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§22A-1-1. Continuation of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training; Purpose - (a) The office of miners' health, safety and training is...
§22A-1-2. Definitions - Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different...
§22A-1-3. Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training - (a) The Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety...
§22A-1-4. Powers and Duties of the Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training - (a) The Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety...
§22A-1-5. Offices Continued in the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training - (a) There are hereby continued in the Office of Miners’...
§22A-1-6. Director's Authority to Promulgate Rules - The director has the power and authority to propose or...
§22A-1-7. Savings Provisions - All orders, determinations, rules, permits, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses and...
§22A-1-8. Mine Inspectors; Regions and Districts; Employment; Tenure; Oath - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code to the contrary,...
§22A-1-9. Mine Safety Instructors; Eligibility; Qualifications; Examinations; Salary; Provisions Relating to Underground Mine Inspectors Applicable to Mine Safety Instructors - (a) The office shall employ a sufficient number of mine...
§22A-1-10. Mine Inspectors May Be Appointed to Fill Vacancy in Division - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, if a vacancy occurs...
§22A-1-11. Employment of Electrical Inspectors; Eligibility; Qualifications; Examinations; Salary; Provisions Relating to Underground Mine Inspectors Applicable to Electrical Inspectors - (a) The office shall employ a sufficient number of electrical...
§22A-1-12. Employment of Underground Mine Inspectors; Eligibility; Qualifications; Examinations; Salary and Expenses; Reinstatement; Removal - (a) The office shall employ as many underground mine inspectors...
§22A-1-13. Employment of Surface Mine Inspectors; Eligibility; Qualifications; Examinations; Salary; Provisions Relating to Underground Mine Inspectors Applicable to Surface Mine Inspectors - (a) The office shall employ as many surface mine inspectors...
§22A-1-13a. Study of Mine Inspector Qualification, Compensation, Training and Inspection Programs - The director is directed to conduct a study of the...
§22A-1-14. Director and Inspectors Authorized to Enter Mines; Duties of Inspectors to Examine Mines; No Advance Notice of an Inspection; Reports After Fatal Accidents - (a) The director, or his or her authorized representative, has...
§22A-1-15. Findings, Orders and Notices - (a) If upon any inspection of a coal mine an...
§22A-1-16. Powers and Duties of Electrical Inspectors as to Inspections, Findings and Orders; Reports of Electrical Inspectors - In order that the electrical inspector may properly perform the...
§22A-1-17. Review of Orders and Notices by the Director - (a) (1) An operator, issued an order pursuant to the...
§22A-1-18. Posting of Notices, Orders and Decisions; Delivery to Agent of Operator; Names and Addresses to Be Filed by Operators - (a) At each coal mine there shall be maintained an...
§22A-1-19. Judicial Review - (a) Any order or decision issued by the director under...
§22A-1-20. Injunctions - The director may institute a civil action for relief, including...
§22A-1-21. Penalties - (a) (1) Any operator of a coal mine in which...
§22A-1-22. Discrimination - (a) No person shall discharge or in any other way...
§22A-1-23. Records and Reports - In addition to such records as are specifically required by...
§22A-1-24. Mine Foreman Examiner for Mine Foremen-Fire Bosses and Assistant Mine Foremen-Fire Bosses; Salary - The director shall appoint a mine foreman examiner to examine...
§22A-1-25. Duties of Mine Foreman Examiner - The duties of the mine foreman examiner are to: (a)...
§22A-1-26. Place and Time for Examinations - The director shall determine the location where the mine foreman...
§22A-1-27. Preparation of Examinations; Notice of Intention to Take Examination; Investigation of Applicants - The mine foreman examiner shall, with the approval of the...
§22A-1-28. Certificates of Qualification Heretofore Granted - Certificates of qualification of service heretofore granted shall have equal...
§22A-1-29. Mine Foreman Examiner to Certify Successful Applicants to Director - The mine foreman examiner shall certify to the director, on...
§22A-1-30. Record of Examination - The mine foreman examiner shall send to the director the...
§22A-1-31. Withdrawal of Certification - (a) Charge of breach of duty. - A mine inspector...
§22A-1-32. Certification of Mine Foreman or Assistant Mine Foreman Whose License to Engage in Similar Activities Suspended in Another State - Any person whose license, certificate or similar authority to perform...
§22A-1-33. Mine Rescue Stations; Equipment - The director is hereby authorized to purchase, equip and operate...
§22A-1-34. Mine Rescue Crews - The director is hereby authorized to have trained and employed...
§22A-1-35. Mine Rescue Teams - (a) The operator shall provide mine rescue coverage at each...
§22A-1-36. Mandatory Safety Programs; Penalties - (a) The director, in consultation with the state Board of...
§22A-1-37. Certification of Surface Mine Foremen - (a) In every surface mine, regulated under the provisions of...
§22A-1-38. Applicability and Enforcement of Laws Safeguarding Life and Property; Rules; Authority of Director Regarding Enforcing Safety Laws - All provisions of this chapter intended to safeguard life and...
§22A-1-39. Reciprocity of Mine Foreman Certification and Experienced Miner Certification - (a) Beginning April 1, 1999, and notwithstanding any other provisions...
§22A-1-40. Reporting Violations, Accident Investigations; Witness Interviews - (a) To the extent permitted by law, any person meeting...
§22A-1-41. The Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015; Legislative Findings - (a) Legislative findings. -- (1) In the past six years,...
§22A-1-42. Surface Ground Control Plan; Automated External Defibrillator - (a) The MSHA-approved surface ground control plan shall serve as...
§22A-1-43. Hold Harmless Clause; Decision to Enter Mine - (a) If any injury or death shall occur to any...
§22A-1-44. Temporary Exemption for Environmental Regulations - In the event of an unauthorized entry by any person...