45.1-161.144 - Securing cars. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.144. Securing cars.

A. Standing cars on any track, unless held effectively by brakes, shall beproperly blocked or spragged.

B. Positive-acting stopblocks or derails shall be used where necessary toprotect miners from danger of runaway rail equipment. Derails shall belocated where grades at the entrance and other locations in the mine createpotential collision hazards.

C. Safety chains, steel ropes, or other effective devices capable of holdingthe load shall be used to prevent runaway man-trip or other supply cars.

(Code 1950, § 45-69.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-73; 1979, c. 315;1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256.)