Seat Belts for Off-Road Work Machines and Wheeled Agricultural Tractors at Metal and Nonmetal Mines
mine-safety · Mine Safety and Health Administration · Published 2003-04-21 · Effective 2003-06-20 · 68 FR 19344
Document
Document number
03-9657
Federal Register citation
68 FR 19344
CFR reference
30 CFR 56
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule; request for comments.
Category
mine-safety
Sub-agency
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Publication date
2003-04-21
Effective date
2003-06-20
Abstract
MSHA is issuing a direct final rule that updates the Agency's requirements for operator restraint systems (seat belts) for off-road work machines and wheeled agricultural tractors at metal and nonmetal mines. The existing standards require seat belts for off-road work machines to meet the requirements of the Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) consensus standard SAE J386-1985, and seat belts for wheeled agricultural tractors to meet the requirements of SAE J1194- 1983. Since MSHA promulgated these standards, however, the SAE has revised them to reflect technological advances in seat belt design and materials. Seat belts meeting the specifications of earlier versions of these SAE standards are no longer routinely installed by manufacturers. The direct final rule will permit seat belts to meet the requirements of the more recent revisions of the SAE J386 and SAE J1194 standards.