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COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH GENERAL INSPECTION PROCEDURES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 3 structure condition, guarding, accumulations of combustible materials, lighting, electrical installation, air quality, fire protection, safety devices, and safe access. Documentation Required: Each shop and other structure shall be inspected per the procedural requirement and identified by name and location. 28. Surface First–Aid Equipment. The surface first-aid equipment shall be inspected for compliance with § 77.1707 (First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements). Documentation Required: Inspections of first-aid equipment conducted per the procedural requirement and the general location of the equipment should be documented. 29. Thermal Dryer. An inspection shall be conducted of all thermal dryers for compliance with §§ 77.307(a) to 77.315. Special attention should be given to structure condition, guarding, accumulations of combustible materials, lighting, electrical installation, air quality, fire protection, safety devices, and safe access. 30. Travelways and Active Roadways. An inspection shall be conducted of all travelways and active roadways for compliance with §§ 77.404(a), 77.807-1, 77.1000 to 77.1006(a), and 77.1600 to 77.1608(a). Special attention shall be given to berms, road grades and design, visibility, and traffic control. (Refer to the Haul Road Inspection Handbook for further guidance.) Documentation Required: Each travelway and active roadway shall be inspected per the procedural requirement and identified by name and general location. 31. Ventilating Fan Installations. An inspection shall be conducted of all ventilating fan installations for compliance with applicable standards. Special attention should be given to airway heaters, safe access, guards, equipment condition, fire detection systems, combustible material presence within 100 feet of the main mine fan installation, fire protection, condition of electrical cables, wiring and circuit capacity, pressure recording device, fan chart, and other monitoring devices installed in the fan house. Documentation Required: Each ventilation fan installation shall be inspected per the procedural requirement and the location shall be documented. 32. Oil, Gas, and Coalbed Methane Wells. Many oil and gas well activities are not directly connected to mining, do not occur on mine property, and are not subject to MSHA jurisdiction. Longwall gob wells are specifically developed to assist with methane extraction from active longwall panels and are typically under MSHA jurisdiction. Well plugging activities that occur near active mining may be under MSHA jurisdiction. Contact your supervisor if there is Release 1 (February 2013) 3-40
COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH GENERAL INSPECTION PROCEDURES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 3 any question about jurisdiction and inspection requirements for the surface facilities and activities for oil, gas, and coalbed methane wells on or near mine property. The § 75.1200 (Mine map) map should show all oil and gas wells within 500 feet of active mining areas. A petition for modification of § 75.1700 (Oil and gas wells) is needed to plug an oil, gas, or surface directionally drilled horizontal coalbed methane well that will be intersected by a coal mine. Inspect the surface facilities and operation of wells under MSHA jurisdiction. This inspection should include a general safety inspection under Part 77. Inspect hoisting operations, personal protective equipment and machinery. Maintenance of wellhead equipment is inherently dangerous because explosive levels of methane may be present in piping and equipment. Before starting any maintenance activity that could result in an ignition, the well should be shut in and all piping and equipment that will be affected should be purged with inert gas. Tests for methane (CH4) leakage conducted by a qualified person should be made prior to any work on the wellhead and associated equipment. Verify that wellhead equipment (valves, blowers, stacks, etc.) corresponds to specifications in the mine ventilation plan. (Refer to Informational Report 1346 – Consideration for Underground Coal Mines That Operate Near Coalbed Methane Wells for further guidance.) Documentation Required: Gas and oil well maintenance and plugging inspections should be documented in the inspection notes, including the location description. E. Underground Outby Areas. 1. Aircourses (including Escapeways). During each regular inspection, the inspector should compare the mine operator’s weekly examination records of aircourses to the mine map to assure that the mine operator is examining the mine in its entirety. The inspector will assure that all aircourses required to be examined are maintained in the ITS by name and identified with an intake or return designation. If the aircourse is also an escapeway, it should be so identified with the aircourse name. When aircourses cannot be examined weekly in their entirety, appropriate enforcement action shall be taken under § 75.364(b) (7 day examination). Rehabilitation or clean-up of the affected portion of the airway should be the primary focus in regard to termination of the citation with appropriate abatement time given considering the scope of the work involved. When rehabilitation or clean-up of the affected area is determined to be impracticable, the mine must submit a petition for modification and propose an alternate method that provides at least the same degree of safety as conducting an examination of the entire aircourse. The inspector shall give primary Release 1 (February 2013) 3-41
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