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Title 30: Mineral Resources
CHAPTER I: MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER K: METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
PART 57: SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS-UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES
Subpart T: Safety Standards for Methane in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
: Equipment
57.22308 - Methane monitors (III mines).
(a) Methane monitors shall be installed on continuous mining machines and longwall mining systems.
(b) The monitors shall?
(1) Give warning at 1.0 percent methane;
(2) Automatically deenergize electrical equipment, except power to monitoring equipment determined by MSHA to be intrinsically safe under 30 CFR part 18, and prevent starting such equipment when methane levels reach 1.5 percent; and
(3) Automatically deenergize the equipment when power to a sensor is interrupted.
(c) Sensing units of monitors shall be positioned at a location which provides for the most effective measurement of methane.
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