Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety.

Section 25-9-6 - Qualifications and Residence of Mine Inspectors and Head Mine Inspector. - (a) Each mine inspector and head mine inspector shall: (1)...

Section 25-9-7 - Duties of Mine Inspectors Generally; Accompanying of Inspectors on Inspections by Representatives of Miners; Mine Examination Reports. - The duties of mine inspectors are to make examinations of...

Section 25-9-8 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Required. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person...

Section 25-9-9 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Board of Examiners. - (a) There shall be appointed by the Governor a board...

Section 25-9-10 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Examinations; Fees. - The board of examiners created by Section 25-9-9 shall examine...

Section 25-9-11 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Mine Foreman. - (a) Each applicant for a mine foreman's certificate of competency...

Section 25-9-12 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Fire Boss. - (a) Each applicant for a fire boss's certificate of competency...

Section 25-9-13 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Replacement of Lost Certificates. - In case of the loss or destruction of a certificate...

Section 25-9-14 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Forged or Counterfeit Certificates; Uttering False Certificates; False Statements or Misrepresentations in Applications. - Any person who shall forge or counterfeit a certificate or...

Section 25-9-15 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Suspension, Cancellation, or Revocation; Voluntary Surrender of Certificate. - (a) The board may issue an official written reprimand of...

Section 25-9-16 - Failure of Fire Boss to Perform Required Duties. - Any fire boss in a mine who fails to perform...

Section 25-9-17 - Persons Authorized to Act as Fire Boss; Temporary Fire Boss or Mine Foreman. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person...

Section 25-9-18 - Qualifications of Mine Foremen in Underground Mines. - No person shall be employed as mine foreman in any...

Section 25-9-19 - Inspection of Working Places and Abandoned Areas of Mines by Foreman. - The mine foreman or subordinate supervisor shall visit each working...

Section 25-9-20 - Schedule of Mine Inspections. - Mines shall be given one complete inspection every 45 days,...

Section 25-9-21 - Instruments for Measurement of Air and Gases in Mines. - The department shall be furnished by the state all necessary...

Section 25-9-22 - Witnesses at Proceedings Under Chapter Generally. - (a) The chief has the authority to administer oaths and...

Section 25-9-23 - Expenses of Executing Subpoenas, Attendance of Witnesses, and Contempt Proceedings. - The expenses of executing subpoenas and the attendance of witnesses...

Section 25-9-24 - Reporting and Correction of Unsafe Conditions. - Unsafe conditions, known to any persons underground, that cannot be...

Section 25-9-26 - Persons Not Employees Not to Enter Mines Without Consent of Operator, Etc. - Persons not employees of a coal mine or duly authorized...

Section 25-9-27 - Entry Into Mine While Intoxicated; Transporting Intoxicating Liquor Into Mine. - Whoever shall, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, enter...

Section 25-9-29 - Giving of Orders Requiring Violation of Chapter. - Any person acting as coal mine superintendent, mining engineer, other...

Section 25-9-28 - Solicitation of Funds From Employees for Purposes of Retaining or Procuring Employment, Etc. - Any coal mine superintendent, mine foreman or assistant mine foreman,...

Section 25-9-30 - Persons Under 18 Not to Work in or About Mines. - No person under the age of 18 shall be employed...

Article 2 - Miscellaneous Safety Requirements.

Section 25-9-40 - Use of Protective Clothing, Etc. - (a) Welders and helpers shall use proper shields or goggles...

Section 25-9-41 - Checking Systems. - Each mine shall have a check-in and check-out system that...

Section 25-9-42 - Shafts, Mine Openings, and Escapeways. - (a) New shafts and partitions therein, made after August 12,...

Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters.

Section 25-9-60 - Maintenance, etc., of First Aid Equipment; Notice of and Treatment of Injuries. - (a) Each mine shall have an adequate supply of first...

Section 25-9-61 - Reports and Investigations of Major Accidents. - (a) Each operator shall report promptly to the chief of...

Section 25-9-62 - Removal of Large and Dangerous Accumulations of Water in Adjoining Mines. - In any coal mine or coal mines or parts thereof...

Section 25-9-63 - Mine Disasters. - (a) If a disaster occurs in a mine, the chief...

Section 25-9-64 - Establishment of Mine Rescue Stations. - The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection of...

Section 25-9-65 - Rescue Crews - Training and Employment; Wages and Workers' Compensation Benefits. - Said chief is hereby authorized to have trained and employed...

Section 25-9-66 - Rescue Crews - Training; Removal of Crew Members. - It shall be the duty and responsibility of the chief...

