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News Release from: ISA:Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 June 2007
ISA Working Group focused on mining
safety
At a recent meeting, the ISA-SP12 standards committee, Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations, established a new mining working group
The working group will focus on developing standards for equipment used in potentially flammable locations within underground mines The committee plans to provide the underground mining industry with industry consensus standards, recommended practices, and technical reports for the design and use of underground mining equipment
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Their work will also cover equipment to detect materials within their combustible ranges.
The group also aims to provide the Mine Safety and Health Administration with industry consensus documents to aid in promulgating regulations under Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and to participate in the development of international standards for such mining equipment.
"The work of this group will truly affect all of the US underground mining industry," said working group chairman Tom Dubaniewicz: "We believe this important work will make the mining industry safer, and we're proud to be a part of it".
The newly-formed working group will meet 18 September 2007 during the committee meetings in Cape Cod.
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