(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]
