Public comments on Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines
30 CFR Part 75
RIN 1219-AB78
Docket No. MSHA–2014–0019
Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines
Fedreg. Doc. 2015-21573
Published September 2, 2015
Fedreg. Doc. 2015-30181
Published November 30, 2015
Fedreg. Doc. 2017-02388
Published February 6, 2017
Comment period closes April 10, 2017
| File | Commenter | Date Received |
|---|---|---|
| AB78-Comm-1 | Gordon Rivers, Auto-Sign LLC | 9/04/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-1-1 | Gordon Rivers, Auto-Sign LLC, SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Sign | 9/04/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-2 | Tyler Horne | 10/25/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-3 | Ryan Harris | 11/08/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-4 | Lauren LaDuca | 11/11/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-5 | Craig Ross, Vice President Safety & Health, Barrick Gold | 11/23/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-6 | Joe Swan, Director Operations Services, ArchCoal | 11/24/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-7 | Dennis O’Dell, Administrator, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) | 11/24/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-8 | Karin R. DeWitt | 11/30/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-9 | Catherine Steinmetz | 11/30/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-10 | Ronald Drake | 11/30/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-11 | Joseph Casper, Vice President of Safety, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). | 12/04/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-12 | Johnny Waggoner | 12/07/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-13 | Stan Popich, Safety Manager, Rosebud Mining Company | 12/09/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-14 | Matt Crow, PMP, Approvals and Certification Underground Mining, JoyGlobal | 12/14/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-15 | Ralph Scott | 12/14/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-16 | Hunter Prillaman, Director of Government Affairs and General Counsel, National Lime Association (NLA) | 12/14/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-17 | Darrell K. Smith, Ph.D., CIH, Executive Vice President, Industrial Minerals Association-North America (IMA-NA) | 12/14/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-18 | Chuck Burggraf, Peabody Energy | 12/14/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19 | Paul A. Schulte, Ph.D., Director Education and Information Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-1 | J.L. Carr,& J.P DuCarme Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Performance of an Intelligent Proximity Detection System for Continuous Mining Machines”, SME Annual Meeting (1 page), February 24-27, 2013 Denver, CO. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-2 | J.L. Carr, J.Li, & A.K.Smith, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Use of Magnetic Proximity Detection Systems in the Presence of Coal”, SME Annual Meeting (1 page), February 24-27, 2013 Denver, CO. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-3 | J.L. Carr, M.A. Reyes, & T.J. Lutz, Office of Mine Safety and health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Underground Field Evaluations of Proximity Detection Technology on Continuous Mining Machines”, SME Annual Meeting (1 page), February 23-23, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-4 | J.L. Carr, C.C.Jobes, T.J. Lutz, & J.A. Yonkey, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Underground Field Test of Second-Generation Proximity Detection Systems on Continuous Mining Machines”, SME Annual Meeting, (1 page), February 15-18, 2015, Denver, CO. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-5 | E.J Hass, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA & K.A. Rost, (former), Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Integrating Technology: Learning From Mine Worker Perceptions of Proximity Detection Systems”, SME Annual Meeting, (1 page), February 15-18, 2015, Denver CO. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-6 | C.C. Jobes, J.R. Bartles, J.P, DuCarme & T.J. Lutz, “Visual needs evaluation of continuous miner operators”, Mining Engineering, March 2011; 63, 3: ProQuest pg. 53. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-7 | J.P. DuCarme, J.L. Carr & C.C. Jobes, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, Pittsburgh, PA, “Proximity Detection with Selective Machine Shutdown”, SME Annual Meeting, (1 page), February 15-18, 2015, Denver CO. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-8 | “Improving SELF-ESCAPE from Underground Coal Mines” (2013). The National Academies of Sciences, (3 pages). December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-9 | C.C. Jobes, J. Carr, J.P, DuCarme & J. Patts, “Determining Proximity Warning and Action Zones for a Magnetic Proximity Detection System” (2011). IEEE,(1 page). (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| >AB78-Comm-19-10 | M.S. Sanders, E.J. McCormick, “Human Factors in Engineering and Design”. (1993). (2 pages) 7th ed. (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-11 | W. W. Wierwille, S. E. Lee, & M. C. DeHart, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia & M. Perel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C. “Test Road Experiment on Imminent Warning Rear Lighting and Signaling” (1 page). (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-19-12 | C.C. Jobes, J.L. Carr, & M.A. Reyes, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). “A Visual Warning System for the Identification of Proximity Detection Events Around a Continuous Mining Machine”, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57th Annual Meeting 2013, (1 page). (Copyrighted material) December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-20 | Will Danno, Director of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Coal Alliance (PCA), December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-21 | Michael Schon & Thomas Harman, PCA, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-22 | Bruce Watzman, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, National Mining Association (NMA), December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-22-1 | 93905AU-Design of Proximity Systems for Underground Mobile Equipment (FY 2016), Project Start-End Dates of 10/1/2015 – 9/30/2018, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-23 | Peter S. Gould, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-24 | Chris Hamilton, Senior Vice President, West Virginia Coal Association, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-24-1 | Notice of Agency Adoption of Procedural or Interpretive Rule or a Legislative Rule Exempt from Legislative Review, West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie E. Tennant Administrative Law Division (April 23, 2014). December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-25 | Edward M. Green, Counsel for the Companies, Crowell & Moring, December 15, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-25-1 | J. Carr, “Mining Project: Applicability of Proximity Detection to Mobile Underground Coal Equipment”, Start Date (10/1/2014). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-25-2 | A. Grant, E. Wheeler, M. Christian & S. Piper, “After already big losses, US coal burn to tumble further”. SNL Financial LC, December 8, 2015. December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-26 | James Davidson, Senior Product Manager, GE-Mining, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-27 | Mike Walling, Product Manager-Proximity, Strata Products Worldwide, LLC, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-28 | Joseph Riney, Director of Workforce Engagement, Nevada Mining Association, December 15, 2015. | 12/16/2015 |
| AB78-Comm-29 | Anonymous | 2/9/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-30 | David Hales, Safety Manager, San Juan Coal Company. | 2/16/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-30-1 | Attachment from David Hales, U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration. Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines, Proposed rule; extension of comment period. Federal Register, 82 FR 9369. | 2/16/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-31 | Anonymous | 2/19/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-32 | Daniel Kassab | 3/1/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-33 | Esteban Gonzalez | 3/16/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-34 | Matt Crow, JOYGLOBAL | 4/9/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-35 | Edward M. Green, Counsel for the Companies, Crowell & Moring, et al | 4/10/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-35-1 | U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration. Proximity Detection Systems for Mobile Machines in Underground Mines, Proposed rule; reopening the comment period. Federal Register, 82 FR 2285 – 2291 | 4/9/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-36 | Jake Wells, Safety Manager, Rosebud Mining Company | 4/10/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-36-1 | December 9, 2015 comment from Stan Popich | 4/10/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-36-2 | Black & White drawing to show the continuous Miner, bridges and low belt | 4/10/2017 |
| AB78-Comm-37 | Joseph Casper, Vice President, Safety Policy, National Stone Sand and Gravel Association | 4/10/2017 |
| AB78-LATE-COMM-1 | David Clardy, Matrix Design Group, December 16, 2015 | 12/16/2015 |