Section 208.1. Definitions

Section 208.2. Scope

Section 208.3. Access to material

Section 208.11. Seals

Section 208.12. Sampling and monitoring requirements

Section 208.13. Construction and repair of seals

Section 208.14. Training

Section 208.15. Seals records

Section 208.21. Escapeways

Section 208.31. Approval of conveyor belts

Section 208.32. Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries

Section 208.41. Emergency evacuation

Section 208.42. Emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction

Section 208.43. Use of fire suppression equipment

Section 208.44. Mine emergency evacuation training and drills

Section 208.45. Escapeway maps

Section 208.46. Refuge alternatives

Section 208.47. Emergency response plan; refuge alternatives

Section 208.48. Training and records for examination, maintenance and repair of refuge alternatives and components

Section 208.51. Communications facilities for refuge alternatives

Section 208.61. Availability of approved self-contained self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location

Section 208.62. Approved self-contained self-rescue devices

Section 208.63. Self-contained self-rescue devices; use and location requirements

Section 208.64. Self-contained self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping

Section 208.65. Additional self-contained self-rescue devices

Section 208.66. Map locations

Section 208.67. Emergency tethers

Section 208.68. Multi-gas detectors

Section 208.69. Reporting SCSR inventory, malfunctions and retention

Section 208.70. Automated external defibrillators

Section 208.71. Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust

Section 208.81. Scope

Section 208.82. Electrical protection

Section 208.83. Power centers

Section 208.84. High-voltage trailing cables

Section 208.85. Guarding of trailing cables

Section 208.86. Trailing cable pulling

Section 208.87. Tramming continuous mining machines in and out of the mine and from section to section

Section 208.88. Splicing and repair of trailing cables

Section 208.89. Electrical work; troubleshooting and testing

Section 208.90. Frequency of examinations; recordkeeping

Section 208.91. Handling high-voltage trailing cables

Section 208.92. Training

Section 208.93. Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility

Section 208.101. Certified person

Section 208.102. Tests for methane and for oxygen deficiency; qualified person

Section 208.103. Tests for methane; oxygen deficiency; qualified person, additional requirement

Section 208.104. Electrical work; qualified person

Section 208.105. Repair of energized surface high-voltage lines; qualified person

Section 208.106. Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; qualifications

Section 208.107. Records of certified and qualified persons

Section 208.108. Training programs

Section 208.111. Surface installations; general

Section 208.112. Methane content in surface installations

Section 208.113. Tests for methane; qualified person; use of approved device

Section 208.114. Methane accumulations; change in ventilation

Section 208.115. Dust accumulations in surface installations

Section 208.116. Use of material or equipment overhead; safeguards

Section 208.117. Openings in surface installations; safeguards

Section 208.118. Travelways at surface installations

Section 208.119. Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance

Section 208.120. Illumination

Section 208.121. Storage of materials

Section 208.122. Surge and storage piles

Section 208.123. Hoisting of materials

Section 208.124. Draw-off tunnels; stockpiling and reclaiming operations; general

Section 208.125. Continuous methane monitoring device; installation and operation; automatic deenergization of electric equipment

Section 208.126. Draw-off tunnel ventilation fans; installation

Section 208.127. Draw-off tunnel escapeways

Section 208.131. Thermal dryers; general

Section 208.132. Dryer heating units; operation

Section 208.133. Bypass stacks

Section 208.134. Hot gas inlet chamber dropout doors

Section 208.135. Explosion release vents

Section 208.136. Access to drying chambers, hot gas inlet chambers and duct-work; installation and maintenance

