Section 293.280 – Location of explosive storage magazines, ventilation.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.280. Location of explosive storage magazines, ventilation. — All blasting powder, or other high explosive, in excess of the temporary supply required in such mine as designated in section 293.270, shall be stored in a magazine, placed not less than three hundred feet distant from any shaft, habitation, […]
Section 293.290 – Detonators or caps not kept in magazine in coal mine.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.290. Detonators or caps not kept in magazine in coal mine. — No detonators or explosive caps shall be kept in the same magazine in a coal mine with any blasting powder or other high explosive. ——– (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 32)
Section 293.300 – Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.300. Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine. — No person, partnership or corporation, nor any agent of any such person, partnership or corporation engaged in mining as defined in section 293.270, shall permit any blasting powder or other high explosive to be prepared for firing or […]
Section 293.310 – Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.310. Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty. — Any person, partnership or corporation, or the agent of any such person, partnership or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 293.270 to 293.300, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be […]
Section 293.320 – Bore holes required, when, where.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.320. Bore holes required, when, where. — The owner, agent or operator of any coal mine shall provide that bore holes shall be kept twenty feet in advance of the face of each and every working place, and, if necessary, on both sides, when driving toward an abandoned […]
Section 293.330 – Signaling and hoisting devices in shaft, safety requirements.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.330. Signaling and hoisting devices in shaft, safety requirements. — The owner, agent or operator of every coal mine operated by shaft shall provide suitable means of signaling between the bottom and the top thereof, and shall also provide safe means of hoisting and lowering persons in a […]
Section 293.230 – Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.230. Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases. — It shall be unlawful for any operator or agent of a coal mine to employ persons underground whose duties may involve contact with inflammable gases, or the handling of explosives, who have not had experience in such duties, […]
Section 293.140 – Escapement shafts, how equipped.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.140. Escapement shafts, how equipped. — Any new escapement shaft constructed or opened for operation after the effective date of this chapter, shall be equipped with a substantial hoist or stairway. Such stairway shall be constructed at an angle not greater than forty-five degrees, and shall be provided […]
Section 293.150 – Electrical wiring and equipment requirements.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.150. Electrical wiring and equipment requirements. — 1. Surface overhead high-potential power lines shall be placed at least fifteen feet above the ground and twenty feet above driveways and haulageways. The power lines shall be installed on insulators, and shall be supported and guarded to prevent contact with […]
Section 293.160 – Electrical equipment requirements.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.160. Electrical equipment requirements. — 1. Metal conduit and metallic coverings and armor of cables shall be grounded and shall be electrically continuous to afford a conductor path for the ground circuit. 2. Metallic frames, casings, and other electrical equipment that can become “alive” through failure of insulation […]