M-Class Mining Petitions Mine Safety and Health Administration for Use of Powered Air Purifying Respirators in a Mine in Franklin County, Illinois
July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSFR) -- M-Class Mining LLC, Macedonia, Illinois, has submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration seeking to modify an existing mandatory safety standard concerning electric equipment in their MC#1 Mine in Franklin County. Specifically, M-Class Mining aims to use intrinsically safe Powered Air Purifying Respirators as an alternative method for protecting miners from respirable dust.
The core of the petition focuses . . .
The core of the petition focuses . . .