New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 6 - MINE SAFETY
Part 3 - MINE SAFETY FOR UNDERGROUND WORKERS
Section 19.6.3.8 - REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND MINE WORKERS

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.6.3.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. No mine employee or other person shall remove, displace, damage, destroy, carry off or fail to use any safety device, safeguard notice or warning, provided for use in any mine employment or place of mine employment, or interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other person, or interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for the protection of any mine employee, in such employment or place of employment, or fail or neglect to follow and obey safety orders promulgated by the mine operator or mine inspector, and to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety and welfare of employees, including himself. This being a state law, violation of this act constitutes a misdemeanor.

B. No miner or other person shall carry into a mine intoxicating liquors or alcoholic beverages or any controlled substances or enter the mine under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substances. This being a state law, violation constitutes a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both.

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