not been granted, a safeguard notice should be issued. Backpoling should be prohibited except at places where the trolley pole cannot be reversed or when going up extremely steep grades, and then only at very slow speeds. Main haulage roads are interpreted to be: (1) the road leading from the surface to the section of a one-section mine; and (2) the road leading from the surface into a multi-section mine, including the roads leading to the various sections of the mine. October 2003 (Release V-34) 127
MSHA PROGRAM POLICY MANUAL VOLUME V Exceptions to main haulage roads are sidetracks or branch lines of limited distance which are not ordinarily used for through traffic. Sidetracks, branch lines, etc., may or may not extend from any main haulage road. Therefore, a main haulage road, as referred to in paragraph (b), is a roadway used for the transportation of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies and/or other articles taken into or out of a coal mine, or section of a coal mine, regardless of alternate methods used to transport coal from the working faces and regardless of the size of the mine. Any branch track leading to a nearby installation (pump, compressor, etc.), crosscut, or pillar place is considered as an exception to main haulage roads. Sprinkling a shuttle car haulage road to allay dust shall not be construed as making the roadway wet and increasing the difficulty of controlling the shuttle car. Abrupt changes in vertical clearance that present a hazard to persons riding on mobile equipment should be eliminated where possible. Otherwise, signs, preferably luminous, shall be posted to warn of the change in clearance. New overcasts and similar structures installed on haulageways should be constructed so as to provide the same vertical clearance as the surrounding area or to permit operation of haulage equipment without restricting the operators' or passengers' normal position. Material being transported should be so loaded and protected that there is no danger to the motorman or brakeman from sliding of equipment and material. Except in emergencies, timbers and other materials not necessary for, or not incidental to, the operation of locomotives, cutting machines, loading machines, and coal-drilling machines should not be transported on such equipment. Track locomotives should be equipped with proper rerailing devices, safe seating facilities for the operator, audible warning devices, sealed-beam headlights or the equivalent on each end, a suitable lifting jack and bar, and properly installed and maintained sanding devices. No person should get on or off moving locomotives or cars being moved by locomotives; however, the brakeman may get on or off the rear end of a slowly moving trip. Standing cars on any track, unless held effectively by brakes, should be properly blocked or spragged. Cars shall be secured effectively at working faces. October 2003 (Release V-34) 128
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