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COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
GENERAL INSPECTION PROCEDURES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 3
Inspectors should be mindful of any limitations included in the regulatory text
of the following standards, which incorporate NFPA consensus codes:
§§ 75.1101-7 (Installation of water sprinkler systems; requirements); 75.1101-8
(Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers); 75.1107-3(b) (Fire
suppression devices; approved components; installation requirements);
75.1107-4(b) (Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation;
minimum requirements); 75.1107-13(b) (Approval of other fire suppression
devices); 75.1107-16(b) (Inspection of fire suppression devices); and 75.1107-17
(Incorporation by reference; availability of publications). For example, in
accordance with § 75.1101-7(a), each sprinkler system must be installed, as far
as practicable, in accordance with NFPA 13, “Installation of Sprinkler
Systems.” NFPA 13 is the NFPA consensus standard for installation of fire
protection sprinkler systems. Among other things, this consensus standard
provides guidance on locating sprinklers, dealing with horizontal or vertical
obstructions to sprinkler discharge water, specifying allowable types of pipes
and fittings, and presenting methods for determining minimum pipes sizes.
The electronic NFPA documents hyperlinked are provided as an additional
resource to the hard copies you received previously. Do not distribute copies
of these codes to non-MSHA persons, mines, and companies, because they are
copyrighted by the NFPA.
Again, it is being stressed that these are copyrighted documents and we
have acquired them for only MSHA. Any further distribution outside of
MSHA is a violation of MSHA’s license.
The following check sheets may be used for inspector notes Form 2000-222
Deluge; Form 2000-225 Dry Powder; Form 2000-234 Water Sprinkler. (Refer to
Belt Air: 69 Fed. Reg. 17480 (April 2, 2004); and Flame-Resistant Belts 73 Fed.
Reg. 80580 (Dec. 31, 2008) for additional information.)
Documentation Required: The inspector should record in the inspection notes each
belt flight, skip shaft facility and bunker that is inspected. The belt flight should be
identified in the inspection notes as it appears in the ITS. The inspector is not required
to document the inspection of conveyor belt flights by date and initials in the ITS. If a
belt flight is not inspected in its entirety, the starting and stopping points, as
correlated to a permanent reference point on the mine map such as a crosscut number
or spad location should be included in the inspection notes. The inspector should
clearly mark the extent of daily travels that contribute to the E01 inspection by date
and initials on the mine tracking map and the beginning and ending point of each
day’s travel, until the belt flight is fully inspected (this does not apply to routine travel
of or incidental travel into the belt flight). The inspector shall record the completion of
the 50 psi/50 gpm of water availability check in water lines at or near the working
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