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22-2-22 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Electricity |
The operator, agent or mine foreman of any coal mine in which electricity is used as a means of power shall comply with the provisions of sections twenty-three … |
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22-2-23 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Protection Against Trolley or Power Wires |
On all haulage roads, landings and partings, where men are required regularly to work or pass under trolley or other bare power wires which are placed less than… |
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22-2-24 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Insulation of Machine or Feed Wires |
All machine or feed wires shall be placed on glass or porcelain insulators, which shall be so placed as to prevent the wires coming in contact with the coal. Wh… |
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22-2-25 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Location of Trolley or Feed Wires; Switches |
All trolley and positive feed wires shall be placed on opposite sides of the track from refuge holes or necks of room, when so ordered by the department of mine… |
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22-2-26 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Power Wires and Cables in Shafts or Manway Compartments |
All power wires and cables in hoisting shafts or manway compartments shall be properly insulated, substantially fixed and well protected. |
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22-2-27 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Electric Haulage; When Permitted |
Any mine worked by safety or approved electric lamps shall work electric haulage locomotives operated from trolley wire upon the intake air way fresh from the o… |
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22-2-28 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Electric Coal-Cutting Machines; Persons in Charge Thereof; Examination |
In gaseous mines the chief of the department of mines may designate where flame proof electric coal-cutting machines shall be used. No man shall be placed in ch… |
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22-2-29 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Limit to Use in Gaseous Portion of Mine |
In any gaseous portion of a mine, a coal-cutting machine shall not be brought within the last break through next the working face until the machine man shall ha… |
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22-2-30 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Detection of Fire Damp; Cessation of Work |
In working places where gas is likely to be encountered, a safety lamp or other suitable apparatus for the detection of fire damp shall be provided for use with… |
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22-2-31 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Periodic Examination for Gas |
No coal-cutting machine shall be continued in operation in a gaseous portion of a mine for a longer period than half an hour without an examination as above des… |
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22-2-32 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Duties of Machine Men |
Machine runners and helpers shall use care while operating mining machines. They shall not permit any person to remain near the machine while it is in operation… |
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22-2-33 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Oil Used in Mines |
Only animal, vegetable or paraffine oil, or other oil as free from the evolution of smoke as a standard cottonseed oil when burned in a miner’s torch, shall be … |
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22-2-34 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Oil Tests |
A standard cottonseed oil shall have the following test: (a) It shall be free from mineral oils or mineral oil compounds; (b) It shall be tested in a glass tube… |
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22-2-35 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Heating Oil for Test |
If the oil to be tested is below forty-five degrees Fahrenheit temperature, it shall be slowly heated until it reaches eighty-five degrees temperature. Should t… |
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22-2-36 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Reading of Hydrometer |
In testing the gravity of oil the hydrometer shall be, when possible, read from below, and the last line which appears under the surface of the oil shall be reg… |
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22-2-37 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Allowance for Error |
Where the oil a is tested in difficult circumstances an allowance of one-half of one degree may be made for error or parallax. |
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22-2-38 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Branding Oil Barrels and Containers |
All oil sold to be used for illuminating purposes in the mines of this State shall be contained in barrels, casks or packages, branded conspicuously with the na… |
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22-2-39 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Sale of Oil Not Complying with Test; Penalty |
Any person, firm or corporation, either by itself or an agent or employee, which shall sell or offer for sale for illuminating purposes in any mine in this Stat… |
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22-2-40 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Use of Oil Not Complying With Test; Penalty |
Any miner, or employee in any mine, or employee of any mine operator or mine owner, who shall knowingly use or permit to be used for illuminating purposes in an… |
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22-2-41 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Oil Tests to be Made by Mine Inspector; Penalty for Refusing to Permit Same |
It shall be the duty of the district mine inspectors, wherever they have reason to believe that oil is being used, or sold or offered for sale, in violation of … |
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22-2-42 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Fire Boss; When to be Employed; Qualifications |
It shall be the duty of every mine owner or operator in this State, whose mines are known to liberate fire damp or other dangerous gas or gases, to employ a fir… |
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22-2-43 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Duties |
It shall be the duty of the fire boss or bosses, where employed in such gaseous mines, to prepare a danger signal with red color at the mine entrance, and no pe… |
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22-2-44 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Record of Condition of Mine |
The fire boss shall, upon having completed the examination of the mine before each shift, make a written record of the condition of the mine within a book havin… |
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22-2-45 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; No Superior Officers |
In the performance of the duties devolving upon the fire bosses they shall have no superior officers, but all the employees working inside of such mine or mines… |
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22-2-46 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Unlawful to Enter Mine Until Fire Boss Reports It Safe; Exception; Penalty |
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter such mine or mines for any purpose at the beginning of work upon each shift therein until such signal or warning ha… |
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22-2-47 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Mine Foreman; When to be Employed; Qualifications; Assistants |
