MSHA's final rule requires mine operators to have written safety programs for surface mobile equipment (excluding belt conveyors) at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines. The safety programs must include input from miners and their representatives and identify hazards and risks.

 — The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) published its long-awaited proposed rule on Sept. 9 addressing surface mobile equipment safety. The proposal is notable both for what it contains and what it does not.

 — MSHA's new Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment rule requires mine operators to develop a written safety program for surface mobile equipment — excluding belt conveyors — in surface mines and the surface areas of underground mines.

 — The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) published a new rule related to mobile equipment, requiring mine operators to develop and implement a written safety program for mobile equipment at surface mines and surface areas of …

 — This latest contribution to the Code of Federal Regulations requires all mine operators to develop, implement and update a written safety program for surface mobile equipment. For most mine operators, compliance with the new rule won't require much.

Miners and others at the mine necessary to perform work will be trained in compliance with the Part 46 or Part 48 Training Plan (the Plan). The Plan contains safety rules and procedures that miners, visitors, and others must follow to identify, and address hazards related to surface mobile equipment operating on mine property.

 — The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) finalized its ruling on surface mobile equipment safety in December. Find out the key elements the rule covers.

 — Spurred by the deaths of six miners who were struck by mobile equipment in underground production areas, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a safety alert.

 — Surface mobile equipment means wheeled, skid-mounted, track-mounted, or rail-mounted equipment capable of moving or being moved, and any powered equipment that transports people, equipment, or materials, excluding belt conveyors, at surface areas of underground metal and nonmetal mines.

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