[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR28.4]

[Page 148]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 28--FUSES FOR USE WITH DIRECT CURRENT IN PROVIDING SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION FOR TRAILING CABLES IN COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 28.4  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    (a) Applicant means an individual, partnership, company, 
corporation, association, or other organization that designs, 
manufactures, assembles, or fabricates, or controls the design, 
manufacture, assembly, or fabrication of a fuse, and who seeks to obtain 
a certificate of approval for such fuse.
    (b) Approval means a certificate or formal document issued by MSHA 
stating that an individual fuse or combination of fuses has met the 
minimum requirements of this Part 28, and that the applicant is 
authorized to use and attach an approval label or other equivalent 
marking to any fuse manufactured, assembled, or fabricated in 
conformance with the plans and specifications upon which the approval 
was based, as evidence of such approval.
    (c) Approved means conforming to the minimum requirements of this 
Part 28.
    (d) MESA means the United States Department of the Interior, Mining 
Enforcement and Safety Administration. Predecessor organization to MSHA, 
prior to March 9, 1978.
    (e) MSHA means the United States Department of Labor, Mine Safety 
and Health Administration.
    (f) Fuse means a device, no less effective than an automatic circuit 
breaker, for use with direct current which provides short-circuit 
protection for trailing cables in coal mines by interrupting an 
excessive current in the circuit.

[37 FR 7562, Apr. 15, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 24003, June 28, 1974; 43 
FR 12316, Mar. 24, 1978]