Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 36-6-9 - Safety Provisions - Longwall Section Face Conveyer9.1. No person shall cross the longwall section face conveyer while such is in operation, unless a crossover is provided for a person to cross the face conveyer safely.9.2. Prior to starting a longwall section face conveyer, telephone pager communications or other effective warning signal shall be sounded to alert all persons across the longwall section working face.9.3. No person shall ride the longwall section face conveyer; however, a plan may be submitted to the Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training for approval for the removal of injured persons on the longwall section face conveyer, provided it is necessary to transport such injured person on a stretcher or backboard.9.4. All new face roof support units shall be equipped with adjacent unit controls unless units have a wide single canopy over each unit that protects the workman from falling material when operating unit controls from within the support of shield unit being removed.9.5. After the effective date of these rules and regulations all new installed face roof support units shall be equipped with an outlet to facilitate measurement of the interior prop pressure. 9.6.After the effective date of these rules and regulations all new installed face roof support units shall be equipped with an outlet to facilitate measurement of the yield pressure.9.7. Yield valves of face roof support units shall be calibrated at least annually within fifteen (15) percent of the yield pressure specified in the approved roof control plan. A legible record of such calibrations of each valve shall be kept on the surface of the mine for at least eighteen (18) months and be available for inspection by interested persons.