WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a rule called: Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Use of Permissible Flame Safety Lamps in Underground Coal Mines.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 25 by Wayne D. Palmer, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Summary: MSHA is removing flame safety lamps from the list of permissible electric face equipment that can be operated in underground coal mines. This provision is being removed from MSHA's regulations because flame safety lamps are an outdated technology that is no longer used in underground coal mines.
For more information, contact Corliss A Josephs-Conway, Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regula...