The Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall maintain a toll free number that allows callers to report mine safety violations and hazardous coal mining conditions and practices. The information collected shall be provided to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training. No information may be submitted to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training that would allow identification of the person placing the call. The calls are confidential and any documentation thereof or related thereto is not subject to release and is exempt from the provisions of article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code. The director shall distribute printed information to all state mining operations alerting miners to the existence of the toll free line. Each mining operation shall post this notice at the location used to post notices pursuant to section eighteen, article one, chapter twenty-two-a of this code.
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Article 5B. Mine and Industrial Accident Rapid Response System
§15-5B-1. Legislative Purpose; Mine and Industrial Accident Rapid Response System Created
§15-5B-2. Mine and Industrial Accident Emergency Operations Center
§15-5B-3. Emergency Mine Response
§15-5B-3a. Industrial Facility Emergency Event Notification and Access
§15-5B-4. Study of Other Industrial Emergencies