The owner, agent, or operator shall provide that a bore hole shall be kept twenty feet (20') in advance of the face of each and every working face and at a forty-five degree (45°) angle at intervals of eight feet (8') on each rib of the working face when driving toward an abandoned mine or parts of a mine suspected of containing inflammable gases or of being inundated with water.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 7 - Regulation of Mines
Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Operation
§ 11-7-301. Penalty for endangering mine or miners
§ 11-7-302. Right of action for death or injury
§ 11-7-303. Map or plan of mine
§ 11-7-304. Mine openings and escapeways
§ 11-7-305. Ventilation generally
§ 11-7-306. Regulation of air currents
§ 11-7-307. Manner of working room and pillar plan mine
§ 11-7-309. Means of signaling — Cages
§ 11-7-310. Gates, bonnets, and other safety measures
§ 11-7-312. Medical and emergency supplies
§ 11-7-313. Washroom and lockers
§ 11-7-314. Use of water on cutter bars and jackhammers required
§ 11-7-315. Daily inspection by fire boss