
Date this page was last updated: 08/03/2010
West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training
Emergency Mine Shelters Information and Approvals
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Director's Letter to Industry on Shelter Plans (3-15-2007)
Shelter Plan Table of Contents
All files above combined: Shelter Plan
Approved Shelters
Manufacturers' Required Modifications - Director Memo (2-10-2009)
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.
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
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 Conditional Approval 8/3/2010 (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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