§45-917. Personal protection – Rules and procedures.
The following rules and procedures shall be complied with in dealing with personal protection: 1. Adequate first-aid materials, including stretchers and blankets, shall be provided at places convenient to all working areas. Water or neutralizing agents shall be available where corrosive chemicals or other harmful substances are stored, handled or used; 2. All persons shall […]
§45-918. Augering – Rules and procedures.
The following rules and procedures shall be complied with in dealing with augering: 1. Planning: before augering is done, advance planning shall be made to insure that no hazards shall be created affecting active underground workings. Auger mine workings and holes drilled shall be located so as to prevent: (1) interference with the ventilation system […]
§45-919. General rules and procedures.
The following general rules and procedures shall be complied with: 1. Each place of work shall be visited by a certified person at the beginning of, and at least once during, each shift and more frequently as is necessary to insure that work is being done in a safe manner; 2. No employee shall be […]
§45-931. Operator’s fee – Disposition – Production report and forms.
A. All operators of coal mining operations shall pay to the Department of Mines a fee of seven and one-half cents ($0.075) per ton of coal produced. B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per ton of mineral produced. For […]
§45-932. Delinquent reports and fees – Penalty – Time extension.
A. Any operator who shall fail or refuse to file such quarterly report and pay his fees within the time and in the manner prescribed by law shall be deemed delinquent and a penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be added to the amount of fees actually due for said period. B. The Chief Mine […]
§45-933. Failure to report – Ascertainment of coal mined – Determination of fees – Penalty.
If any operator shall fail to make reports at the time and in the manner prescribed, the Chief Mine Inspector shall in such case, upon such information as he may possess or obtain, ascertain the amount of coal or mineral mined, and shall thereupon find and determine the amount of fees due from such person, […]
§45-934. Lien for fees – Perfecting – Notice – Indexing – Release
Fees which are due and unpaid shall be a first and perpetual lien upon all of the property of the operator against whom the fees are assessed, subject to any tax liens imposed by the state. The liens shall be perfected by the filing and recording of a notice of lien with the county clerk […]
§45-908. Employment of certified strip pit mine foreman.
The operator shall employ a certified strip pit mine foreman for every mine except those mines in which no more than three (3) persons including the operator are employed, in which case one (1) man must have at least the status of a certified shot firer. The mine foreman shall have full charge of all […]
§45-909. Foreman – Duties and responsibilities.
The mine foreman shall keep a careful watch over all operations with the utmost regard for the safety of all employees. His responsibility includes the use, storage and handling of explosives, condition of all equipment used, condition of roads in and out of the pits, drainage, roads to the tipple and other surface structures. Strip […]
§45-910. Proper ground control – Rules and procedures.
A. The following rules and procedures shall be complied with for proper ground control: 1. Practices and standards acceptable to the Chief Mine Inspector for the safe control of surface mine walls including the overall slope of the mine wall shall be established and followed by the operator. Such standards shall be consistent with sound […]