Code of Virginia
Chapter 9 - Requirements Applicable to Surface Coal Mines
§ 45.2-911. Attention to injured persons

A. Prompt medical attention shall be provided in the event of an injury, and adequate facilities shall be made available for transporting injured persons to a hospital where necessary.
B. Safe transportation shall be provided to move injured persons from the site where the injury occurred to an area that is accessible to emergency transportation.
C. The operator of each mine shall post directional signs that are conspicuously located to identify each route of ingress to and egress from any mine located off of a public road.
Code 1950, § 45-69.6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-101; 1978, c. 94; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.264; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy

Chapter 9 - Requirements Applicable to Surface Coal Mines

§ 45.2-900. Scope of chapter

§ 45.2-901. Regulations governing conditions and practices at surface coal mines

§ 45.2-902. Standards for regulations

§ 45.2-903. Safety examinations

§ 45.2-904. Records of examinations

§ 45.2-905. Areas with safety or health hazards; duties of surface mine foreman

§ 45.2-906. Personal protection devices and practices

§ 45.2-907. Housekeeping

§ 45.2-908. Noxious fumes

§ 45.2-909. First aid equipment

§ 45.2-910. First aid training

§ 45.2-911. Attention to injured persons

§ 45.2-912. Firefighting equipment; duties in case of fire; fire precaution in transportation of mining equipment; fire prevention generally

§ 45.2-913. Duties in case of fire

§ 45.2-914. Fire precautions

§ 45.2-915. Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition

§ 45.2-916. Equipment operation

§ 45.2-917. Safety measures on equipment

§ 45.2-918. Transportation of personnel

§ 45.2-919. Lighting

§ 45.2-920. Shop and other equipment

§ 45.2-921. Hydraulic hoses

§ 45.2-922. Stairways, platforms, runways, and floor openings

§ 45.2-923. Loading and haulage work area requirements

§ 45.2-924. Equipment operation

§ 45.2-925. Control of dust and combustible material

§ 45.2-926. Overhead high-potential power lines; surface transmission lines; electric wiring in surface buildings

§ 45.2-927. Transformers

§ 45.2-928. Grounding

§ 45.2-929. Circuit breakers and switches

§ 45.2-930. Electrical trailing cables

§ 45.2-931. Surface storage of explosives and detonators

§ 45.2-932. Misfires

§ 45.2-933. Minimum blasting practices

§ 45.2-934. Ground control

§ 45.2-935. Inspection of electric equipment and wiring; checking and testing methane monitors

§ 45.2-936. Highwall inspections

§ 45.2-937. Penetration of underground mines; testing

§ 45.2-938. Safety precautions

§ 45.2-939. Surface coal mining; distance from wells; requirements