45.1-161.198 - Attention to injured persons. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.198. Attention to injured persons.

A. When an injury occurs underground, the injured person shall be broughtpromptly to the surface. Prompt medical attention shall be provided in theevent of injury, and adequate facilities shall be made available fortransporting injured persons to a hospital if necessary.

B. Safe transportation shall be provided to carry an injured person from thesite where the injury occurred to the surface of the mine.

C. The operator of each mine shall post directional signs that areconspicuously located to identify the routes of ingress to and egress fromany 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; 2005, c. 3.)