In every coal mine where five or more persons are employed in a period of twenty-four hours, the operator or agent shall employ a competent and practical inside… |
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22-2-48 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Duties; Ventilation; Loose Coal, Slate or Rock; Props; Drainage of Water |
The duties of the mine foreman shall be to keep a careful watch over the ventilating apparatus, the airways, traveling ways, pumps and drainage. He shall see th… |
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22-2-49 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Refuge Holes |
The mine foreman shall require that all slopes, engine planes and haulage roads used by any persons in the a mine shall be made of sufficient width to permit pe… |
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22-2-50 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Signals on Haulways; Lights at Mouth and Bottom of Shaft; Operation of Cages |
On all haulways, where hauling is done by machinery of any kind, the mine foreman shall provide a proper system of signals, and a conspicuous light on the front… |
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22-2-51 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Bore Holes |
It shall further be the duty of the mine foreman to have bore holes kept, not less than twelve feet in advance of the face, and, where necessary, on sides of th… |
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22-2-52 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Instruction of Employees |
It shall be the duty of the mine foreman, or the assistant mine foreman, of every coal mine in this State, to see that every person employed to work in such min… |
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22-2-53 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Daily Inspection of Working Places |
The mine foreman or his assistants shall visit and carefully examine each working place in the mine each day while the miners of such places are at work, and sh… |
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22-2-54 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Protection Against Explosive Gas; Fencing Dangerous Places |
The mine foreman shall see that every mine liberating explosive gas is kept free of standing gas in all working places and roadways. Any accumulation of explosi… |
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22-2-55 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Ascertainment, Record and Removal of all Dangers |
The mine foreman shall give prompt attention to the removal of all dangers reported to him by his assistants, the fire boss, or any other person working in the … |
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22-2-56 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Duty to Notify Operator When Unable to Comply with Law; Duty of Operator; Penalty |
The mine foreman shall notify, in writing, the operator or agent of the mine of his inability to comply with any of the requirements of these sections, and it s… |
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22-2-57 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Examination of Reports of Fire Boss |
The mine foreman shall also, each day, read carefully and countersign with ink all reports entered in the record book of the fire bosses. |
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22-2-58 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Death or Resignation of Mine Foreman; Successor |
In case of the death or resignation of a mine foreman, the superintendent or manager shall appoint a certified man, if one be available; and if not, he may temp… |
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22-2-59 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Examination by Miner of Roof and Condition of Working Place |
Every miner shall thoroughly examine the roof and general conditions of his working place before commencing work, and if he finds loose rock or other dangerous … |
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22-2-60 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Props, Timbers and Cap Pieces |
Every workman in want of props, cap pieces and timbers shall notify the mine foreman, or such other person as may be designated for that purpose, at least one d… |
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22-2-61 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Motormen and Trip Riders; Duties |
Motormen and trip riders shall use care in handling locomotives and cars. It shall be their duty to see that there is a conspicuous light on the front and rear … |
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22-2-62 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Who May Ride on Mine Car |
No person, except the persons necessary to operate the trip or car, shall ride on any loaded car or on the outside of any car, or get on or off a car while in m… |
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22-2-63 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Explosives; Quantity and How Taken Into Mine |
No miner or other employee shall take into any mine in this State any larger quantity of powder or other explosive than he may reasonably expect to use in any o… |
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22-2-64 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Preparation for Shots; Hauling Explosives into Mine |
In no case shall more than one kind of explosive be used in the same drill hole, and every blasting hole shall be tamped, except as is necessary to accomplish c… |
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22-2-65 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Same; Firing Shots |
No shots shall be fired in any place known to liberate explosive gas until such place has been properly examined by a competent person who is designated for tha… |
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22-2-66 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Solid Shooting; Permit; Offense |
In any mine in which solid shooting is done the district mine inspector is authorized to prescribe the condition under which such solid shooting may be done. An… |
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22-2-67 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Magazines for Storing Explosives |
All magazines used for storing powder or other explosives in greater quantities than an estimated daily supply shall be located not less than three hundred feet… |
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22-2-68 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Explosion or Accident; Investigation by Mine Inspector; Inquest |
Whenever, by reason of any explosion or other accident in or about any coal mine, or the machinery connected therewith, loss of life or serious personal injury … |
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22-2-69 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Written Report of Accidents |
Whenever any accident occurs in or about any coal mine to any employee or person connected with the mining operation, resulting in personal injury or death, the… |
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22-2-70 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Fire in or About Mine; Notification of Chief or District Mine Inspector |
The operator, agent or mine foreman shall, upon the discovery of fire in or about any mine, immediately notify the chief of the department of mines and the dist… |
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22-2-71 |
Ch. 22 — MINES AND MINERALS |
Coal Mines |
Permitting Work in Violation of Written Instructions of Mine Inspector |
Any operator, agent, superintendent or mine foreman, having in charge any mine, who shall knowingly permit any person to work in any part of a mine in violation… |
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