45.1-161.233 - Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoring equipment disconnected; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.233. Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoringequipment disconnected; penalty.

An operator, agent, or mine foreman shall not knowingly permit any miner towork in any area of the underground coal mine where such operator, agent, ormine foreman has knowledge that a methane monitor or other device capable ofdetecting the presence of explosive gases has been impaired, disturbed,disconnected, or bypassed in violation of § 45.1-161.232. Any personconvicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

(1993, c. 247, § 45.1-30.1; 1994, c. 28.)