Section 25-9-67 - Rescue Crews - Qualifications; Record of Physical Examination. - Members of said crews shall have one year underground experience,...

Section 25-9-68 - Jurisdiction of Chief in Rescue and Recovery Work; Consultation and Guidance. - All rescue or recovery work performed by these crews shall...

Section 25-9-69 - Compensation for Rescue Work; Workers' Compensation Benefits. - When engaged in rescue or recovery work during an emergency...

Section 25-9-70 - Crews to Be Informed of Existing Conditions; Applicability of Federal Regulations; Assignments by Chief. - (a) During recovery work and prior to entering any mine,...

Article 4 - Mine Gases and Ventilation.

Section 25-9-80 - Main Fans. - (a) All main fans shall be installed on the surface,...

Section 25-9-81 - Use of Methane Detectors. - (a) Methane detectors used for examining in coal mines shall...

Section 25-9-82 - Standards and Procedures as to Gases and Air Quality. - (a) Air in which men work or travel must promptly...

Section 25-9-83 - Standards as to Volume of Air. - Sufficient air must be circulated and conducted through all entries,...

Section 25-9-84 - Coursing of Air. - (a) Two available openings to the surface are required from...

Section 25-9-85 - Sealing, Testing, etc., of Abandoned Workings. - (a) Abandoned workings that cannot be ventilated adequately with safety...

Section 25-9-86 - Examinations for Gases and Other Dangerous Conditions. - (a) Operators of mines are required to employ one or...

Section 25-9-87 - Use of Flame Safety Lamps. - (a) All flame safety lamps used for examining coal mines...

Section 25-9-88 - Reports as to Ventilation, Gas Content, Reopening of Mines, Etc. - (a) The operator of each coal mine shall send to...

Section 25-9-89 - Procedure When Workings Approaching Inaccessible Accumulations of Gases or Water. - When workings are being driven toward any worked out and...

Section 25-9-90 - Duty of Employees to Report Damage or Unsafe Conditions; Correction of Damage or Unsafe Conditions. - Each employee shall promptly inform his supervisor or the mine...

Section 25-9-91 - Prohibited Acts. - It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to enter,...

Article 5 - Coal and Rock Dust.

Section 25-9-110 - Accumulation of Coal Dust; Methods for Allaying Dust at Source. - (a) Coal dust shall not be allowed to accumulate excessively...

Section 25-9-111 - Rock Dusting. - (a) Rock dust to be used to render coal dust...

Article 6 - Explosives and Blasting.

Section 25-9-130 - Permissible Explosives and Blasting Methods Generally; Use of Black Blasting Powder; Use of Dynamite, Etc. - (a) Permissible explosives or permissible blasting methods only shall be...

Section 25-9-131 - Surface Storage of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Separate surface magazines shall be provided for the storage...

Section 25-9-132 - Underground Transportation of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Individual containers used to carry permissible explosives or detonators...

Section 25-9-133 - Underground Storage of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Underground section boxes or magazines shall be constructed of...

Section 25-9-134 - Blasting Practices and Procedures Generally. - (a) Only competent persons shall be designated or permitted to...

Section 25-9-135 - Blasting Cables. - Blasting cables shall be: (1) Kept well insulated and as...

Section 25-9-136 - Misfires. - (a) Where misfires occur with electric detonators, the person firing...

Section 25-9-137 - Report of Premature Explosions. - A prompt report shall be made to the chief of...

Article 7 - Underground Fire Prevention and Control.

Section 25-9-150 - Building of Fires in Mines; Use of Torches; Welding and Burning. - (a) No person shall build a fire or cause a...

Section 25-9-151 - Examinations for Fire. - In any mine or part of a mine which will...

Section 25-9-152 - Use, Storage, etc., of Oil, Grease, and Lubricants; Fire Extinguishing Equipment. - (a) Oiling or greasing of mine cars inside coal mines...

Section 25-9-153 - Underground Stables. - No underground stables shall be constructed or used in coal...

Section 25-9-154 - Procedure Upon Discovery of Fire. - (a) The first person to discover a fire and any...

Section 25-9-155 - Operators to Report Fires; Assistance, etc., of Chief in Extinguishing Fires, Etc. - Immediately upon knowledge of serious fire in or about a...

Article 8 - Electrical Equipment.

Section 25-9-170 - Transformers, Conversion Equipment, Etc. - (a) All surface transformers, unless of "dead front" construction or...

Section 25-9-171 - Power Wires and Circuits; Signal and Telephone Wires; Trolley and Feeder Wires. - (a) All power circuits entering a mine shall be protected...

