352.140 Operation of cages and cars.
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Only a certified hoistman shall be placed in charge of any mechanism used for
lowering or hoisting any persons employed in the mine. Where automatic elevators
are used and all safety devices are provided, the services of a hoistman are not
required. A certified hoistman shall pass a test as to his knowledge of hoisting
equipment and the precautions to be taken when raising or lowering men or
materials. Certification of hoistmen shall be under such conditions and by tests
prescribed by the commissioner.
No hoistman in charge of such machinery shall allow any person except such as
may be designated for this purpose by the operator or superintendent to interfere
with any part of the machinery.
In a mine worked by shaft, slope, or incline, no more than twenty (20) persons shall
ride in any cage or car at one (1) time, without the approval of the mine inspector
and the commissioner of the department, and no person shall ride on a loaded cage
or car, except that where special man-cars or cages are employed to haul workmen
on inclines the commissioner may regulate the method and procedure of handling of
man-cars, cages, and workmen. Each cage or elevator installed after June 16, 1972,
which is used for lowering and raising men shall have at least two and one-half (21/2) square feet of floor space for each person.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 16, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts
ch. 303, sec. 14. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-23.
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