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... by the deputy mine inspector, is not provided, the operator shall be required to lower or hoist persons, as prescribed in this section, but when such stairway is provided, the hoisting of persons shall not be required. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...r of a mine operated by a shaft shall provide and maintain a metal tube, suitable for conversation between persons, connecting the engine room with the top and bottom of such shaft. The cages operated in said shaft shall have an approved safety catch, a sufficient cover, and rings or other adequate handholds for the accommodation of the number of persons permitted on the cage. Such cages shall be protected on each si...

...d as such. The following signals are provided for use at mines where signals are required: (A) From the bottom to the top: (1) One ring or whistle from the bottom to the top shall signify to hoist coal or the empty cage, and also to stop either when in motion. (2) Two rings or whistles shall signify to lower cage. (3) Three rings or whistles shall signify that men are coming up; when return signal is received fr...

...The management of any mine may, with the consent of the deputy mine inspector, add to the code of signals to increase its efficiency, or to promote the safety of the workers in such mine, but whatever code is established and in use at any mine shall be approved by the division of mineral resources management, and conspicuously posted at the top, at the bottom, and in the engine room, for the information and instructi...

...l shaft, an emergency signal shall be provided in such manner that persons can give signals from the cage if the cage is stopped between the top and bottom landings. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...by vertical shaft, the operator shall provide adequate fire protection to secure the safety of such shaft, and, when but one shaft is the only available means of egress, shall keep in attendance a competent person when persons are inside of such mine. Each underground coal mine shall be provided with suitable firefighting equipment adapted for the size and conditions of the mine. The chief of the division of mineral...

...The operator of any coal mine or the owner of land bearing natural coal deposits immediately upon learning of a fire in any coal seam upon the operator's or owner's property shall report the fire to the chief of the division of mineral resources management. When a coal seam fire is reported to the chief, the chief shall immediately investigate such fire. In the event of a fire in any outcrop of a coal seam or in an ...

...Every operator of a mine shall install and maintain in efficient working condition a system of two-way communications approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management connecting the surface and each landing of main shafts and slopes between the surface and each working section of any coal mine that is more than one hundred feet from a portal. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comp...

...The operator of each mine shall provide an enclosed lard or signal oil lamp or lantern approved by the deputy mine inspector, or incandescent electric light, at such points in the mine as are necessary, including at the top of extreme grades and in underground stations where machinery is installed. No open light shall be used for fixed or stationary purposes, and no coal oil or kerosene lamp or lanterns shall be used...

...r of the deputy mine inspector, shall provide such additional flame safety lamps or approved methane detectors as are required to meet probable emergency. This section does not apply to clay mines, except when such equipment is deemed necessary by the deputy mine inspector. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...The operator of any underground mine shall have a U tube or recording pressure gauge for the purpose of recording pressure or vacuum of the main air current installed in such mine. A record of the readings of such gauge shall be kept in a book which shall be accessible to the deputy mine inspector and all of such records of readings shall be kept so accessible for not less than one year. No operator of a mine shall ...

...angements have been made or otherwise provided. Each operator shall, within ten days after any change of the arrangements, report such changes to the chief. If such changes involve a substitution of persons, the operator shall report the name, title, and address of the person substituted together with the name and address of the emergency medical service organization with which such person is associated. Each operat...

...No person shall place refuse in or obstruct any airway or break-through used as an airway.

...s place of duty by the traveling ways provided. He shall not travel around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, where duty does not require, and when not on duty, he shall not loiter at, in, or around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...tor of an underground coal mine shall provide tag lines or tie-off lines for each miner at the mine. The operator shall provide and employees of the mine shall use tag lines or tie-off lines in accordance with requirements and procedures established in rules adopted under this section. (C) The chief of the division of mineral resources management, in consultation with a statewide association representing the c...

...No person shall smoke or carry smoking materials or matches or lighters for smoking material in an underground coal mine or any underground gaseous metal or nonmetal mine. Smoking in nongaseous metal and nonmetal underground mines or in or about surface structures of any mine shall be restricted to places where it will not cause a fire or hazard.

...No person shall go into, to, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, while under the influence of intoxicants. No person shall use, carry, or have in his possession any intoxicants at, in, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...Each man working in and about a mine shall exercise discretion in wearing such clothes as will protect him from injury and minimize the danger of getting clothing caught in machinery or other places.

...ile in motion unless the machines are provided with mechanical shifters. Belt dressing shall not be applied while belts are in motion except where it can be applied without endangering a person. Belts, chains, and ropes shall not be guided onto power-driven moving pulleys, sprockets, or drums with the hands except on slow-moving equipment especially designed for hand feeding. Pulleys of conveyors shall not be clea...

...e used on a conveyor belt in order to provide for the earliest possible detection of a fire; (2) The number of fire detection devices that are required on a conveyor belt; (3) A procedure for the notification of the chief after the operator of a mine has installed the fire detection devices; (4) A procedure for the inspection of fire detection devices installed on a conveyor belt; (5) Any other requirements t...

... or portion thereof, under comparable provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan, revision, or port...

... or portion thereof, under comparable provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan or revision, or po...

...ator conducting longwall mining shall provide two-way communication facilities, approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, at the headgate and tailgate and across each longwall working face that, during the production of coal, are a separate system from the mine communication facilities. Longwall working section communication facilities shall be located at points not more than one hundred ...

...ator conducting longwall mining shall provide all longwall working face conveyors installed on and after the effective date of this section with lock-out type de-energizing devices to de-energize the electrical power on the longwall working face conveyor. The de-energizing devices shall be provided at intervals of not more than fifty feet when the average height of the coal seam is at or below forty-eight inches and ...

...(A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management or the chief's representative shall require installation on a longwall working section of a federally approved methane monitor capable of giving warning automatically when the concentration of methane reaches a maximum percentage of not more than 1.0 volume per cent of methane. The sensoring unit indicating the atmospheric conditions on the methane monitor...