2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 69 - Mines
Article 27 - General Duties of Operators and Employees in Other Than Coal Mines
Section 69-27-6 - [Safety devices and orders; employees' duty.]
No mine employee or other person shall remove, displace, damage, destroy, carry off or fail to use any safety device, safeguard notice or warning provided for use in any mine employment or place of mine employment, or interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other person, or interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for the protection of any mine employee, in such employment or place of employment, or fail or neglect to follow and obey safety orders promulgated by the mine operator or the mine inspector, and to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety and welfare of employees, including himself.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 153, § 199; 1941 Comp., § 67-2006; 1953 Comp., § 63-20-6.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53A Am. Jur. 2d Mines and Minerals §§ 261 et seq., 274 et seq.
58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 229, 236.
