The HRTech Wire

Electrical Equipment for Coal Seams Above the Water Table

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), part of the Labor Department, is removing rules that required permissible electric face equipment in coal seams above the water table. The agency says the requirements are no longer needed because all coal mines are now treated as gassy, regardless of their position relative to the water table. The change is a Federal Register rule that alters federal mine-safety regulations.