Title 30, Part 77 — Mandatory Safety Standards, Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines

Scope.

Definitions.

Certified person.

Tests for methane and for oxygen deficiency; qualified person.

Tests for methane; oxygen deficiency; qualified person, additional requirement.

Electrical work; qualified person.

Repair of energized surface high-voltage lines; qualified person.

Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; qualifications.

Records of certified and qualified persons.

Training programs.

Plans for training programs.

Surface installations; general.

Methane content in surface installations.

Tests for methane; qualified person; use of approved device.

Methane accumulations; change in ventilation.

Dust accumulations in surface installations.

Use of material or equipment overhead; safeguards.

Openings in surface installations; safeguards.

Travelways at surface installations.

Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance.

Illumination.

Storage of materials.

Surge and storage piles.

Hoisting of materials.

Draw-off tunnels; stockpiling and reclaiming operations; general.

Continuous methane monitoring device; installation and operation; automatic deenergization of electric equipment.

Draw-off tunnel ventilation fans; installation.

Draw-off tunnel escapeways.

Refuse piles; general.

Refuse piles; construction requirements.

Refuse piles; identification.

Refuse piles; reporting requirements.

Refuse piles: certification.

Refuse piles; abandonment.

Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.

Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; identification.

Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; minimum plan requirements; changes or modifications; certification.

Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.

Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.

Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; abandonment.

Definitions.

Thermal dryers; general.

Dryer heating units; operation.

Bypass stacks.

Hot gas inlet chamber dropout doors.

Explosion release vents.

Access to drying chambers, hot gas inlet chambers and ductwork; installation and maintenance.

Fire protection.

Thermal dryers; location and installation; general.

Structures housing other facilities; use of partitions.

Visual check of system equipment.

Control stations; location.

Control panels.

Alarm devices.

Fail safe monitoring systems.

Wet-coal feedbins; low-level indicators.

Automatic temperature control instruments.

Thermal dryers; examination and inspection.

Mechanical equipment guards.

Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.

Hand-held power tools; safety devices.

Mobile equipment; falling object protective structures (FOPS).

Mobile equipment; rollover protective structures (ROPS).

Incorporation by reference.

Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.

Performing work from a raised position; safeguards.

Drive belts.

Power-driven pulleys.

Welding operations.

Shovels, draglines, and tractors.

Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.

Compressed air and boilers; general.

Compressed air systems.

Boilers.

Electric power circuits and electric equipment; deenergization.

Electric distribution circuits and equipment; repair.

Qualified person.

Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.

Qualified person.

Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.

Electric conductors; capacity and insulation.

Electric conductors.

Electrical connections or splices; suitability.

Cable fittings; suitability.

Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.

Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.

Electric equipment; switches.

Lightning arresters, ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.

Lightning arresters; wires entering buildings.

Transformers; installation and guarding.

Resistors; location and guarding.

Danger signs at electrical installations.

Inspection and cover plates.

Insulating mats at power switches.

Switchboards; passageways and clearance.

Bare signal or control wires; voltage.

Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.

Trailing cables; short-circuit protection; disconnecting devices.

Trailing cables or portable cables; temporary splices.

Permanent splicing of trailing cables.

Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.

Protection of trailing cables.

Breaking trailing cable and power cable connections.

Energized trailing cables; handling.

Rubber gloves; minimum requirements.

Grounding metallic sheaths, armors, and conduits enclosing power conductors.

Approved methods of grounding.

Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.

Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems.

Approved methods of grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment receiving power from a direct-current power system.

Grounding wires; capacity.

Use of grounding connectors.

Protection other than grounding.

Grounding frames of stationary high-voltage equipment receiving power from ungrounded delta systems.

Approved methods of grounding.

Work on high-voltage lines; deenergizing and grounding.

Work on high-voltage lines.

Repairs to energized high-voltage lines.

Work on energized high-voltage surface lines; reporting.

Simultaneous repairs.

Installation of protective equipment.

Protective clothing; use and inspection.

Protective equipment; inspection.

Protective equipment; testing and storage.

Operating disconnecting or cutout switches.

Tying into energized high-voltage surface circuits.

Use of grounded messenger wires; ungrounded systems.

Guy wires; grounding.

High-voltage circuits; circuit breakers.

Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.

Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.

Grounding resistors.

Grounding resistors; continuous current rating.

Protection of high-voltage circuits; neutral grounding resistors; disconnecting devices.

