2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .135   Lifeline cords and directional devices.

352.135 Lifeline cords and directional devices. In all designated escapeways, each operator shall provide lifeline cords, with attached reflective material at not to exceed twenty-five (25) foot intervals and devices indicating the direction to the surface at not to exceed one hundred (100) foot intervals, from outby the loading point; provided, that in case of a shaft mine, such lifeline cords shall extend from outby to the loading point to the bottom of the designated escape shaft. Such lifeline cord shall be of durable construction sufficient to allow miners to see and to use effectively to guide themselves out of the mine in the event of an emergency. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 17, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.