MSHA’s Program Policy Letter on Underground Escape Ways

Earlier this year, the Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the issuance of a program policy letter, giving mine operators guidance regarding an existing requirement to provide escape ways or refuges at underground metal and nonmetal mines when miners must shelter in place. In a bylined article for Mining Engineering, Kristin White discusses the significant safety issues regarding the placement of escape ways or refuges in locations that provide miners access, if they cannot escape.

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