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Section 4VAC25-40-4060 - Mine emergency and self-rescue training

4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-40-4060

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 6, November 4, 2024
Section 4VAC25-40-4060 - Mine emergency and self-rescue training
A. On an annual basis all persons who are required to go underground shall be instructed in applicable sections of the Bureau of Mines Instruction Guide 19, Mine Emergency Training.
B. On an annual basis all persons who are required to go underground shall be instructed in the use of the individual self-rescue device provided to them. The instruction shall be given by a competent person using a training model of the same type as the self-rescue device provided to the employee.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-40-4060

Derived from VR480-05-1.2 § 15.130, eff. July 19, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1998; Volume 25, Issue 20, eff. July 8, 2009.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3, 45.1-161.294 and 45.1-161.305 of the Code of Virginia.