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OPERATING UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT

SAFETY TARGET PACKAGE

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CONTENTS OF“OPERATING UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT

SAFETY TARGET PACKAGE”

IntroductionBest Practice Card 29 - Moving to a New Location, Mineor Job Best Practice Card 44 – Underground Powered Haulage Safety

for Coal MinesBest Practice Card 47 –Continuous Miner/LoadingMachine Operators and HelpersOperating Underground Equipment Do’s and Don”t’sFatalgramsMiner’s TipsSafety IdeasInnovative ProductsProgram Information Bulletins Safety Alerts Close Calls and Near MissesMSHA Job Safety Tip CardsEquipment Safety and Health Concerns Internet Link

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FATALGRAMS

February 2, 2001 - Fatality #1 – Marfork Coal Company, Inc. - Brushy Eagle Mine

November 20, 2001 – Fatality #38 – McElroy Coal Co. - McElroy Mine

May 11, 2002 – Fatality #12 – Eighty Four Mining Company - Mine 84

December 13, 2002 – Fatality #24 – American Mining & Manufacturing

Corporation - Lower Elkhorn MineJune 19, 2002 – Fatality #28 – Free Dome Coal Incorporated - Free D

ome #1MineJanuary 30, 2003 – Fatality #4 – AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C - Mine #

10July 2, 2003 – Fatality #20 - Highland Mining Company - Highland 9

MineJanuary 22, 2004 – Fatality #2 – Andalex Resources, Inc. - Pinnacle

MineFebruary 10, 2004 - Fatality #5 – Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. –

Cucumber MineMarch 29, 2005 - Fatality #2 - Rockhouse Energy Mining Company -

Mine #1April 7, 2006 - Fatality #22 - Mystic LLC - Candice 2 MineMay 24, 2006 - Fatality #33 - Wolf Run Mining Company - Sycamor

e Mine No. 2November 4, 2006 - Fatality #44 - McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. - Mine

#23June 5, 2008 - Fatality #14 - Consolidation Coal Company- Robinson

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MINER’S TIPS

Miners Tips – Suggestions directed to individual miners to enhance personal safety.

Roof Bolter Drill Boom TipGet Out And LookLongwall Move Safety - Shield TransportationUnderground Rail Haulage HazardsReading and Understanding the Operation andMaintenance ManualParking Mobile Equipment SafelySafe Transportation SenseScooping in the "Right Direction"Shrapnel From Miners' BitsWork Experience Around Machinery

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Brake CarsCheck Curtain HazardsDerails at AirlocksDesignate Your MinerNear Miss Incident – Door LatchPinch-point Protection for Mobile Bridge Conveyor Operators (2 PagesShuttle Car Traffic Control (2 Pages)Switchman Safety (2 Pages)Trailing Cable Shock HazardsPermissible Warning LightsWire Rope Safety

SAFETY IDEAS

Safety Ideas – Suggestions directed to mine operators to enhance mine safety.

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Glow in the DarkOperator Restraint Systems

INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS

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PROGRAM INFORMATION BULLETINS

P09-26: August 12, 2009 - Potential Hazard to Roof BoltingMachine Operators Due to Inadvertent Control Actuation (Re-Issue of P99-10) (3 Pages)P09-23: July 31, 2009 - Underground Scoop Accidents (Re- Issue of P05-13) (3 Pages)P09-07: April 16, 2009 - Neutral Start Methods on Mobile Electr

ical Equipment (3 Pages)P09-01: January 6, 2009 – Potential Safety Hazard on J. H.Fletcher & Co. Roof Bolting Machines with Independent Left and Right Tram Levers (6 Pages)P08-13: June 25, 2008 - Use of Single-boom Roof Bolting Machines (4 Pages)P07-24: September 17, 2007 - Use of Portable Roof Drills (3 Pages)P07-22: August 13, 2007 - Operation of Continuous HaulageSystems (5 Pages)P07-11: May 1, 2007 - Examination of Electrical Underground Coal Mine Equipment (2 Pages)P07-08: March 28, 2007 - Potential Hazard to Roof Bolting Machine Operators Due to Inadvertent Control Actuation (3 Pages)P06-10: May 25, 2006 - Hazards When Transporting Off-Track Equipment (3 Pages)P04-01: January 13, 2004 - Crushing Hazard on Battery-powered Scoops (2 Pages)P02-5: June 21, 2002 - Crushing Hazard on Mobile BridgeConveyor (MBC) (2 Pages)

