Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article IV - Occupational Health and Safety
Chapter 207 - NONCOAL UNDERGROUND MINES
Subchapter C - MINED-OUT AREAS
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 207.312 - Lighting

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code ยง 207.312

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Permanent. The owner or operator of a developed facility shall ensure that a permanent lighting system is installed in the developed facility to provide adequate lighting for the activities to be conducted in the developed facility. An adequate permanent lighting system is one constructed in accordance with a Nationally recognized safety code such as the National Electric Code established by the United States of America Standards Institute.

(b) Emergency. The owner or operator of a developed facility shall ensure that a person is not allowed to work in a developed facility unless either an emergency lighting system meeting the requirements of the Department has been installed in that area or each worker is provided with an approved personal lamp.

(1) The emergency lighting system shall be powered by an emergency generator. The emergency lighting system shall also be constructed in accordance with a Nationally recognized safety code such as the National Electric Code established by the United States of America Standards Institute.

(2) Cap lamps constructed and maintained in accordance with 30 CFR 19.5 (relating to general requirements for approval) are approved as personal lamps. The Department may approve the use of other types of personal lamps provided the other lamps are as safe as a personal cap lamp constructed and operated in accordance with 30 CFR 19.5.

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