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2017 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 45. Mines and Mining
§45-433. Eight-hour day - Emergencies.
Universal Citation: 45 OK Stat § 45-433 (2017)
No operator of said mines shall permit or require their employees to work at such labor or industry under ground longer than eight (8) hours in a day of twenty-four (24) hours; and it is hereby declared that eight (8) hours shall constitute a day for all laborers or employees engaged in underground labor in said mines, however, in case of emergency, this section shall not be construed so as to prohibit the employer from requiring employees to continue working beyond the end of the shift for such length of time as the emergency may reasonably require; provided that within five (5) days thereafter the operator shall in writing notify the deputy mine inspector of such event.
Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 53, § 23.
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