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MSHA extends proximity detection comment deadline

THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration will publish a notice in the Federal Register reopening the record and extending the comment period for Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines.

Lou Caruana
MSHA extends proximity detection comment deadline

The proposed rule would require underground coal mine operators to equip coal hauling machines and scoops with proximity detection systems.  Miners working near these machines face pinning, crushing,...

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