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 6 - Loading, Hauling, and Dumping
Section 4VAC25-40-3810 - Maintaining separate escapeways
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 4VAC25-40-3810
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Every mine shall have two separate properly maintained escapeways to the surface which are so positioned that damage to one shall not lessen the effectiveness of the other, or a method of refuge shall be provided when only one opening to the surface is possible.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-161.294 of the Code of Virginia.
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