MSHA Haulage Safety

1
MSHA Haulage Safety
2
Types of Mobile Equipment
3
Pre-Shift InspectionPer 56.14100

• Pre-shift Inspection
• Inspected by equipment operator before being
  placed in operation on that shift
• Defects that affect safety corrected in timely
  manner
• Equipment with defects taken out of service and
  parked in designated area
• Defects not immediately corrected, shall be
  reported and recorded, until defects are fixed

4
Haulage Requirements

• Requirements for Seat Belts
• Seat Belt on Haul Truck - 56.14131 (SAE J386)
  Operator Restraint Systems for Off Road Work
  Machines, 1985
• Maintained in functional condition and replaced
  when necessary to assure proper performance

5
Haulage Requirements

• Requirements for Seat Belts
• Seat Belt on Loader - 56.14130(a) (SAE J386 or
  SAE J1194 ROPS for Wheeled Agricultural Tractors
  1983)
• Maintained in functional condition and replaced
  when necessary to assure proper performance

6
Haulage Requirements

• Requirements for ROPS
• ROPS on Loader - 56.14130 (a) (SAE J1040)
  Performance Criteria for ROPS Structures for
  Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry and Mining
  Machines 1986 or
• ROPS on Loader - 56.14130(a) (SAE J1194 ROPS for
  Wheeled Agricultural Tractors 1983)

7
ROPS

• Rollover Protective Structure
• Permanent label affixed to structure with
• Manufacturers Name Address
• Make and Model Number of Equipment
• Installed per Manufacturers Recommendations
• Re-certified by Manufacturer or Registered
  Professional Engineer with knowledge and
  experience in ROPS design after rollover of
  abnormal structural load, alterations or repair

8
FOPS

• Falling Object Protection 56.14106 for forklifts,
  front end loader and bulldozers
• when used in area when hazard could be created
• Capable of withstanding loads to which it would
  be subjected

9
Brakes

• Service Brakes - 56.14101(a)(1)
• Service brake system capable of stopping and
  holding the equipment with its typical load on
  the maximum grade it travels
• Parking Brakes - 56.14101(b)(2)
• Parking brakes capable of stopping and holding
  the equipment with its typical load on the
  maximum grade it travels

10
Brake Test Requirements

• Brake Test - 56.14101(b)(3)
• Conducted under the direction of the mine
  operator in cooperation with the instructions
  provided by the MSHA Inspector only when
• Equipment capable of travelling between 10 20
  mph
• Where there is an appropriate test site
• Front-end loaders have bucket empty
• Mobile Equipment is not carrying explosives

11
Brake Test Procedures

• Brake Test - 56.14101(b)(3)
• Equipment must reach and maintain a constant
  speed between 10 20 mph prior to enter 100 ft
  test site
• Roadway must be wide enough for equipment and
  must be level, dry and packed
• Braking with those systems used under normal
  operating conditions (no parking brakes)
• In proper gear for the appropriate speed

12
Brake Test Evaluation

• Brake Test - 56.14101(b)(4)
• Stopping distances measures from point where
  operator receives signal to stop to actual
  stopping distance
• Must be within chart in Table 1
• If not, operator may request up to 4 more test
  runs ( 2 in each direction) of which on 3 must
  meet the appropriate stopping distances for speed
  and vehicle weight

13
Back-up Alarms

• Back-up Alarms 56.14132(a) -When operator has
  obstructed view to the rear
• Automatic reverse activated signal alarm
• Wheel mounted bell alarm
• Discriminating backup alarm covers area of view
• Observer (spotter) 56.9305(c) truck must stop
  when unable to clearly recognize spotters
  signals
• All alarms above surrounding noise levels
• Automatic reverse activated at night

14
Windows

• Windows 56.14103(a) - If Windows are provided
• Made of safety glass or equivalent
• Maintained to provide safe operation
• Replaced or removed if damaged and obscures
  visibility

15
Fire Extinguishers

• Fire Extinguishers on Mobile Equipment
• 56.4230(a) - Whenever a fire or its effects can
  impede escape from mobile equipment or
• 56.4230(b) can impede the escape of others in the
  area, extinguisher must be on vehicle or within a
  100 feet of equipment
• Located to permit use
• Fire Suppression system can be substituted if it
  can be activated manually

16
Warning Signals

• Warnings 56.14200 - Mobile Equipment Before
  moving any equipment
• Sound a warning that is audible above surrounding
  area or
• Use other effective means to warn persons

17
Securing Movable Parts

• Warnings 56.14206 - Mobile Equipment
• When moving any equipment
• Parts of equipment must be in travel mode
• Mechanically secured
• Getting Off Equipment - 56.9318
• Persons cannot get off moving mobile equipment
• Clearances 56.9306 - Warning devices
• Devices installed and restricted area marked

18
Unattended or Not in Use

• Securing Parts 56.14206(b) - Equipment When
  equipment is unattended or not in use
• Parts of equipment must be lowered to ground
• Mechanically secured
• Parking Procedures 56.14207 Equipment not left
  unattended unless
• Placed in park and parking brake set, wheels
  chocked

