History | Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
Mine-specific emergency response plans in underground coal mines; New regulations regarding mine rescue teams and sealing of abandoned areas; Prompt notification of mine accidents; Enhanced civil penalties; To learn more about the history and contents of the 2006 MINER Act, please see Senate Report No. 109-365.
Arch Coal's Mine Rescue Teams Capture Top Spots in …
CUMBERLAND, Ky., Sept. 4, 2013 -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) announced that mine rescue teams from two subsidiaries captured top honors at the 2013 Harlan County Safety Days recently held on the campus of the Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College in Cumberland, Ky. Arch Coal's Cumberland River Coal Blue Team from Oven …
MSHA revises instructional materials for mine rescue teams
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published a notice in the Federal Register of revisions to instruction guides for advanced training for coal mine rescue teams. The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006 requires the criteria be updated by the MSHA every 5 years.
The Future of Mines Rescue in Australia
Whilst mine management carry the primary responsibility to respond to an emergency, mines rescue teams will have an increasingly important role for underground coal mines going forward Professor David Cliff reports.. Following recent disasters in New Zealand and the United State some people have raised the question, "What is the …
30 CFR § 49.12
(b) Each mine rescue team shall consist of five members and one alternate who are fully qualified, trained, and equipped for providing emergency mine rescue service. Mine rescue teams for anthracite coal mines, which have no electrical equipment at the face or working section, shall consist of at least three members per team and one alternate ...
MINE RESCUE TRAINING SIMULATIONS AND …
effectivene ss of their coal mine rescue teams and evaluate new and emerging technology. These efforts hav e resulted in improved disaster recovery training drills and the development of new technology such as a high - visib ility team lifeline, an inflatable partition for high-expansion generators, and a positive-pressure ...
Operator's Annual Certification of Mine Rescue Teams …
This form can be used by underground coal mine operators to certify that each of a mine's two designated mine rescue teams meets the requirements of 30CFR Part 49 Subpart B. ... All mine rescue stations serving underground anthracite coal mines, which have no electrical equipment at the face or working section, shall have at least the ...
2023 Coal Mine Rescue Rules
2023 MINE RESCUE CONTESTS Mine Rescue Rules were designed as a training tool for mine rescue teams. The gas levels, limits, travel distances, water levels, etc. were developed for contest purposes only. Discretion should be used in actual mine emergency situations. 1. Mine rescue teams must be composed of persons who are bonafide …
20 Years Later, a Look a Back at the Quecreek Mine Rescue
On July 24, 2002, nine coal miners at the Quecreek #1 Mine site in Pennsylvania were trapped after mining activities breached an adjacent mine filled with water. For 77 hours, MSHA, state, and local rescuers worked successfully to rescue all nine men. ... "MSHA's rescue teams provide critical assistance to local and state rescue …
A Review of Mine Rescue Ensembles for Underground …
equipped professional mine rescue teams available in the event of a mine emergency. Currently, there are 217 underground coal mine rescue teams with a total of 1888 members in the U.S.[11]. MINE RESCUE TEAMS and THEIR TASKS Mine rescue and recovery involves a wide variety of tasks. The way that the mine rescue teams …
A Review of Mine Rescue Ensembles for Underground Coal Mining …
INTRODUCTION. The mining industry is among the top ten industries nationwide with high occupational injury and fatality rates [], and mine rescue operations are a relatively high risk activity in underground coal mining.Mine rescue team members must be prepared to respond when an emergency occurs and take the necessary precautions required to …
2024 Coal Mine Rescue Rules
2024 MINE RESCUE CONTESTS Mine Rescue Rules were designed as a training tool for mine rescue teams. The gas levels, limits, travel distances, water levels, etc. were developed for contest purposes only. Discretion should be used in actual mine emergency situations. The Holmes Mine Rescue Association ("HMRA") Coal Mine Rescue Rules …
Criteria to Certify Coal Mine Rescue Teams
The criteria for certifying the qualifications of coal mine rescue teams under 30 CFR 49.50 include the requirements that members are: (1) Properly trained annually, (2) Familiar with the operations of each covered mine, (3) Participating in at least two local mine rescue contests annually,
Duty of care: The role of mines rescue
In an article in the same edition of Coal Review, Greg Rowan, chairman of the Queensland Emergency Exercise Management Committee, said reactive responses through surface management and control teams, mines rescue teams and duty card systems had limited impact on survival rates in the first few hours of an emergency.
