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2016 Code of Virginia
Title 45.1 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 14.4 - Requirements Applicable to Surface Coal Mines
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.1-161.253. Scope of chapter
- § 45.1-161.254. Regulations governing conditions and practices at surface coal mines
- § 45.1-161.255. Standards for regulations
Article 2. Work Area Examinations, Record Keeping and Reporting
- § 45.1-161.256. Safety examinations
- § 45.1-161.257. Records of examinations
- § 45.1-161.258. Areas with safety or health hazards; duties of surface mine foreman
Article 3. Personal Protection
- § 45.1-161.259. Personal protection devices and practices
- § 45.1-161.260. Housekeeping
- § 45.1-161.261. Noxious fumes
Article 4. First Aid Equipment; Medical Care; Emergency Medical Services Personnel
- § 45.1-161.262. First aid equipment
- § 45.1-161.263. First aid training
- § 45.1-161.264. Attention to injured persons
Article 5. Fire Prevention and Fire Control
- § 45.1-161.265. Fire-fighting equipment; duties in case of fire; fire precaution in transportation of mining equipment; fire prevention generally
- § 45.1-161.266. Duties in case of fire
- § 45.1-161.267. Fire precautions
Article 6. Surface Equipment
- § 45.1-161.268. Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition
- § 45.1-161.269. Equipment operation
- § 45.1-161.270. Safety measures on equipment
- § 45.1-161.271. Transportation of personnel
- § 45.1-161.272. Lighting
- § 45.1-161.273. Shop and other equipment
- § 45.1-161.274. Hydraulic hoses
Article 7. Travelways, Loading and Haulage Areas
- § 45.1-161.275. Stairways, platforms, runways and floor openings
- § 45.1-161.276. Loading and haulage work area requirements
- § 45.1-161.277. Equipment operation
Article 8. Dust Control
Article 9. Electricity
- § 45.1-161.279. Overhead high-potential power lines; surface transmission lines; electric wiring in surface buildings
- § 45.1-161.280. Transformers
- § 45.1-161.281. Grounding
- § 45.1-161.282. Circuit breakers and switches
- § 45.1-161.283. Electrical trailing cables
Article 10. Explosives and Blasting
- § 45.1-161.284. Surface storage of explosives and detonators
- § 45.1-161.285. Misfires
- § 45.1-161.286. Minimum blasting practices
Article 11. Ground Control
Article 12. Auger and Highwall Mining
- § 45.1-161.288. Inspection of electric equipment and wiring; checking and testing methane monitors
- § 45.1-161.289. Highwall inspections
- § 45.1-161.290. Penetration of underground mines; testing
- § 45.1-161.291. Safety precautions
Article 13. Proximity of Mining to Gas, Oil Wells and Vertical Ventilation Holes
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