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West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training

Emergency Mine Shelters Information and Approvals

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Alert:   Memo and information concerning an Equipment Failure 1/13/2011

Director's Letter to Industry on Shelter Plans (3-15-2007)

Regulation 56-4-8(2)

Shelter Plan Table of Contents

Shelter Plan Notes

All files above combined: Shelter Plan

Approved Shelters

Manufacturers' Required Modifications - Director Memo (2-10-2009)

Director's Memo (3-16-2007)

Director's Memo (3-9-2007)  

Press Release

The following list represents approved shelters. Click on the links for additional information on each.

A. L. Lee Emergency Shelter 2-26-2009 Letter.

Carbonoks, LLC  (Safehaven Shelter) 8-18-2008  Modification to Approval see Director Memo (11-17-2008) Modification to Approval see Director Memo (8-14-2009)

ChemBio Shelter, Inc.
        (additional models approved) see Director Memo 3/30/2007.
        (additional models approved) see Director Memo 4/27/2010.

Draeger Safety, Inc.

Kennedy Metal Products, Inc. 2/27/2008
Kennedy Metal Products, Inc. 3/9/2007

Mine ARC Systems (Coal-Safe model CS-24) 2-26-2009
Mine ARC Systems 12-29-2009
            (Coal-Safe models CS-12, CS-16, CS- 20, CSLS-12, CSLS-16, CSLS-20; Director Memo 12-29-  2009.)

Mine Sheild LLC Memo (Models G10383 and G 10429 2-25-2011)
Mine Shields LLC Director Memo (shelters for 24, 30, and 36 inch seams for 10, 12, 14, 18 occupants)
Mine Shields LLC Summary

Strata Products (USA) Inc.
           (additional model ESA/Strata 25 miner added) see Director Memo 3/16/2007.
           (additional model - 24 person Coal Mine Refuge Chamber added: Director's Memo   5/31/2007)
              (additional model - 36 Person Coal Mine Refuge Chamber added: Director's Memo 7/25/2007
              (additional models - 30 Person Coal Mine Refuge Chamber & 16 Person Unit) added:                  Director's  Memo to Strata 12/4/2008 

Trinity Resources Approval 05/27/2011  (10 Person Guardian Angel Safe House Modification to 15) 
Trinity Resources Approval 05/11/2011  (10 Person Guardian Angel Safe House) 
Trinity Resources Approval 10/25/2010  (10 Person Guardian Angel Safe House)

Approved pending MSHA electrical system approval.
Modern Mine Safety Supply
        (additional directions - see Director Memo 3/16/2007.)
        (Modifications to approval - see Director's Memo 5/31/2007)
        (Emergency Refuge Shelter with Carbon Dioxide Scrubber option (Director's Memo 7/12/2007)

Reports and Presentations

"Operation Tommyknocker" (Test of Survival Equipment for Underground Refuge Stations at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba)             Part I          Part II

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