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45.1-161.123 - Face and other equipment.

§ 45.1-161.123. Face and other equipment.

A. The cutter chains of mining machines shall be locked securely bymechanical means or electrical interlocks, while such machines are parked orbeing trammed.

B. Drilling in rock shall be conducted wet or by other means of dust control.

C. Electric drills or other electrically operated rotating tools intended tobe held in the hands shall have the electric switch constructed so as tobreak the circuit when the hand releases the switch, or shall be equippedwith properly adjusted friction or safety clutches.

D. While equipment is in operation or is being trammed, no miner shallposition himself or be placed in a pinch point between such equipment and theface or ribs of the mine or another piece of equipment in the mine.

E. All equipment raised for repairs or other work shall be securely blockedprior to persons positioning themselves where the falling of such equipmentcould create a hazardous condition.

(Code 1950, § 45-85.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-87; 1979, c. 315;1994, c. 28; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256.)

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