Workplace Examinations

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Workplace Examinations
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Daily Workplace Examinations
Who is responsible for making workplace
examinations?
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Examinations
30 CFR 56.18002 (a) A competent person
designated by the operator shall examine each
working place at least once each shift for
conditions which may adversely affect safety or
health. The operator shall promptly initiate
appropriate action to correct such
conditions.(b) A record that such examinations
were conducted shall be kept by the operator for
a period of one year, and shall be made available
for review by the Secretary or his authorized
representative.
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Examinations
30 CFR 56.18002 (c) In addition, conditions
that may present an imminent danger which are
noted by the person conducting the examination
shall be brought to the immediate attention of
the operator who shall withdraw all persons from
the area affected (except persons referred to in
section 104(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977) until the danger is abated.
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A few examples of potential pre-shift/on-shift
hazardous conditions
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Loose hazardous material from tops of pits,
banks, walls or benches
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Chemical containers missing labels
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Loose, fractured or overhanging highwalls
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Defective stairways, platforms, doors and runways
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Defective mobile equipment (lights, brakes,
windows, seatbelts, audible warning devices,
fluid leaks, etc.)
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Condition of roadways, grades, clearance,
visibility, traffic, berms or other
characteristics of haulage roads
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Slip, trip or fall hazards
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• Insufficient lighting in any area where miners
  work or travel.
• Any mobile equipment in use which has not been
  inspected by the operator for safety defects.

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Equipment guards that have been removed and not
replaced
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Improper storage of material
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Improperly blocked equipment raised for
repair/service
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Torn or missing insulation, loose grounds or
exposed electrical wiring
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October 14, 2002, a 25-year-old front-end loader
operator, with 3 months mining experience was
fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation.
The victim parked his loader near the toe of a 33
foot highwall and left the operator's cab when
material sloughed off the highwall and buried him.
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October 21, 2002, a 48-year-old equipment
operator with 11 years mining experience was
fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation.
The victim was operating a front-end loader
feeding a power screen plant when he backed one
of the wheels over a drop-off. The loader, which
was not provided with a ROPS cab, rolled over,
crushing the victim.
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Correction of Hazardous Conditions
30 CFR 56.3200 Ground conditions that create a
hazard to persons shall be taken down or
supported before other work or travel is
permitted in the affected area. Until corrective
work is completed, the area shall be posted with
a warning against entry and, when left
unattended, a barrier shall be installed to
impede unauthorized entry.
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