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2025 Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Chapter 7 - Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Mine Construction
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.2-700. Scope of chapter
- § 45.2-701. Regulations governing conditions and practices at underground coal mines
- § 45.2-702. Standards for regulations
Article 2. Additional Duties of Certified Persons and Other Miners
- § 45.2-703. Duties of mine foreman
- § 45.2-704. Employment and duties of top persons; plan for excavation of shaft or slope
- § 45.2-705. Employment of inexperienced underground miners
- § 45.2-706. Employment of authorized persons
Article 3. Proximity of Mining to Gas or Oil Wells or Abandoned Areas
- § 45.2-707. Mining in proximity to gas or oil wells
- § 45.2-708. Mining in proximity to an abandoned area
Article 4. Roof, Face, and Rib Control
- § 45.2-709. Roof, face, and ribs to be secure
- § 45.2-710. Roof control plans
- § 45.2-711. Instruction of miners
- § 45.2-712. Copies of plan
- § 45.2-713. Automated temporary roof support systems
- § 45.2-714. Supplies of materials for supports
- § 45.2-715. Examination and testing of roof, face, and ribs
- § 45.2-716. Mapping of roof falls
- § 45.2-717. Unsafe conditions
- § 45.2-718. Removal of supports
Article 5. Explosives and Blasting
- § 45.2-719. Surface storage of explosives and detonators
- § 45.2-720. Underground transportation of explosives and detonators
- § 45.2-721. Underground storage of explosives and detonators
- § 45.2-722. Blasting practices; penalty
- § 45.2-723. Blasting cables
- § 45.2-724. Misfires
- § 45.2-725. Explosives and blasting practices in shaft and slope operations
Article 6. Mine Openings and Escapeways
- § 45.2-726. Mine openings
- § 45.2-727. Separation of openings
- § 45.2-728. Number of miners in openings
- § 45.2-729. Maintenance of mine openings
- § 45.2-730. Signs, life lines, and equipment
- § 45.2-731. Examination of escapeways
- § 45.2-732. Longwall escape routes and plan
- § 45.2-733. Fire protection
- § 45.2-734. Unused openings
Article 7. Hoisting
- § 45.2-735. Hoisting equipment
- § 45.2-736. Hoisting ropes
- § 45.2-737. Hoisting cages
- § 45.2-738. Shaft and slope conditions
- § 45.2-739. Signaling; signal code
- § 45.2-740. Inspections of hoisting equipment
- § 45.2-741. Hoisting engineers
- § 45.2-742. Operations of hoisting equipment
- § 45.2-743. Maintenance of hoisting equipment
Article 8. Transportation
- § 45.2-744. Haulage roads
- § 45.2-745. Track switches and rails
- § 45.2-746. Clearance on haulage roads
- § 45.2-747. Conveyor crossings
- § 45.2-748. Shelter holes
- § 45.2-749. Refuge from moving traffic
- § 45.2-750. Inspection of underground equipment
- § 45.2-751. Maintenance of equipment
- § 45.2-752. Self-propelled equipment
- § 45.2-753. Pushing cars
- § 45.2-754. Transportation of material
- § 45.2-755. Securing cars
- § 45.2-756. Riding on cars
- § 45.2-757. Back-poling
- § 45.2-758. Operation of equipment
- § 45.2-759. Dispatchers
- § 45.2-760. Availability of mantrips
- § 45.2-761. Mantrips
- § 45.2-762. Mantrip loading and unloading areas
- § 45.2-763. Transporting miners by conveyor belt
Article 9. Surface Areas
- § 45.2-764. Housekeeping; noxious fumes
- § 45.2-765. Lighting
- § 45.2-766. Flammable or combustible materials
- § 45.2-767. Hazardous crane operations
- § 45.2-768. Controlling dust at the surface
- § 45.2-769. Scaffolding and overhead protection
- § 45.2-770. Welding and cutting
- § 45.2-771. Fire prevention and fire control
- § 45.2-772. Surface equipment
- § 45.2-773. Travel ways and loading and haulage areas
- § 45.2-774. Electricity
- § 45.2-775. Surface blasting
- § 45.2-776. Ground control
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