Section 25-9-172 - Grounding of Frames, Casings, and Other Electrical Equipment. - Where grounding wires are used to ground metallic sheaths, armors,...

Section 25-9-173 - Circuit Breakers, etc.; Insulating Platforms. - (a) Circuit breakers or other overload devices shall be provided...

Section 25-9-174 - Telephones. - Telephone service or approved equivalent means of communication shall be...

Section 25-9-175 - Electric Drills, etc.; Trailing Cables; Cables for Portable Equipment. - (a) Electric drills or other electrically operated rotating tools intended...

Section 25-9-176 - Electric Lights. - Electric lights shall be installed so that they cannot come...

Article 9 - Roof Support.

Section 25-9-190 - Testing and Examination of Roof, Faces, Ribs, etc.; Correction of and Precautions Against Unsafe Conditions. - (a) It shall be the duty of the mine foreman...

Section 25-9-191 - Installation, etc., of Timbering or Other Roof Support Systems. - (a) Timbering or other adequate roof support systems suitable to...

Section 25-9-192 - Maintenance of Supply of Timbers or Other Roof Supports. - (a) The operator of each mine shall keep on hand...

Article 10 - Hoisting and Haulage.

Section 25-9-210 - Hoist Engineers; Signal Codes, etc.; Safety Features of Cages, Hoist Engines, Hoist Ropes, and Hoist Shafts; Hoisting of Tools, Timber, Animals, Etc. - (a) Only competent engineers shall be placed in charge of...

Section 25-9-211 - Maintenance, etc., of Mine Locomotives and Other Haulage Equipment. - (a) Mine locomotives must be maintained so that brakes are...

Section 25-9-212 - Construction, Installation, and Maintenance of Elements of Track of Haulage Roads. - (a) The roadbed, rails, joints, switches, frogs, and other elements...

Section 25-9-213 - Clearances, Crossovers, and Shelter Holes on Haulage Roads. - (a) Haulage roads on entries developed after August 12, 1949,...

Section 25-9-214 - Certain Machinery Prohibited Underground. - Nonpermissible internal combustion engines or other machinery which gives off...

Section 25-9-215 - Safety Devices and Practices. - (a) Locomotives shall be equipped with proper devices for the...

Section 25-9-216 - Transportation of Men. - (a) Man-trips shall be operated at safe speeds consistent with...

Article 11 - Operation and Maintenance of Machinery.

Section 25-9-230 - Face Equipment. - (a) The cutter chains of mining machines shall be locked...

Section 25-9-231 - Shop Equipment, Etc. - (a) Gears, sprockets, friction devices, and couplings with protruding bolts...

Section 25-9-232 - Operation of Machinery by Repairmen. - Repairmen shall not operate machinery unless they are thoroughly familiar...

Article 12 - Surface Structures and Practices.

Section 25-9-250 - Use of Electrical Equipment; Maintenance, etc., in Tipples and Cleaning Plants. - (a) In dangerously dusty locations, electric motors, switches, and controls...

Section 25-9-251 - Storage of Flammable Liquids in Lamp Houses. - Naphtha or other flammable liquids in lamp houses shall be...

Section 25-9-252 - Maintenance, etc., of Stairways, Elevated Platforms, and Runways. - (a) Stairways, elevated platforms, and runways shall be equipped with...

Section 25-9-253 - Housekeeping Practices. - Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around mine buildings...

Section 25-9-254 - Fire Prevention in Surface Structures. - (a) Oil, grease, and similar flammable materials shall be stored...

Article 13 - Surface Mining Operations.

Section 25-9-270 - Applicability of Provisions. - All other provisions of this chapter, except those obviously peculiar...

Section 25-9-271 - Maintenance, etc., of Banks; Overburden, etc., of Open Pits. - (a) Guards. Excavations shall be provided with substantial barriers at...

Section 25-9-272 - Maintenance, etc., of Means of Access to Pits. - (a) Access. Safe means of access shall be provided to...

Section 25-9-273 - Operation, Inspection, and Maintenance of Shovels and Draglines. - (a) Inspection. Shovels and draglines shall be inspected at the...

Section 25-9-274 - Electrical Equipment Installations and Inspections; Grounding and Insulation of Electrical Equipment; Trailing Cables. - (a) Installations and inspections. All electrical equipment installations shall be...

Section 25-9-275 - Guarding of Exposed Engines, Wheels, etc.; Safety of Tools. - (a) All exposed engines, wheels, screens, shafting, gears, belting, or...

Section 25-9-276 - "Blasting Agent" and "Explosives" Defined; Storage and Transportation of Blasting Agents, Explosives, and Detonators Generally. - (a)(1) "Blasting agent," as used in this article, means any...