Towards an emergency preparedness for self-rescue from underground coal
Mine rescue ensemble and mine rescue teams in underground coal mining6.1. Mine rescue ensemble. Mine rescue ensemble is the integrated elements of personal protection systems used by the rescue team to protect them against hazards such as heat, noxious gases, ...
Criteria to Certify Coal Mine Rescue Teams
Initial criteria to certify the qualifications of coal mine rescue teams under 30 CFR 49.50 are: (1) Team is available at all times when miners are underground; (2) …
IMRB – International Mines Rescue Body – Mine Rescue
Mine rescue is the specialized job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured, and combating fires and other emergencies in underground mines. Mine rescue teams are trained and equipped to deal with a wide range of hazards and situations including fires, explosions, rockfalls, toxic gases, influx of water, and injuries.
Major Mine Rescue Contests Resume
Organizers are looking forward to hosting back-to-back national and international mine rescue contests. by steve fiscor, editor-in-chief. Working in conjunction with Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Holmes Mine Rescue Association (HMRA) will host the first National Mine Rescue contest using combined metal and coal rules at the …
eCFR :: 30 CFR Part 49 -- Mine Rescue Teams
Criteria. (30 CFR) (1) Team is available at all times when miners are underground. 49.12 (a); 49.12 (g) (2) Except where alternative compliance is permitted, team has five members and one alternate. 49.12 (b) (3) Members have experience working in an underground …
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Colorado School of Mines Mine Rescue Team (CSM MRT) was founded in 2009 as one of the first collegiate mine rescue teams in the world. The following year the program expanded to form two teams, including the first-ever all-women's mine rescue team. Currently, the club has one competitive team with goals to expand.
30 CFR § 49.12
(b) Each mine rescue team shall consist of five members and one alternate who are fully qualified, trained, and equipped for providing emergency mine rescue service. Mine …
ia Energy
ia Energy started a mine rescue team in 2016. It is the first state team in the Commonwealth's history and will provide emergency response to all underground coal mines in ia. Services will also be offered to …
Mine Rescue Teams
This final rule revises MSHA's existing standards for mine rescue teams for underground coal mines. On February 10, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) held that MSHA's Mine Rescue Teams rule, issued on February 8, 2008, is inconsistent with...
Moranbah teams win national underground mines rescue …
Anglo American teams from Grosvenor and Moranbah North mines won first and second place respectively at the 59th annual Australian Underground Coal Mines Rescue competition after a gruelling day.
Mining Rescue and First Aid Champions 1930 – Illinois …
Four Mine Rescue Teams from around the nation competed. Eight years later, again in Pittsburgh, 24 mine rescue teams and 83 first aid teams competed against one another in a series of tests and emergency situations, judged, and scored as first responders. Coal mining rescue was already developing its own scientific discourse, ...
Mine Rescue Teams are Critical to MSHA's Mission
Throughout our nation's history, members of the mining community have been called upon to rescue their fellow miners from emergency situations in coal and metal and nonmetal mines, whether …
CDC
In cooperation with state mining agencies and mining companies, more than 50 different mine rescue teams have evaluated a variety of rescue technologies during realistic training exercises …
Mine Rescue Teams
Because the mine rescue team provisions contained in section 4 of the MINER Act apply only to underground coal mines, the final rule affects those mines and …
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Mine Rescue Teams
30 CFR 49.50 (Certification of coal mine rescue teams) requires underground coal mine operators to certify that each designated coal mine rescue team meets the requirements of 30 CFR part 49 subpart B. 30 CFR 75.1713-1 and 77.1702 (Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; ...
Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory
United States – coal mine rescue training facilities and practices The mine rescue stations for the 170 underground coal mine rescue teams registered in the United States are displayed in Figs 1a and 1b as red dots (Mine Safety Technology and Training Commis-sion, 2006). Also shown are thirteen facilities that