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2013 Code of Alabama
Title 25 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LABOR.
Chapter 9 - COAL MINE SAFETY.
Article 1 General Provisions.- Section 25-9-1 - Short title; purpose of chapter.
- Section 25-9-2 - Definitions.
- Section 25-9-3 - Appointment of mine inspectors and other employees.
- Section 25-9-4 - Certain persons not to have interest in Alabama coal mines.
- Section 25-9-5 - Qualifications and residence of chief of division.
- Section 25-9-6 - Qualifications and residence of mine inspectors and head mine inspector.
- Section 25-9-7 - Duties of mine inspectors generally; accompanying of inspectors on inspections by representatives of miners; mine examination reports.
- Section 25-9-8 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Required.
- Section 25-9-9 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Board of examiners.
- Section 25-9-10 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Examinations; fees.
- Section 25-9-11 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Qualifications of applicants - Mine foreman.
- Section 25-9-12 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Qualifications of applicants - Fire boss.
- Section 25-9-13 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Replacement of lost certificates.
- Section 25-9-14 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Forged or counterfeit certificates; uttering false certificates; false statements or misrepresentations in applications.
- Section 25-9-15 - Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Suspension, cancellation, or revocation; voluntary surrender of certificate.
- Section 25-9-16 - Failure of fire boss to perform required duties.
- Section 25-9-17 - Persons authorized to act as fire boss; temporary fire boss or mine foreman.
- Section 25-9-18 - Qualifications of mine foremen in underground mines.
- Section 25-9-19 - Inspection of working places and abandoned areas of mines by foreman.
- Section 25-9-20 - Schedule of mine inspections.
- Section 25-9-21 - Instruments for measurement of air and gases in mines.
- Section 25-9-22 - Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally.
- Section 25-9-23 - Expenses of executing subpoenas, attendance of witnesses, and contempt proceedings.
- Section 25-9-24 - Reporting and correction of unsafe conditions.
- Section 25-9-26 - Persons not employees not to enter mines without consent of operator, etc.
- Section 25-9-27 - Entry into mine while intoxicated; transporting intoxicating liquor into mine.
- Section 25-9-29 - Giving of orders requiring violation of chapter.
- Section 25-9-28 - Solicitation of funds from employees for purposes of retaining or procuring employment, etc.
- Section 25-9-30 - Persons under 18 not to work in or about mines.
- Section 25-9-40 - Use of protective clothing, etc.
- Section 25-9-41 - Checking systems.
- Section 25-9-42 - Shafts, mine openings, and escapeways.
- Section 25-9-60 - Maintenance, etc., of first aid equipment; notice of and treatment of injuries.
- Section 25-9-61 - Reports and investigations of major accidents.
- Section 25-9-62 - Removal of large and dangerous accumulations of water in adjoining mines.
- Section 25-9-63 - Mine disasters.
- Section 25-9-64 - Establishment of mine rescue stations.
- Section 25-9-65 - Rescue crews - Training and employment; wages and workers' compensation benefits.
- Section 25-9-66 - Rescue crews - Training; removal of crew members.
- Section 25-9-67 - Rescue crews - Qualifications; record of physical examination.
- Section 25-9-68 - Jurisdiction of chief in rescue and recovery work; consultation and guidance.
- Section 25-9-69 - Compensation for rescue work; workers' compensation benefits.
- Section 25-9-70 - Crews to be informed of existing conditions; applicability of federal regulations; assignments by chief.
- Section 25-9-80 - Main fans.
- Section 25-9-81 - Use of methane detectors.
- Section 25-9-82 - Standards and procedures as to gases and air quality.
- Section 25-9-83 - Standards as to volume of air.
- Section 25-9-84 - Coursing of air.
- Section 25-9-85 - Sealing, testing, etc., of abandoned workings.
- Section 25-9-86 - Examinations for gases and other dangerous conditions.
- Section 25-9-87 - Use of flame safety lamps.
- Section 25-9-88 - Reports as to ventilation, gas content, reopening of mines, etc.
- Section 25-9-89 - Procedure when workings approaching inaccessible accumulations of gases or water.
- Section 25-9-90 - Duty of employees to report damage or unsafe conditions; correction of damage or unsafe conditions.
- Section 25-9-91 - Prohibited acts.
- Section 25-9-110 - Accumulation of coal dust; methods for allaying dust at source.
- Section 25-9-111 - Rock dusting.
- Section 25-9-130 - Permissible explosives and blasting methods generally; use of black blasting powder; use of dynamite, etc.
- Section 25-9-131 - Surface storage of explosives and detonators.
- Section 25-9-132 - Underground transportation of explosives and detonators.
- Section 25-9-133 - Underground storage of explosives and detonators.
- Section 25-9-134 - Blasting practices and procedures generally.
- Section 25-9-135 - Blasting cables.
- Section 25-9-136 - Misfires.
- Section 25-9-137 - Report of premature explosions.
- Section 25-9-150 - Building of fires in mines; use of torches; welding and burning.
- Section 25-9-151 - Examinations for fire.
- Section 25-9-152 - Use, storage, etc., of oil, grease, and lubricants; fire extinguishing equipment.
- Section 25-9-153 - Underground stables.
- Section 25-9-154 - Procedure upon discovery of fire.
