352.650 Mine maps -- Posting -- Escape drills -- Frequency -- Locations --
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(1)A map shall be posted or readily accessible to all miners in each working section,
and in each area where mechanized equipment is being installed or removed. The
map shall show the designated escapeways from the working section to the
locations where miners must travel to satisfy the escapeway drill specified in
subsection
(4)of this section.
(2)A map showing the main escapeways shall be posted at the surface location of the
licensed facility where miners congregate.
(3)All maps shall be kept up-to-date. Any changes in routes of travel, locations of
doors, or directions of airflow shall be shown on the maps by the end of the shift.
Miners affected by the changes shall be informed of the changes before entering the
underground areas of the mine. Miners on a shift underground when any change is
made shall be immediately notified of the change.
(4)At least once every ninety
(90)days, each miner, including those miners with
working stations located between the working sections and main escapeways, shall
participate in a practice escapeway drill.
(5)During the drill, miners that do not have working stations located between the
working sections and the main escapeways shall travel the greater distance of the
two
(2)following choices:
(a)A path from the primary or alternate escapeway from the miner's working
section or from the area where mechanized mining equipment is being
installed or removed, to the area where the split of air ventilating the working
section intersects a main air course; or
(b)A path which is two thousand (2,000) feet outby the section loading point.
(6)Those miners who have working stations located between the working sections and
the main escapeways shall participate in the escapeway drill by traveling in the
primary or alternate escapeway for a distance of two thousand (2,000) feet from
their working station toward the nearest escape facility or drift opening.
(a)At least once every six
(6)weeks and for each shift, at least two
(2)miners on
each coal-producing working section who work on that section, accompanied
by the section foreman, shall participate in a practice escapeway drill and shall
travel the primary or alternate escapeway:
1. From the location specified in paragraph
(a)of subsection
(5)of this
section to the surface;
2. To mechanical escape facilities; or
3. To an underground entrance to a shaft or slope to the surface.
(b)Systematic rotation of section personnel shall be used so that all miners
participate in this drill.
(a)At least once every six
(6)weeks, at least two
(2)miners on each maintenance
shift and a foreman or assistant foreman shall participate in a practice
escapeway drill and shall travel the primary or alternate escapeway:
1. From the location specified in paragraph
(a)of subsection
(5)of this
section to the surface;
2. To mechanical escape facilities; or
3. To an underground entrance to a shaft or slope to the surface.
(b)Systematic rotation of maintenance personnel and working sections shall be
used so that all miners participate in the drill and so that the escapeways from
all sections are traveled.
(9)For all escapeway drills required by this section, an escapeway drill shall not be
conducted in the same escapeway as the drill proceeding immediately thereafter.
(10)Before or during practice escapeway drills, miners shall be informed of the
locations of fire doors, check curtains, changes in the routes of travel, caches of
self-rescuers, and plans for diverting smoke from escapeways.