Requirements for roll-over protective structures and falling object protective structures for surface coal mines and surface areas of underground coal mines. [MESA]

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6607693

Hollop, E E

The Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) has adopted regulations for the requirement of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and falling object protective structures (FOPS) on all large earth moving equipment used in surface coal mines and surface areas of underground coal mines effective June 28, 1974. The adopted standards include regulations currently employed by the Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, State of California, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, and the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Interior. The regulations describe the type of equipment involved, retrofit time table, equipment excluded, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test requirements, and other acceptable effective specifications. The development of MESA's ROPS and FOPS regulations and the appropriate adopted standards are presented. Accident statistics gathered from the mining industry which point out the need for ROPS and FOPS on surface mining equipment are included. Appendices to the report give the aforementioned adopted standards and MESA's regulations covering ROPS and FOPS.

• Research Organization: Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration, Denver, CO (USA). Denver Technical Support Center
• OSTI ID: 6607693
• Report Number(s): MESA-IR-1036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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