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Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - MINES, MINERALS, AND ENERGYSubtitle II - COAL MININGPart B - UNDERGROUND COAL MINESChapter 8 - REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO UNDERGROUND COAL MINES; ELECTRICITY, SAFETY, ETC
Article 4 - VENTILATION, MINE GASES, AND OTHER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
Section 45.2-831 - Notice of hazardous conditions

Va. Code § 45.2-831

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Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 45.2-831 - Notice of hazardous conditions

The mine foreman shall give prompt attention to the removal of each hazardous condition reported to him by any person working in the mine. If it is impracticable to remove a hazardous condition at once, the mine foreman shall notify every person whose safety is threatened by such hazardous condition to remain away from the portion of the mine where the hazardous condition exists.

Va. Code § 45.2-831

Code 1950, §§ 45-35, 45-40; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-17; 1978, c. 729; 1993, c. 170; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.214; 1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.