Section 208.137. Fire protection

Section 208.138. Thermal dryers; location and installation; general

Section 208.139. Structures housing other facilities; use of partitions

Section 208.140. Visual check of system equipment

Section 208.141. Control stations; location

Section 208.142. Control panels

Section 208.143. Alarm devices

Section 208.144. Fail safe monitoring systems

Section 208.145. Wet-coal feed bins; low-level indicators

Section 208.146. Automatic temperature control instruments

Section 208.147. Thermal dryers; examination and inspection

Section 208.151. Mechanical equipment guards

Section 208.152. Stationary grinding machines; protective devices

Section 208.153. Hand-held power tools; safety devices

Section 208.154. Mobile equipment; falling object protective structures

Section 208.155. Mobile equipment; rollover protective structures

Section 208.156. Seat belts

Section 208.157. Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance

Section 208.158. Performing work from a raised position; safeguards

Section 208.159. Drive belts

Section 208.160. Power-driven pulleys

Section 208.161. Welding operations

Section 208.162. Shovels, draglines and tractors

Section 208.163. Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices

Section 208.164. Compressed air and boilers; general

Section 208.165. Compressed air systems

Section 208.166. Boilers

Section 208.171. Electric power circuits and electric equipment; de-energization

Section 208.172. Electric distribution circuits and equipment; repair

Section 208.173. Qualified person

Section 208.174. Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance

Section 208.175. Qualified person

Section 208.176. Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing

Section 208.177. Electric conductors; capacity and insulation

Section 208.178. Electric conductors

Section 208.179. Electrical connections or splices; suitability

Section 208.180. Cable fittings; suitability

Section 208.181. Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection

Section 208.182. Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection; minimum requirements

Section 208.183. Electric equipment; switches

Section 208.184. Lightning arresters; ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires

Section 208.185. Lightning arresters; wires entering buildings

Section 208.186. Transformers; installation and guarding

Section 208.187. Resistors; location and guarding

Section 208.188. Danger signs at electrical installations

Section 208.189. Inspection and cover plates

Section 208.190. Insulating mats at power switches

Section 208.191. Switchboards; passageways and clearance

Section 208.192. Bare signal or control wires; voltage

Section 208.193. Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance

Section 208.201. Trailing cables; short-circuit protection; disconnecting devices

Section 208.202. Trailing cables or portable cables; temporary splices

Section 208.203. Permanent splicing of trailing cables

Section 208.204. Clamping of trailing cables to equipment

Section 208.205. Protection of trailing cables

Section 208.206. Breaking trailing cable and power cable connections

Section 208.207. Energized trailing cables; handling

Section 208.208. Rubber gloves; minimum requirements

Section 208.211. Grounding metallic sheaths, armors and conduits enclosing power conductors

Section 208.212. Approved methods of grounding

Section 208.213. Grounding metallic frames, casings and other enclosures of electric equipment

Section 208.214. Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems

Section 208.215. Approved methods of grounding metallic frames, casings and other enclosures of electric equipment receiving power from a direct-current power system

Section 208.216. Grounding wires; capacity

Section 208.217. Use of grounding connectors

Section 208.218. Protection other than grounding

Section 208.219. Grounding frames of stationary high-voltage equipment receiving power from ungrounded delta systems

Section 208.220. Approved methods of grounding

Section 208.221. Work on high-voltage lines; de-energizing and grounding

Section 208.222. Work on high-voltage lines

Section 208.223. Repairs to energized high-voltage lines

Section 208.224. Work on energized high-voltage surface lines; reporting

Section 208.225. Simultaneous repairs

Section 208.226. Installation of protective equipment

Section 208.227. Protective clothing; use and inspection

Section 208.228. Protective equipment; inspection

Section 208.229. Protective equipment; testing and storage

Section 208.230. Operating disconnecting or cutout switches

Section 208.231. Tying into energized high-voltage surface circuits

Section 208.232. Use of grounded messenger wires; ungrounded systems

Section 208.233. Guy wires; grounding

Section 208.241. High-voltage circuits; circuit breakers

Section 208.242. Testing, examination and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures

Section 208.243. Testing, examination and maintenance of circuit breakers; record

Section 208.244. Grounding resistors

Section 208.245. Grounding resistors; continuous current rating

Section 208.246. Protection of high-voltage circuits; neutral grounding resistors; disconnecting devices

Section 208.247. Fail safe ground check circuits on high-voltage resistance grounded systems

Section 208.248. Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage

Section 208.249. Ground check systems not employing pilot check wires; approval by the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor

Section 208.250. High-voltage trailing cables; minimum design requirements

Section 208.251. Cable couplers and connection boxes; minimum design requirements

Section 208.252. Connection of single-phase loads

Section 208.253. Installation of high-voltage transmission cables

Section 208.254. High-voltage powerlines; clearances above ground

Section 208.255. Booms and masts; minimum distance from high-voltage lines

Section 208.256. Movement of equipment; minimum distance from high-voltage lines

Section 208.257. Disconnecting devices

Section 208.258. Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches

Section 208.259. High-voltage equipment; grounding

Section 208.260. Movement of portable substations and transformers

Section 208.271. Low-voltage and medium-voltage circuits serving portable or mobile three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers

Section 208.272. Testing, examination and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures

Section 208.273. Testing, examination and maintenance of circuit breakers; record

Section 208.274. Protection of low-voltage and medium-voltage three-phase circuits

