(a) Whenever and wherever a coal mine in this state becomes dangerous from high water or overflow of streams adjacent thereto, whereby the lives of miners employed therein are jeopardized by reason of the high water, it shall be the duty of the managers of the coal mine to call the miners out of the mine and forbid their working therein until the danger is past.
(b)
(1) Failure to act as required in subsection (a) of this section is made a misdemeanor.
(2) Upon conviction, the manager shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year.
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