- Section 25-9-155 - Operators to report fires; assistance, etc., of chief in extinguishing fires, etc.
- Section 25-9-170 - Transformers, conversion equipment, etc.
- Section 25-9-171 - Power wires and circuits; signal and telephone wires; trolley and feeder wires.
- Section 25-9-172 - Grounding of frames, casings, and other electrical equipment.
- Section 25-9-173 - Circuit breakers, etc.; insulating platforms.
- Section 25-9-174 - Telephones.
- Section 25-9-175 - Electric drills, etc.; trailing cables; cables for portable equipment.
- Section 25-9-176 - Electric lights.
- Section 25-9-190 - Testing and examination of roof, faces, ribs, etc.; correction of and precautions against unsafe conditions.
- Section 25-9-191 - Installation, etc., of timbering or other roof support systems.
- Section 25-9-192 - Maintenance of supply of timbers or other roof supports.
- Section 25-9-210 - Hoist engineers; signal codes, etc.; safety features of cages, hoist engines, hoist ropes, and hoist shafts; hoisting of tools, timber, animals, etc.
- Section 25-9-211 - Maintenance, etc., of mine locomotives and other haulage equipment.
- Section 25-9-212 - Construction, installation, and maintenance of elements of track of haulage roads.
- Section 25-9-213 - Clearances, crossovers, and shelter holes on haulage roads.
- Section 25-9-214 - Certain machinery prohibited underground.
- Section 25-9-215 - Safety devices and practices.
- Section 25-9-216 - Transportation of men.
- Section 25-9-230 - Face equipment.
- Section 25-9-231 - Shop equipment, etc.
- Section 25-9-232 - Operation of machinery by repairmen.
- Section 25-9-250 - Use of electrical equipment; maintenance, etc., in tipples and cleaning plants.
- Section 25-9-251 - Storage of flammable liquids in lamp houses.
- Section 25-9-252 - Maintenance, etc., of stairways, elevated platforms, and runways.
- Section 25-9-253 - Housekeeping practices.
- Section 25-9-254 - Fire prevention in surface structures.
- Section 25-9-270 - Applicability of provisions.
- Section 25-9-271 - Maintenance, etc., of banks; overburden, etc., of open pits.
- Section 25-9-272 - Maintenance, etc., of means of access to pits.
- Section 25-9-273 - Operation, inspection, and maintenance of shovels and draglines.
- Section 25-9-274 - Electrical equipment installations and inspections; grounding and insulation of electrical equipment; trailing cables.
- Section 25-9-275 - Guarding of exposed engines, wheels, etc.; safety of tools.
- Section 25-9-276 - "Blasting agent" and "explosives" defined; storage and transportation of blasting agents, explosives, and detonators generally.
- Section 25-9-277 - Handling and use of explosives and detonators.
- Section 25-9-278 - Blasting practices and procedures generally.
- Section 25-9-279 - Electrical blasting practices and procedures.
- Section 25-9-280 - Handling of explosives during blasting operations; warnings, guards, etc.
- Section 25-9-281 - Safety devices and practices for compressed air receivers, etc.
- Section 25-9-282 - First aid equipment; training of personnel in first aid methods.
- Section 25-9-283 - Provision of sanitary toilets, potable drinking water, and drinking cups or fountains.
- Section 25-9-284 - Increase in hazards of pit operations to be reported.
- Section 25-9-300 - Map of mine - Required; contents; filing; examination, etc.
- Section 25-9-301 - Map of mine - Failure or refusal to furnish.
- Section 25-9-302 - Map of mine - Incomplete, inaccurate, or imperfect maps.
- Section 25-9-303 - Intermediate surveys.
- Section 25-9-304 - Final survey.
- Section 25-9-320 - Distance of mine workings from boundary line of mine owner's coal rights.
- Section 25-9-321 - Survey of mine upon petition of adjacent landowner.
- Section 25-9-322 - Refusal to permit adjacent landowner or lessee to inspect mine.
- Section 25-9-340 - Owners to provide scales at mines where miners paid by weight.
- Section 25-9-341 - Coal to be weighed and credited to miner.
- Section 25-9-342 - Miners may furnish check weighman to examine scales, etc.
- Section 25-9-343 - Testing of scales.
- Section 25-9-344 - Access to scales, etc.
- Section 25-9-345 - Failure of mine operators to weigh coal accurately and correctly.
- Section 25-9-360 - Suspension of compliance with chapter; compliance with and enforcement of chapter generally.
- Section 25-9-361 - Superintendent, mine foremen, etc., to comply with and ensure compliance with chapter.
- Section 25-9-362 - Employees, etc., to comply with chapter and rules, etc., of operators.
- Section 25-9-363 - Quarterly reports of mine operators.
- Section 25-9-364 - Posting of abstract of chapter at mines; defacing, etc., of abstract.
- Section 25-9-365 - Inspectors may order suspension of mine operations for violations imminently hazardous to workmen.
- Section 25-9-366 - Review by chief of orders of inspectors.
- Section 25-9-367 - Judicial review of orders suspending mine operations.
- Section 25-9-368 - Injunctions.
- Section 25-9-369 - Representation of department.
- Section 25-9-370 - Unlawful acts for which no other penalty provided.
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