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Chapter 22A
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Underground Mines.
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22A-2-1
Supervision by professional engineer or licensed land surveyor; seal and certification; contents; extensions; repository; availability; traversing; copies; archive; final survey and map; penalties.
22A-2-2
Submittal of detailed ventilation plan to director.
22A-2-3
Fans.
22A-2-4
Ventilation of mines in general.
22A-2-4a
Use of belt air.
22A-2-5
Unused and abandoned parts of mine.
22A-2-6
Requirements for movement of off-track mining equipment in areas of active workings where energized trolley wires or trolley feeder wires are present; premovement requirements; certified and qualified persons.
22a-2-7
Mine Foreman
22A-2-8
Duties; ventilation; loose coal, slate or rocks; props; drainage of water; man doors; instruction of apprentice miners.
22A-2-9
Slopes, incline planes and haulage roads.
22A-2-10
Signals on haulways; lights at mouth and bottom of shaft; operation of cages.
22A-2-11
Boreholes.
22A-2-12
Instruction of employees and supervision of apprentices; annual examination of persons using approved methane-detecting devices; records of examination; maintenance of methane detectors, etc.
22A-2-13
Daily inspection of working places; records.
22A-2-14
Safety inspections; removal of gases.
22A-2-15
Dangerous places.
22A-2-16
Examinations of reports of fire bosses.
22A-2-17
Ascertainment, record and removal of all dangers.
22A-2-18
Duty of mine foreman to notify operator when unable to comply with law; duty of operator.
22A-2-19
Death or resignation of mine foreman; successor.
22A-2-20
Preparation of danger signal by fire boss or certified person acting as such prior to examination; report; records open for inspection.
22A-2-21
Fire bosses to have no superior officers.
22A-2-22
Unlawful to enter mine until fire boss reports it safe; exceptions.
22A-2-23
Authority of fire boss to perform other duties.
22A-2-24
Control of coal dust; rock dusting.
22A-2-25
Roof control programs and plans; refusal to work under unsupported roof.
22A-2-26
Roof support; specific requirements.
22A-2-27
Canopies or cabs; electric face equipment.
22A-2-28
Equipment to conform with height of seam.
22a-2-29
Explosives and Blasting
22A-2-30
Surface magazines for explosives.
22A-2-31
Transportation of explosives.
22A-2-32
Underground storage of explosives.
22A-2-33
Preparation of shots; blasting practices.
22A-2-34
Misfires of explosives.
22A-2-35
Other blasting devices.
22A-2-36
Hoisting machinery; telephones; safety devices; hoisting engineers and drum runners.
22A-2-37
Haulage roads and equipment; shelter holes; prohibited practices; signals; inspection.
22A-2-38
Transportation of miners by cars; self-propelled equipment; belts.
22A-2-39
Belt conveyor; installation; maintenance; examination of belt conveyors and belt entries.
22A-2-40
General provisions.
22A-2-41
Bonding track used as power conductor.
22A-2-42
Telephone service or communication facilities.
22A-2-43
Actions to detect and respond to excess methane.
22A-2-43a
Operation of cutting and mining machines; repair and maintenance of same.
22A-2-44
Hand-held electric drills and rotating tools; trailing cables.
22A-2-45
Installation of lighting.
22A-2-46
Welding and cutting.
22A-2-47
Responsibility for care and maintenance of face equipment.
22A-2-48
When respiratory equipment to be worn; control of dust.
22a-2-49
Safeguards for Mechanical Equipment
22a-2-50
Surface Structures and Practices
22A-2-51
Housekeeping.
22A-2-52
Storage of flammable liquids in lamphouse.
22A-2-53
Smoking in and around surface structures.
22a-2-53a
Miscellaneous Safety Provisions and Requirements
22A-2-53b
Haulage or surface areas.
22A-2-53c
Ramps; tipples; cleaning plants; other surface areas.
22A-2-54
Duties of persons subject to article; rules and regulations of operators.
22A-2-55
Protective equipment and clothing.
22A-2-55a
Safety helmets.
22A-2-56
Checking systems.
22A-2-57
No act permitted endangering security of mine; search for intoxicants, matches, etc.
22A-2-58
Fire protection.
22A-2-59
First-aid equipment.
22A-2-60
Accessible outlets; safe roadways for emergencies; accessibility of first aid equipment; use of special capsule for removal of personnel.
22A-2-61
Coal storage bins; recovery tunnels; coal storage piles.
22A-2-62
Thermal coal dryers and plants.
22A-2-63
No mine to be opened or reopened without prior approval of the Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training; certificate of approval; approval fees; extension of certificate of approval; certificates of approval not transferable; section to be printed on certificates of approval.
22A-2-64
Sealing permanently closed or abandoned mines.
22A-2-65
Mining close to abandoned workings.
22a-2-66
W. Va. Code § 22a-2-66
22A-2-67
Written report of accident.
22A-2-68
Preservation of evidence following accident or disaster.
22A-2-69
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-69
Repealed
22A-2-70
Shafts and slopes.
22A-2-71
Right of miner to refuse to operate unsafe equipment; procedure; discrimination.
22A-2-71a
Right of miner to refuse to work in an unsafe area or unsafe manner.
22A-2-72
Long wall and short wall mining.
22A-2-73
Construction of shafts, slopes, surface facilities and the safety hazards attendant therewith; duties of Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety to promulgate rules; time limits therefor.
22A-2-74
Control of respirable dust.
22A-2-75
Coal operators -- Procedure before operating near oil and gas wells.
22A-2-76
Reopening old or abandoned mines.
22A-2-77
Quarterly report by operator of mine; exception as to certain inactive mines.
22A-2-78
Examinations to determine compliance with permits.
22A-2-79
Provisions of article severable.
22A-2-80
Existing regulations to be revised.