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2012 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 22A. MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING
ARTICLE 2. UNDERGROUND MINES.
- §22A-2-1. Supervision by professional engineer or licensed land surveyor; seal and certification; contents; extensions; repository; availability; traversing; copies; archive; final survey and map; penalties.
- §22A-2-2. Submittal of detailed ventilation plan to director.
- §22A-2-3. Fans.
- §22A-2-4. Ventilation of mines in general.
- §22A-2-4a. Use of belt air.
- §22A-2-5. Unused and abandoned parts of mine.
- §22A-2-6. Movement of mining equipment.
- §22A-2-8. Duties; ventilation; loose coal, slate or rocks; props; drainage of water; man doors; instruction of apprentice miners.
- §22A-2-9. Slopes, incline planes and haulage roads.
- §22A-2-10. Signals on haulways; lights at mouth and bottom of shaft; operation of cages.
- §22A-2-11. Boreholes.
- §22A-2-12. Instruction of employees and supervision of apprentices; annual examination of persons using approved methane detecting devices; records of examination; maintenance of methane detectors, etc.
- §22A-2-13. Daily inspection of working places; records.
- §22A-2-15. Dangerous places.
- §22A-2-16. Examinations of reports of fire bosses.
- §22A-2-17. Ascertainment, record and removal of all dangers.
- §22A-2-18. Duty of mine foreman to notify operator when unable to comply with law; duty of operator.
- §22A-2-19. Death or resignation of mine foreman; successor.
- §22A-2-20. Preparation of danger signal by fire boss or certified person acting as such prior to examination; report; records open for inspection.
- §22A-2-21. Fire bosses to have no superior officers.
- §22A-2-22. Unlawful to enter mine until fire boss reports it safe; exceptions.
- §22A-2-23. Authority of fire boss to perform other duties.
- §22A-2-24. Control of coal dust; rock dusting.
- §22A-2-26. Roof support; specific requirements.
- §22A-2-27. Canopies or cabs; electric face equipment.
- §22A-2-28. Equipment to conform with height of seam.
- §22A-2-30. Surface magazines for explosives.
- §22A-2-31. Transportation of explosives.
- §22A-2-32. Underground storage of explosives.
- §22A-2-33. Preparation of shots; blasting practices.
- §22A-2-34. Misfires of explosives.
- §22A-2-35. Other blasting devices.
- §22A-2-37. Haulage roads and equipment; shelter holes; prohibited practices; signals; inspection.
- §22A-2-38. Transportation of miners by cars; self-propelled equipment; belts.
- §22A-2-39. Belt conveyor; installation; maintenance; examination of belt conveyors and belt entries.
- §22A-2-41. Bonding track used as power conductor.
- §22A-2-43. Actions to detect and respond to excess methane
- §22A-2-43a. Operation of cutting and mining machines; repair and maintenance of same.
- §22A-2-44. Hand-held electric drills and rotating tools; trailing cables.
- §22A-2-45. Installation of lighting.
- §22A-2-46. Welding and cutting.
- §22A-2-47. Responsibility for care and maintenance of face equipment.
- §22A-2-48. When respiratory equipment to be worn; control of dust.
- §22A-2-51. Housekeeping.
- §22A-2-52. Storage of flammable liquids in lamphouse.
- §22A-2-53b. Haulage or surface areas.
- §22A-2-53c. Ramps; tipples; cleaning plants; other surface areas.
- §22A-2-54. Duties of persons subject to article; rules and regulations of operators.
- §22A-2-55. Protective equipment and clothing.
- §22A-2-55a. Safety helmets.
- §22A-2-56. Checking systems.
- §22A-2-57. No act permitted endangering security of mine; search for intoxicants, matches, etc.
- §22A-2-58. Fire protection.
- §22A-2-59. First-aid equipment.
- §22A-2-60. Accessible outlets; safe roadways for emergencies; accessibility of first aid equipment; use of special capsule for removal of personnel.
- §22A-2-61. Coal storage bins; recovery tunnels; coal storage piles.
- §22A-2-62. Thermal coal dryers and plants.
- §22A-2-63. No mine to be opened or reopened without prior approval of the director of the office of miners' health, safety and training; certificate of approval; approval fees; extension of certificate of approval; certificates of approval not transferable; section to be printed on certificates of approval.
- §22A-2-64. Sealing permanently closed or abandoned mines.
- §22A-2-65. Mining close to abandoned workings.
- §22A-2-66. Accident; notice; investigation by Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.
- §22A-2-67. Written report of accident.
- §22A-2-68. Preservation of evidence following accident or disaster.
- §22A-2-69.
- §22A-2-70. Shafts and slopes.
- §22A-2-71. Right of miner to refuse to operate unsafe equipment; procedure; discrimination.
- §22A-2-71a. Right of miner to refuse to work in an unsafe area or unsafe manner.
- §22A-2-72. Long wall and short wall mining.
- §22A-2-73. Construction of shafts, slopes, surface facilities and the safety hazards attendant therewith; duties of board of coal mine health and safety to promulgate rules; time limits therefor.
- §22A-2-74. Control of respirable dust.
- §22A-2-75. Coal operators -- Procedure before operating near oil and gas wells.
- §22A-2-76. Reopening old or abandoned mines.
- §22A-2-77. Monthly report by operator of mine; exception as to certain inactive mines.
- §22A-2-78. Examinations to determine compliance with permits.
- §22A-2-79. Provisions of article severable.
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