§22A-2A-210. Exhaust Emissions Control and Conditioning System Defined
"Exhaust emissions control and conditioning system" means a device or combination of devices that will collect and treat diesel exhaust emissions at the exhaust port of the engine and will reduce the volume of, or eliminate emissions of, diesel particulate matter, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen in accordance with the requirements and standards of […]
§22A-2A-211. Msha Defined
“MSHA" means the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.
§22A-2A-212. Permanent Underground Diesel Fuel Storage Facility Defined
"Permanent underground diesel fuel storage facility" means a facility designed and constructed to remain at one location for the storage or dispensing of diesel fuel, which does not move as mining progresses.
§22A-2A-213. Safety Can Defined
"Safety can" means a metal container intended for storage, transport or dispensing of diesel fuel, with a nominal capacity of five gallons, listed or approved by a nationally recognized independent testing laboratory.
§22A-2A-214. Temporary Underground Diesel Fuel Storage Area Defined
"Temporary underground diesel fuel storage area" means an area of a mine provided for the short-term storage of diesel fuel in a fuel transportation unit, which moves as mining progresses.
§22A-2A-102. Control of Diesel Safety and Health Hazards
The purpose of this article is to reduce or eliminate the inherent hazards of electric-powered equipment in underground coal mines while recognizing that the introduction of an internal combustion engine into that environment presents a different set of safety and health risks for miners. The provisions of this article are intended to provide an integrated […]
§22A-2A-201. Applicability of Definitions
§22A-2A-201. Applicability of definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article, the words or phrases defined in this part have the meanings ascribed to them. These definitions are applicable unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. (b) When used in this article, the words and phrases defined in section two, article one of […]
§22A-2A-202. Board Defined
"Board" means the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety continued by section three, article six of this chapter.
§22A-2A-203. Certificate of Approval Defined
"Certificate of approval" means a formal document issued by MSHA stating that a complete assembly has met the requirements of part 36, title thirty of the code of federal regulations, 30 C.F.R. § 36.1, et seq., for mobile diesel-powered transportation equipment and authorizing the use and attachment of an official approval plate so indicating.
§22A-2A-204. Commission Defined
"Commission" means the West Virginia Diesel Equipment Commission created under the provisions of section three hundred one of this article.