19
Warning Devices

• Warning Devices 56.14208
• When parked and creates a hazard
• When carrying load that project more than 4 feet
  beyond sides or rear
• Must have visible warning device (Red Flag)
  attached to end of load or person walking beside
  or behind load with flag or light
• Must use light in limited visibility condition

20
Movement of Buckets

• Movement of Buckets, Dippers, Booms 56.14210
• Not be swung over Operators station on Mobile
  Equipment until operator is out of station and in
  a safe location
• Does not apply to equipment specially designed to
  protect operator from falling objects (FOPS)

21
Transporting People

• Transporting People 56.9200(a)
• Persons Not Transported in or on
• dippers, forks, clamshells, buckets
• in beds of mobile equipment
• on the top of loads, with materials/equipment
• outside cabs, equipment stations
• between cars on trains, on leading ends
• to and from work areas on crowded equipment
• on conveyors

22
Transporting People

• Transporting People 56.9200(b)
• Persons Transported in beds of mobile equipment
  when provisions are made for secure travel and
  means are taken to prevent accidental unloading
  if equipment is provided with unloading device
• when necessary for maintenance, testing or
  training and above provisions taken
• On conveyors when designed for such travel

23
Working in Raised Position

• Blocking of Equipment 56.14211
• Persons cannot work on top, under or from Mobile
  Equipment in a raised position until the
  equipment has been blocked or mechanically
  secured from movement
• provided with a functional load locking device or
  equivalent
• Repairs During Maintenance 56.14105
• Blocked against motion/power off (lockout)

24
Berms

• Berms or Guardrails 56.9300(a) must be provided
  and maintained
• On banks of roadways where a drop off of
  sufficient grade and depth may cause a vehicle to
  overturn or endanger equipment operators
• Must be at least mid-axle height of largest
  vehicle
• Have openings for drainage

25
Berms Not Required

• Berms or Guardrails 56.9300(d) may not be
  required provided that and elevated roadways are
  infrequently traveled and used by service or
  maintenance vehicles
• And locked gates are installed at entrance points
• Warning signs posted Roadway NOT bermed
• Delineators installed at intervals (3) to
  indicate edge
• Maximum speed limit is posted (slope,width,type)
• Road surface traction not impaired by weather

26
Tire Repairs

• Tire Repairs 56.14104
• Before a tire can be removed, the valve cord must
  be partially removed for gradual deflation of the
  tire and persons must stand outside the potential
  trajectory of the locking rim of a multi-piece
  rim
• During inflation a wheel cage or other
  restraining device or stand off inflation device
  must be used

27
Traffic Control

• Traffic Control 56.9100 Safe Movement
• Rules governing
• Speed, Right of Way, Movement of Direction, and
  Use of Headlights to assure visibility must be
  established at each mine and followed
• Signs or signals, warning of hazards shall be
  placed at appropriate locations

28
Operating Speed

• Traffic Control 56.9101
• Maintain control of vehicle
• Operating speeds consistent with
• conditions of roadways
• tracks, grades, clearance
• visibility, traffic
• type of equipment used

29
Loading

• Loading/ Hauling in Safe Manner -56.9201
• Prevent Spillage - 56.9202 Mobile Equipment
  loaded in a manner to minimize spillage
• Activity Between Equipment Machinery-
• 56.3430 - Persons cannot work, travel only for
  dismounting purposes

30
Carrying Explosives

• Carrying Explosives - 56.6202(a)
• Maintained in good condition and equipped
• With sides and enclosures higher than explosive
  materials or explosives secured to non-conductive
  pallet
• With separate cargo space
• Two fire extinguishers or one and fire
  suppression
• Posted with appropriate warning signs
• Occupied by personnel necessary for handling
  explosives

31
Carrying Explosives

• Carrying Explosives - 56.6202(a)
• Maintained in good condition and equipped
• Attended or cargo compartment locked, except when
  parked at blast site and loading in progress
• Secured while parked by
• having brakes set
• Wheels chocked if movement can occur
• Engine shut off unless powering device is being
  used
• Have no sparking materials exposed in cargo area
• Have non-sparking materials properly secured

32
Fueling

• Fueling Internal Combustion Engines
• 56.4103 Engines shall be shut off during fueling
  when tanks are integral part of equipment, does
  not apply to diesel powered engines

33
Safe Operating Procedures

• Powered Haulage has had more miner fatalities
  than any other accident classification
• Providing safe access on and off mobile equipment
  helps prevents slips, trips, falls
• Conducting a pre-shift inspection of the
  equipment and of the surrounding ground helps
  prevent accidents due to equipment failures and
  collapse of ground

34
MSHA Inspection

• Haulage equipment continues to receive the
  highest priority during an inspection by MSHA
• Seat belt violations are of special interest to
  every inspector
• Any equipment brought into a mine can be subject
  to a MSHA Inspection