Haulage Road Inspection Handbook

The design and maintenance of haul roads plays an important role in surface haulage safety. This handbook provides guidance for conducting a safety inspection of a mine's haulage roads. A critical concern is that design features, such as width, steepness and layout of the roads, be compatible with the performance capabilities of the equipment, as well as provide for reasonable variability in the level of skill and experience of the equipment operators. The handbook includes summaries o f MSHA's standards that apply to haul roads.

This Bureau of Mines manual for design of surface mine haulage roads covers such aspects of haulage road design as road alignment (both vertical and horizontal), construction materials, cross slope, and drainage provisions. Traffic control and design of proper lane widths to promote safe vehicle movement are included, as are suggested criteria for road and vehicle maintenance and for runaway vehicle safety provisions. The aim of this publication is to provide those involved with surface mine haulage road design with a complete manual of recommended practices that, if implemented, will promote safer, more efficient haulage routes.

Dated May 2007. This title, and its companion volume 1 "Reference manual" (ISBN 9780115527975), supersede "Bridge inspection guide" (1984, ISBN 9780115506383)