Your Mine's Safety Plan

Mine activities and miner populations change continuously. Mine safety planning can meet this challenge by ensuring mine workers have access to a refuge chamber until rescue personnel arrive.

Visit the FAQs section of this website to help you:

• Identify risks
• Evaluate your sources of breathable air and
• Determine your refuge chamber needs

Review your refuge chamber needs every six months to determine if they have changed.

• Does your current supply of breathable air still fit your needs?
• Do your underground personnel receive regular training and updates on the effective use of breathable air sources?
• Do you have sufficient oxygen and carbon dioxide adsorbent in your refuge chamber to meet the rescue times in your rescue plan?