Alabama Administrative Code
Title 480 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter 480-3-3 - MINE SAFETY
Section 480-3-3-.21 - Mechanical Loading

(a) The scraper or drag operator shall be protected from the danger of rope failure by two guards, one mounted over the segment of the drum near the operator, which shall not obscure the rope windings, and the other mounted ahead of the drum which may be the sheaves and sheaves supports, shields with cross bars, wire netting of their equivalent.

(b) "Bootlegs" or "guns" shall not be used for eye bolt placement.

(c) Unless by permission of the Mine Foreman or his assistant, no person shall be allowed at the face of the working place where a scraper or drag is in operation except where one man is employed for the purpose of signaling the scraper or drag operator. Persons employed at such face shall remain in a place safe from danger of being struck by flying cable or a scraper, and the signal man shall be provided with a suitable device for signaling a scraper or drag operator. A standard signaling code shall be used.

(d) When moving power shovels into or out of a working place, bucket shall be securely blocked in the "up" position.

(e) No person shall be permitted to operate, a power shovel while standing on the ground beside such shovel.

(f) The Muck Pile shall be kept well sloped while loading with a power shovel.

Author: Marcus Davis, Workers' Compensation Examiner.