Fail safe ground check circuits on high-voltage resistance grounded systems.

Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage.

Ground check systems not employing pilot check wires; approval by the Secretary.

High-voltage trailing cables; minimum design requirements.

Cable couplers and connection boxes; minimum design requirements.

Connection of single-phase loads.

Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.

High-voltage powerlines; clearances above ground.

Booms and masts; minimum distance from high-voltage lines.

Movement of equipment; minimum distance from high-voltage lines.

Disconnecting devices.

Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.

High-voltage equipment; grounding.

Movement of portable substations and transformers.

Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving portable or mobile three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.

Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.

Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.

Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits.

Grounding resistor; continuous current rating.

Low- and medium-voltage ground check monitor circuits.

Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage.

Approved ground check systems not employing pilot check wires.

Attachment of ground conductors and ground check wires to equipment frames; use of separate connections.

Disconnecting devices.

Identification of circuit breakers.

Connection of single-phase loads.

Trailing cables supplying power to low-voltage mobile equipment; ground wires and ground check wires.

Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.

Filing of plan.

Stripping; loose material.

Box cuts; spoil material placement.

Benches.

Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.

Scaling highwalls; general.

Highwalls; men working.

Drilling; general.

Relocation of drills; safeguards.

Drill; operation.

Collaring holes.

Drill holes; guarding.

Jackhammers; operation; safeguards.

Air drills; safeguards.

Fire protection; training and organization.

Escape and evacuation; plan.

Warning signs; smoking and open flame.

Flammable liquids; storage.

Accumulations of combustible materials.

Internal combustion engines; fueling.

Battery-charging stations; ventilation.

Belt conveyors.

Firefighting equipment; requirements; general.

Type and capacity of firefighting equipment.

Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.

Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.

Welding, cutting, soldering; use of fire extinguisher.

Welding, cutting, or soldering with arc or flame; safeguards.

Mine map.

Certification of mine maps.

Availability of mine map.

Explosives and blasting.

Explosives; magazines.

Vehicles used to transport explosives.

Explosives, handling and use.

Blasting agents; special provisions.

Personnel hoists and elevators.

Automatic controls and brakes.

Rated capacity.

Maximum load; posting.

Daily examination of hoisting equipment.

Certifications and records of daily examinations.

Operation of hoisting equipment after repairs.

Wire ropes; scope.

Minimum rope strength.

Initial measurement.

Examinations.

Retirement criteria.

Load end attachments.

Drum end attachment.

End attachment retermination.

End attachment replacement.

Auger mining; planning.

Auger mining; inspections.

Auger holes; restriction against entering.

Augering equipment; overhead protection.

Auger equipment; operation.

Auger holes; blocking.

Loading and haulage; general.

Transportation of persons; restrictions.

Use of aerial tramways to transport persons.

Trains and locomotives; authorized persons.

Transportation of persons; overcrowding.

Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

Loading and haulage equipment; operation.

Dumping facilities.

Communications in work areas.

Emergency communications; requirements.

Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.

First-Aid training; supervisory employees.

First aid training program; availability of instruction to all miners.

First aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners.

First aid training program; minimum requirements.

First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.

Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.

Protective clothing; requirements.

Distinctively colored hard hats or hard caps; identification for newly employed, inexperienced miners.

Smoking prohibition.

Reopening mines; notification; inspection prior to mining.

Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.

Cutout switches.

Overcurrent protection.

Devices for overcurrent protection.

Insulation of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires and bare signal wires; guarding of trolley wires and trolley feeder wires.

Slopes and shafts; approval of plans.

Compliance with approved slope and shaft sinking plans.

Preshift and onshift inspections; reports.

Methane and oxygen deficiency tests; approved devices.

Drilling and mucking operations.

Permissible diesel-powered equipment.

Hoists and hoisting; minimum requirements.

Communications between slope and shaft bottoms and hoist operators.

Hoist safeguards; general.

Hoists; daily inspection.

Hoist construction; general.

Hoist installations; use.

Hoist operation; qualified hoistman.

Explosives and blasting; use of permissible explosives and shot-firing units.

Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager.

Explosives and blasting; general.

Ventilation of slopes and shafts.

Ladders and stairways.

Fire-resistant wood.

Electrical equipment.

Storage and handling of combustible materials.

Welding, cutting, and soldering; fire protection.

Purpose and scope.

Definitions.

Written safety program.

Requirements for written safety program.

Record and inspection.