Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 40 - SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR MINERAL MINING
Part XV - Safety and Health Regulations-Underground Only
Article 11 - Gassy Mines
Section 4VAC25-40-5180 - Inspection after ventilation failure

When ventilation is not restored in a reasonable time, all persons shall be removed from the affected areas; after ventilation has been restored, the areas affected shall be examined by a certified foreman for gas and other hazards and made safe before power is restored and before persons, other than the examiners and other authorized persons, return to the areas affected.

Statutory Authority

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