MSHA Publishes Rock Dust Final Rule
From MSHA –
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that a final rule will be published June 21 in the Federal Register on the maintenance of the incombustible content of rock dust. The rulemaking came about as a result of the agency’s review of accident investigation reports of mine explosions in intake air courses that involved coal dust, as well as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s report “Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways,” which can be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pubreference/outputid2825.htm.