USA/1672
WTO/TBT
US Etats-Unis d'Amérique
  • 03 - Services, Organisation de l'entreprise, Gestion et qualité, Administration, Transport, Sociologie
  • 13 - Environnement, Protection de la santé, Sécurité
  • 19 - Essais
  • 29 - Électrotechnique
  • 73 - Mines et minerais
2020-12-21
2020-11-23

Electric motor-driven mine equipment; Quality (ICS 03.120), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene (ICS 13.100), Safety of machinery (ICS 13.110), Protection against fire (ICS 13.220), Protection against fire in general (ICS 13.220.01), Fire-fighting (ICS 13.220.10), Fire protection (ICS 13.220.20), Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products (ICS 13.220.40), Fire-resistance of building materials and elements (ICS 13.220.50), Other standards related to protection against fire (ICS 13.220.99), Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Electrical equipment for working in special conditions (ICS 29.260), Mining equipment (ICS 73.100)

Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories (12 page(s), in English)

Proposed rule; request for comments - The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposes to revise its regulations that sets out the testing, evaluation, and approval requirements for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories intended for use in gassy mines. Under this proposal, MSHA will accept voluntary consensus standards (VCS) that are suitable for gassy mining environments and that provide protection against fire or explosion dangers, to replace approval requirements in its regulations. This proposal is intended to promote the use of innovative and advanced technologies that lead to improvements in mine safety and health and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of MSHA's approval process.