(a) The term “coal miner” as used in §§ 11-7-402 and 11-7-410 — 11-7-414, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be construed to mean any person working underground or in development in shafts, slopes, drifts, or tunnels for the extraction or production of coal or rock.
(b) The term “coal miner” in strip pit operation is defined as only those employees engaged in the extraction of coal from the pit.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 7 - Regulation of Mines
Subchapter 4 - Employee Certification
§ 11-7-402. Director of the Division of Labor — Power to administer oaths
§ 11-7-403. Fire bosses, mine foremen, etc. — Examination — Qualifications
§ 11-7-404. Fire bosses, mine foremen, etc. — Certificate — Grades
§ 11-7-405. Fire bosses, mine foremen, etc. — Duplicate certificate
§ 11-7-406. Fire bosses, mine foremen, etc. — Revocation of certificate
§ 11-7-407. Fire bosses, mine foremen, etc. — Misrepresentation of certificate
§ 11-7-408. Penalty for violation of § 11-7-401 and §§ 11-7-403 — 11-7-407
§ 11-7-409. Coal miners — Definition
§ 11-7-410. Coal miners — Certificate required
§ 11-7-411. Coal miners — Examination — Qualifications — Certificates
§ 11-7-412. Coal miners — Temporary permit — Grandfather clause
§ 11-7-413. Coal miners — Apprentices
§ 11-7-414. Coal miners — Duplicate certificate — Revocation of certificate