Section 208.275. Grounding resistor; continuous current rating

Section 208.276. Low-voltage and medium-voltage ground check monitor circuits

Section 208.277. Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage

Section 208.278. Approved ground check systems not employing pilot check wires

Section 208.279. Attachment of ground conductors and ground check wires to equipment frames; use of separate connections

Section 208.280. Disconnecting devices

Section 208.281. Identification of circuit breakers

Section 208.282. Connection of single-phase loads

Section 208.283. Trailing cables supplying power to low-voltage mobile equipment; ground wires and ground check wires

Section 208.291. Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans

Section 208.292. Filing of plan

Section 208.293. Stripping; loose material

Section 208.294. Box cuts; spoil material placement

Section 208.295. Benches

Section 208.296. Ground control; inspections and maintenance; general

Section 208.297. Scaling highwalls; general

Section 208.298. Highwalls; men working

Section 208.299. Drilling; general

Section 208.300. Relocation of drills; safeguards

Section 208.301. Drill; operation

Section 208.302. Collaring holes

Section 208.303. Drill holes; guarding

Section 208.304. Jackhammers; operation; safeguards

Section 208.305. Air drills; safeguards

Section 208.311. Fire protection; training and organization

Section 208.312. Escape and evacuation; plan

Section 208.313. Warning signs; smoking and open flame

Section 208.314. Flammable liquids; storage

Section 208.315. Accumulations of combustible materials

Section 208.316. Internal combustion engines; fueling

Section 208.317. Battery-charging stations; ventilation

Section 208.318. Belt conveyors

Section 208.319. Firefighting equipment; requirements; general

Section 208.320. Type and capacity of firefighting equipment

Section 208.321. Quantity and location of firefighting equipment

Section 208.322. Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment

Section 208.323. Welding, cutting and soldering; use of fire extinguisher

Section 208.324. Welding, cutting or soldering with arc or flame; safeguards

Section 208.331. Mine map

Section 208.332. Certification of mine maps

Section 208.333. Availability of mine map

Section 208.341. Personnel hoists and elevators

Section 208.342. Automatic controls and brakes

Section 208.343. Rated capacity

Section 208.344. Maximum load; posting

Section 208.345. Daily examination of hoisting equipment

Section 208.346. Certifications and records of daily examinations

Section 208.347. Operation of hoisting equipment after repairs

Section 208.351. Wire ropes; scope

Section 208.352. Minimum rope strength

Section 208.353. Initial measurement

Section 208.354. Examinations

Section 208.355. Retirement criteria

Section 208.356. Load end attachments

Section 208.357. Drum end attachment

Section 208.358. End attachment retermination

Section 208.359. End attachment replacement

Section 208.361. Loading and haulage; general

Section 208.362. Transportation of persons; restrictions

Section 208.363. Trains and locomotives; authorized persons

Section 208.364. Transportation of persons; overcrowding

Section 208.365. Loading and haulage equipment; installations

Section 208.366. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance

Section 208.367. Loading and haulage equipment; operation

Section 208.368. Dumping facilities

Section 208.371. Communications in work areas

Section 208.372. First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements

Section 208.373. Protective clothing; requirements

Section 208.374. Distinctively colored hard hats or hard caps; identification for newly employed, inexperienced miners

Section 208.375. Smoking prohibition

Section 208.381. Cutout switches

Section 208.382. Overcurrent protection

Section 208.383. Devices for overcurrent protection

Section 208.384. Insulation of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires and bare signal wires; guarding of trolley wires and trolley feeder wires

Section 208.391. Slopes and shafts; approval of plans

Section 208.392. Compliance with approved slope and shaft sinking plans

Section 208.393. Preshift and onshift inspections; reports

Section 208.394. Methane and oxygen deficiency tests; approved devices

Section 208.395. Drilling and mucking operations

Section 208.396. Permissible diesel-powered equipment

Section 208.397. Hoists and hoisting; minimum requirements

Section 208.398. Communications between slope and shaft bottoms and hoist operators

Section 208.399. Hoist safeguards; general

Section 208.400. Hoists; daily inspection

Section 208.401. Hoist construction; general

Section 208.402. Hoist installations; use

Section 208.403. Hoist operation; qualified hoistman

Section 208.404. Explosives and blasting; use of permissible explosives and shot-firing units

Section 208.405. Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager

Section 208.406. Explosives and blasting; general

Section 208.407. Ventilation of slopes and shafts

Section 208.408. Ladders and stairways

Section 208.409. Fire-resistant wood

Section 208.410. Electrical equipment

Section 208.411. Storage and handling of combustible materials

Section 208.412. Welding, cutting and soldering; fire protection