45.1-161.292:7 - Safety materials and supplies - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.292:7. Safety materials and supplies.

It shall be the duty of every operator or agent to keep on hand, at or withinconvenient distance of each mine, at all times a sufficient quantity of allmaterials and supplies required to preserve the safety of the miners workingin those areas in which the operator is responsible for their health andsafety, as required by this chapter and Chapters 14.5 (§ 45.1-161.293 etseq.) and 14.6 (§ 45.1-161.304 et seq.). If for any reason, the operator oragent cannot procure the necessary materials or supplies, he shall cause theminers to withdraw from the mine, or the portion thereof affected, until suchmaterial or supplies are received.

(1997, c. 390; 1998, c. 695.)