Section 293.200 – Shaft coal mine outlets and escapement shaft requirements — penalty.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.200. Shaft coal mine outlets and escapement shaft requirements — penalty. — 1. It is unlawful for any owner, agent or operator of any coal mine worked by shaft to employ or permit any person to work therein unless there are to every seam of coal worked in […]
Section 293.210 – Shaft coal mines, ventilation requirements.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.210. Shaft coal mines, ventilation requirements. — 1. The owner, agent or operator of every coal mine, whether operated by shaft, slope or drift, shall provide and maintain for every such mine a good and sufficient amount of ventilation for such men as may be employed therein, the […]
Section 293.220 – Daily examination of coal mines generating explosive gas, record.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.220. Daily examination of coal mines generating explosive gas, record. — All coal mines generating explosive gas in which men are employed shall be examined every morning by a practical and duly authorized agent of the proprietor, to determine whether there are any dangerous accumulations of gas, or […]
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 293.030 – Mine inspection fees, report, payment — records subject to inspection — state mine inspection fund created.
Effective – 28 Aug 1984, 2 histories 293.030. Mine inspection fees, report, payment — records subject to inspection — state mine inspection fund created. — 1. Every operator engaged in this state in the mining or production of minerals for commercial purposes shall, within thirty days after the end of each quarter-annual period, file with […]
Section 293.040 – Maps of mine, when made, contents.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.040. Maps of mine, when made, contents. — The operator of each mine in this state shall on request of the director make, or cause to be made by a competent engineer, an accurate map of the underground workings of his mine. The map shall bear the name […]
Section 293.050 – Hours of work — safety rules — posting of law and rules.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.050. Hours of work — safety rules — posting of law and rules. — 1. It is unlawful for any operator engaged in mining or prospecting for minerals to work any employee at such labor longer than eight hours in a day of twenty-four hours, without his consent, […]
Section 293.070 – Limits on visitors.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories 293.070. Limits on visitors. — Strangers or visitors shall not be allowed underground in any mine, unless accompanied by the operator or his deputy. ——– (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 7)