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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 45.1 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 14.3 - Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.1-161.105. Scope of chapter
- § 45.1-161.106. Regulations governing conditions and practices at underground coal mines
- § 45.1-161.107. Standards for regulations
Article 2. Roof, Rib and Face Control
- § 45.1-161.108. Roof, ribs and faces to be secure
- § 45.1-161.109. Roof control plans
- § 45.1-161.110. Instruction of miners
- § 45.1-161.111. Copies of plan
- § 45.1-161.112. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.114. Automated temporary roof support systems
- § 45.1-161.115. Supplies of materials for supports
- § 45.1-161.116. Examination and testing of roof, face, and ribs
- § 45.1-161.117. Mapping of roof falls
- § 45.1-161.118. Unsafe conditions
- § 45.1-161.119. Removal of supports
- § 45.1-161.120. Repealed
Article 3. Proximity of Mining to Gas and Oil Wells, and Abandoned Areas
- § 45.1-161.121. Mining in proximity to gas and oil wells
- § 45.1-161.122. Mining in proximity to abandoned areas
Article 4. Mechanical Equipment
- § 45.1-161.123. Face and other equipment
- § 45.1-161.124. Shop and other equipment
- § 45.1-161.125. Hydraulic hoses
Article 5. Explosives and Blasting
- § 45.1-161.126. Surface storage of explosives
- § 45.1-161.127. Underground transportation of explosives
- § 45.1-161.128. Underground storage of explosives
- § 45.1-161.129. Blasting practices; penalty
- § 45.1-161.130. Blasting cables
- § 45.1-161.131. Misfires
- § 45.1-161.132. Explosives and blasting practices in shaft and slope operations
Article 6. Transportation
- § 45.1-161.133. Haulage roads
- § 45.1-161.134. Track switches and rails
- § 45.1-161.135. Clearance on haulage roads
- § 45.1-161.136. Conveyor crossings
- § 45.1-161.137. Shelter holes
- § 45.1-161.138. Refuge from moving traffic
- § 45.1-161.139. Inspection of underground equipment
- § 45.1-161.140. Maintenance of equipment
- § 45.1-161.141. Self-propelled equipment
- § 45.1-161.142. Pushing cars
- § 45.1-161.143. Transportation of material
- § 45.1-161.144. Securing cars
- § 45.1-161.145. Riding on cars
- § 45.1-161.146. Back-poling
- § 45.1-161.147. Operation of equipment
- § 45.1-161.148. Dispatchers
- § 45.1-161.149. Availability of man-trips
- § 45.1-161.150. Man-trips
- § 45.1-161.151. Man-trip loading and unloading areas
- § 45.1-161.152. Transporting miners by belts
Article 7. Hoisting
- § 45.1-161.153. Hoisting equipment
- § 45.1-161.154. Hoisting ropes
- § 45.1-161.155. Hoisting cages
- § 45.1-161.156. Slope and shaft conditions
- § 45.1-161.157. Signaling; signal code
- § 45.1-161.158. Inspections of hoisting equipment
- § 45.1-161.159. Hoisting engineers
- § 45.1-161.160. Operations of hoisting equipment
- § 45.1-161.161. Maintenance of hoisting equipment
Article 8. Mine Openings and Escapeways
- § 45.1-161.162. Mine openings
- § 45.1-161.163. Separation of openings
- § 45.1-161.164. Number of miners in openings
- § 45.1-161.165. Maintenance of mine openings
- § 45.1-161.166. Signs, life lines, and equipment
- § 45.1-161.167. Examination of escapeways
- § 45.1-161.168. Longwall escape routes and plan
- § 45.1-161.169. Fire protection
- § 45.1-161.170. Unused openings
Article 9. Illumination
- § 45.1-161.171. Portable illumination
- § 45.1-161.172. Underground illumination
- § 45.1-161.173. Inspection of electric illumination equipment
Article 10. Personal Safety; Smoking
- § 45.1-161.174. Checking system; tracking system
- § 45.1-161.175. Protective clothing
- § 45.1-161.176. Noise levels and ear protection
- § 45.1-161.177. Smoking materials prohibited; penalty