Section 25-9-277 - Handling and Use of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Only designated persons shall cut, cap, and issue capped...

Section 25-9-278 - Blasting Practices and Procedures Generally. - (a) All blasting shall be done in a safe manner...

Section 25-9-279 - Electrical Blasting Practices and Procedures. - (a) When loading or charging blast holes with electric detonators,...

Section 25-9-280 - Handling of Explosives During Blasting Operations; Warnings, Guards, Etc. - (a) Explosives, excluding blasting agents, must be unloaded in a...

Section 25-9-281 - Safety Devices and Practices for Compressed Air Receivers, Etc. - (a) All compressed air receivers, cylinders, or other vessels used...

Section 25-9-282 - First Aid Equipment; Training of Personnel in First Aid Methods. - (a) At or near every pit there shall be adequate...

Section 25-9-283 - Provision of Sanitary Toilets, Potable Drinking Water, and Drinking Cups or Fountains. - (a) Approved sanitary toilets shall be provided and kept in...

Section 25-9-284 - Increase in Hazards of Pit Operations to Be Reported. - In case of any occurrence or change of conditions tending...

Article 14 - Maps and Surveys.

Section 25-9-300 - Map of Mine - Required; Contents; Filing; Examination, Etc. - The owner, operator, or lessee of any underground coal mine...

Section 25-9-301 - Map of Mine - Failure or Refusal to Furnish. - Whenever the operator of any coal mine shall neglect or...

Section 25-9-302 - Map of Mine - Incomplete, Inaccurate, or Imperfect Maps. - If the department shall find that any map or plan...

Section 25-9-303 - Intermediate Surveys. - The department shall order a survey to be made between...

Section 25-9-304 - Final Survey. - When any coal mine is worked out or is about...

Article 15 - Boundaries and Adjacent Landowners.

Section 25-9-320 - Distance of Mine Workings From Boundary Line of Mine Owner's Coal Rights. - In no case shall the workings of any coal mine...

Section 25-9-321 - Survey of Mine Upon Petition of Adjacent Landowner. - Whenever the owner, operator, or lessee of any land adjacent...

Section 25-9-322 - Refusal to Permit Adjacent Landowner or Lessee to Inspect Mine. - Any owner, operator, or manager of any mine who refuses...

Article 16 - Scales and Weighing.

Section 25-9-340 - Owners to Provide Scales at Mines Where Miners Paid by Weight. - The owner or operator of each coal mine at which...

Section 25-9-341 - Coal to Be Weighed and Credited to Miner. - All coal mined in this state contracted for payment by...

Section 25-9-342 - Miners May Furnish Check Weighman to Examine Scales, Etc. - In all coal mines the miners employed and working therein...

Section 25-9-343 - Testing of Scales. - The weighman and check weighman shall properly test the scales...

Section 25-9-344 - Access to Scales, Etc. - The mine inspector, miners employed in the coal mines, and...

Section 25-9-345 - Failure of Mine Operators to Weigh Coal Accurately and Correctly. - Any person or corporation operating any coal mine in which...

Article 17 - Enforcement.

Section 25-9-360 - Suspension of Compliance With Chapter; Compliance With and Enforcement of Chapter Generally. - (a) Whenever any equipment or supplies required by this chapter,...

Section 25-9-361 - Superintendent, Mine Foremen, etc., to Comply With and Ensure Compliance With Chapter. - It shall be the duty of the superintendent, mine foreman,...

Section 25-9-362 - Employees, etc., to Comply With Chapter and Rules, etc., of Operators. - It shall be the duty of all employees and check...

Section 25-9-363 - Quarterly Reports of Mine Operators. - The operator of every coal mine shall make to the...

Section 25-9-364 - Posting of Abstract of Chapter at Mines; Defacing, etc., of Abstract. - For the purpose of making known the rules and provisions...

Section 25-9-365 - Inspectors May Order Suspension of Mine Operations for Violations Imminently Hazardous to Workmen. - Any mine inspector shall have the authority to order suspension...

Section 25-9-366 - Review by Chief of Orders of Inspectors. - The decisions and orders of an inspector shall take effect...

Section 25-9-367 - Judicial Review of Orders Suspending Mine Operations. - If the chief shall, upon review, continue or modify such...

Section 25-9-368 - Injunctions. - In addition to any other remedy, the secretary may, for...

Section 25-9-369 - Representation of Department. - The department may be represented by its general counsel or...

Section 25-9-370 - Unlawful Acts for Which No Other Penalty Provided. - Any unlawful act for which no other penalty is provided...

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Code of Alabama Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety.

Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety.