2010 Code of Virginia
Title 45.1 - MINES AND MINING.
Chapter 14.3 - Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines (45.1-161.105 thru 45.1-161.252)
45.1-161.252 - Employment of authorized persons.
§ 45.1-161.252. Employment of authorized persons.
No miner shall be placed in charge of a cutting, loading, drilling, continuous miner or timbering machine in any mine who is not an authorized person capable of determining the safety of the roof and ribs of the working places. Such miner shall also be capable of detecting the presence of explosive gas and shall be compelled to undergo examination by a mine inspector to determine his fitness to detect explosive gas before being permitted to have charge of machines in such mines.
(Code 1950, §§ 45-7, 45-12, 45-68.4, 45-69, 45-73, 45-75, 45-78, 45-79, 45-81, 45-83; 1950, p. 156; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-21; 1976, c. 598; 1978, cc. 222, 489; 1982, c. 255; 1984, cc. 178, 590; 1988, c. 577; 1993, cc. 171, 442; 1994, c. 28.)
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