- § 45.1-161.178. Allowing persons to work in a mine with smoker's articles; penalty
- § 45.1-161.179. Posting of notice
- § 45.1-161.180. Smoking in surface and other areas
Article 11. Electricity
- § 45.1-161.181. Surface electrical installations
- § 45.1-161.182. Surface transformers
- § 45.1-161.183. Underground transformers
- § 45.1-161.184. Stations and substations
- § 45.1-161.185. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.186. Power circuits
- § 45.1-161.187. Trolley wires and feeder wires
- § 45.1-161.188. Grounding
- § 45.1-161.189. Circuit breakers and switches
- § 45.1-161.190. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.191. Communication systems
- § 45.1-161.192. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.193. Electric equipment
- § 45.1-161.194. Trailing cables
- § 45.1-161.195. Inspection of electric equipment and wiring; checking and testing methane monitors
- § 45.1-161.196. Repairs to circuits and electric equipment
Article 12. First Aid Equipment; Medical Care; Emergency Medical Services Providers
- § 45.1-161.197. First aid equipment
- § 45.1-161.198. Attention to injured persons
- § 45.1-161.199. Certified emergency medical services providers
Article 13. Fire Prevention and Fire Control
- § 45.1-161.200. Firefighting equipment; fire prevention
- § 45.1-161.201. Duties in case of fire
- § 45.1-161.202. Emergency response plans; list of next of kin
- § 45.1-161.203. Reporting fires; response
- § 45.1-161.204. Fire prevention in transportation of mining equipment
- § 45.1-161.205. Storage and use of flammable fluids and materials
- § 45.1-161.206. Diesel powered equipment
- § 45.1-161.207. Arcs, sparks and flames
Article 14. Ventilation, Mine Gases and Other Hazardous Conditions
- § 45.1-161.208. Pre-shift examinations
- § 45.1-161.209. On-shift examinations
- § 45.1-161.210. Weekly examinations
- § 45.1-161.211. Examinations of fans
- § 45.1-161.212. Record of examinations
- § 45.1-161.213. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.214. Notice of hazardous conditions
- § 45.1-161.215. Notice of monitor tampering prohibition
- § 45.1-161.216. Main fans
- § 45.1-161.217. Fan stoppage plan
- § 45.1-161.218. Auxiliary fans
- § 45.1-161.219. Volume of air
- § 45.1-161.220. Bleeder systems
- § 45.1-161.221. Coursing of air
- § 45.1-161.222. Actions for excessive methane
- § 45.1-161.223. Crosscuts
- § 45.1-161.224. Permanent stoppings
- § 45.1-161.225. Ventilation controls
- § 45.1-161.226. Line brattice
- § 45.1-161.227. Ventilation with air from certain areas
- § 45.1-161.228. Worked-out areas
- § 45.1-161.229. Air quality
- § 45.1-161.230. Repealed
- § 45.1-161.231. Examination of mines for explosive gas and other hazardous conditions
- § 45.1-161.232. Tampering with methane monitoring devices prohibited; penalty
- § 45.1-161.233. Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoring equipment disconnected; penalty
- § 45.1-161.233:1. Intentionally bypassing safety devices; prohibition
- § 45.1-161.234. Control of coal dust
- § 45.1-161.235. Rock dusting
Article 15. Surface Areas
- § 45.1-161.236. Housekeeping; noxious fumes
- § 45.1-161.237. Lighting
- § 45.1-161.238. Flammable or combustible materials
- § 45.1-161.239. Crane operations
- § 45.1-161.240. Controlling dust at surface
- § 45.1-161.241. Scaffolding and overhead protection
- § 45.1-161.242. Welding and cutting
- § 45.1-161.243. Fire prevention and fire control
- § 45.1-161.244. Surface equipment
- § 45.1-161.245. Travel ways, loading and haulage areas
- § 45.1-161.246. Electricity
- § 45.1-161.247. Surface blasting
- § 45.1-161.248. Ground control
Article 16. Additional Duties of Certified Persons and Other Miners
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