45.1-161.250 - Employment and duties of top persons; plan for excavation of shaft or slope. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.250. Employment and duties of top persons; plan for excavation ofshaft or slope.

A. During the construction or modification of any shaft or slope mine, theperson engaged in the actual construction or modification of such mine shallemploy one or more certified top persons. It shall be the duty of such topperson to examine for proper and safe practices and materials used during theconstruction or modification of a shaft or slope mine. Such duties shall atall times be performed in the immediate vicinity of the shaft underconstruction.

B. Prior to commencing the excavation of any shaft or slope, the operatorshall submit to the Department a copy of the plan which the operator isrequired to submit pursuant to 30 CFR § 77.1900.

(1980, c. 442, § 45.1-20.1; 1994, c. 28.)