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SAFETY ALERTS

Bucyrus (formerly Long Airdox) - Automatic EmergencyParking Brake (AEPB) – 400 & 600 series scoops (2 Pages)Bucyrus - Automatic Emergency Parking Brake (AEPB)Systems - - 848 Un-A – Hauler (2 Pages)Brookville Equipment Corporation Product Information Bulletin 64 (01-31-06) Brookville Battery Powered Man Tripsand Personnel Carriers with Hydraulic Brakes (2 Pages)Fletcher Information Bulletin No 111 (roof bolter operatorprotection canopies hydraulic cylinder pin) (7 Pages)Fletcher Information Bulletin No 110 (Model DR and CDRsingle mast roof drill pinch points) (5 Pages)Fletcher Information Bulletin No 109 (Model CHDDR radiotransmitter. (5 Pages)Fletcher Information Bulletin No 108 (Hazard when trammingmachine with independent left and right tram levers) (12 Pages)Sandvik - Park/Emergency Brake Retrofit Kit and Test Procedure for Battery Powered Machines (8 Pages)MSHA Safety Alert - Load Locking ValvesMSHA Safety Alert - Underground Drilling With Augers AndJacklegs MSHA Safety Alert - Locomotive Cab Position Hazard when Transporting Longwall Shields

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CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR MISSES

District 2 – January 20,2005 – Scoop lost control on snowDistrict 5 – October 7, 2008 – Fire on MantripDistrict 5 – May 31, 2007 – Endloader and Personnel carrier crashDistrict 5 – Two battery powered haulage equipment pinch point accidentsDistrict 7 – 2003, 2002, and 2001- Four near miss accidents involving equipment operators (2 Pages)District 8 – October 30, 2007 – Roof Fall on Bolter in CrosscutDistrict 8 – September 20, 2007 – Continuous mining machine helper pinned between the continuous mining machine’s tail and coal ribDistrict 8 – March 15, 2005 – Roof Falls at Rib and Strikes Employee District 8 – April 20, 2002 – Roof Fall on ScoopDistrict 8 – January, 2002 – Miner Struck By a Coal HaulerDistrict 8 – August, 2001 – Injury From Falling Draw-RockDistrict 8 – September, 2000 – Scoop Accident Hinge PointDistrict 8 – August, 2000 – Chain BrokeDistrict 8 – June, 2000 – Roof Fall Accident, 3 Miners – Near MissDistrict 8 – February, 2000 - Underground Miners Struck by Shuttle Car (2 Pages)District 11 - July 18, 2006 – Continuous mining machine accident

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MSHA JOB SAFETY TIPS

Job Safety Tip Card No. 9 - Coal Mine Roof Bolter Operators and Helpers (2 Pages)Job Safety Tip Card No. 10 - Underground Powered Haulage Safety for Coal Mines (2 Pages)Job Safety Tip Card No. 12 - Coal Mine Longwall Section Employees (2 Pages)Job Safety Tip Card No. 13 - Continuous Miner/Loading Machine Operators and Helpers (3 Pages)

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Equipment Safety and HealthConcerns Internet Link

To find this link, go to:

http://www.msha.gov/equipmentsafety/equipmentsafetyhome.asp

This link will take you to a searchable database on the www.msha.gov website that allows you to access Mine Fatality Reports or Fatalgrams by equipment type and year.

Click on:

Equipment Related AccidentsThen click on the pull down list (default set on conveyors) of:Select Equipment Type for a particular Year;Select Equipment Type for all years. (shown below), orYear of Accident for all equipment

When you have chosen the type of equipment and /or the year(s), click on ‘Get Information’. A sample list of the ‘shuttle car’ list for all years is included. You can search ‘Miscellaneous’ for scoops, rail cars, battery tractors, personnel carriers, and other types of underground equipment.

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