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Underground Mines

W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-2— Submittal of detailed ventilation plan to director
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-3— Fans
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-4— Ventilation of mines in general
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-4a— Use of belt air
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-5— Unused and abandoned parts of mine
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-8— Duties; ventilation; loose coal, slate or rocks; props; drainage of water; man doors; instruction of apprentice miners
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-9— Slopes, incline planes and haulage roads
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-10— Signals on haulways; lights at mouth and bottom of shaft; operation of cages
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-11— Boreholes
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-13— Daily inspection of working places; records
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-14— Safety inspections; removal of gases
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-15— Dangerous places
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-16— Examinations of reports of fire bosses
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-17— Ascertainment, record and removal of all dangers
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-18— Duty of mine foreman to notify operator when unable to comply with law; duty of operator
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-19— Death or resignation of mine foreman; successor
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-20— Preparation of danger signal by fire boss or certified person acting as such prior to examination; report; records open for inspection
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-21— Fire bosses to have no superior officers
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-22— Unlawful to enter mine until fire boss reports it safe; exceptions
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-23— Authority of fire boss to perform other duties
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-24— Control of coal dust; rock dusting
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-25— Roof control programs and plans; refusal to work under unsupported roof
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-26— Roof support; specific requirements
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-27— Canopies or cabs; electric face equipment
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-28— Equipment to conform with height of seam
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-29— Use of authorized explosives; storage or use of unauthorized explosives
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-30— Surface magazines for explosives
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-31— Transportation of explosives
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-32— Underground storage of explosives
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-33— Preparation of shots; blasting practices
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-34— Misfires of explosives
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-35— Other blasting devices
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-36— Hoisting machinery; telephones; safety devices; hoisting engineers and drum runners
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-37— Haulage roads and equipment; shelter holes; prohibited practices; signals; inspection
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-38— Transportation of miners by cars; self-propelled equipment; belts
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-39— Belt conveyor; installation; maintenance; examination of belt conveyors and belt entries
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-40— General provisions
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-41— Bonding track used as power conductor
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-42— Telephone service or communication facilities
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-43— Actions to detect and respond to excess methane
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-43a— Operation of cutting and mining machines; repair and maintenance of same
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-44— Hand-held electric drills and rotating tools; trailing cables
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-45— Installation of lighting
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-46— Welding and cutting
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-47— Responsibility for care and maintenance of face equipment
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-48— When respiratory equipment to be worn; control of dust
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-49— Safeguards for mechanical equipment
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-50— Procurement of dust-tight electrical equipment; fireproof construction; dust control; repairs; welding; handrails and toeboards; protection of personnel on conveyors; back guards on ladders; walkways or safety devices around thickeners
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-51— Housekeeping
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-52— Storage of flammable liquids in lamphouse
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-53— Smoking in and around surface structures
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-53a— Railroad cars; dumping areas; other surface areas
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-53b— Haulage or surface areas
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-53c— Ramps; tipples; cleaning plants; other surface areas
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-54— Duties of persons subject to article; rules and regulations of operators
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-55— Protective equipment and clothing
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-55a— Safety helmets
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-56— Checking systems
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-57— No act permitted endangering security of mine; search for intoxicants, matches, etc
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-58— Fire protection
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-59— First-aid equipment
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-60— Accessible outlets; safe roadways for emergencies; accessibility of first aid equipment; use of special capsule for removal of personnel
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-61— Coal storage bins; recovery tunnels; coal storage piles
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-62— Thermal coal dryers and plants
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-64— Sealing permanently closed or abandoned mines
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-65— Mining close to abandoned workings
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-67— Written report of accident
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-68— Preservation of evidence following accident or disaster
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-69
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-70— Shafts and slopes
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-71— Right of miner to refuse to operate unsafe equipment; procedure; discrimination
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-71a— Right of miner to refuse to work in an unsafe area or unsafe manner
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-72— Long wall and short wall mining
W. Va. Code § 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
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-74— Control of respirable dust
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-75— Coal operators -- Procedure before operating near oil and gas wells
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-76— Reopening old or abandoned mines
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-77— Quarterly report by operator of mine; exception as to certain inactive mines
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-78— Examinations to determine compliance with permits
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-79— Provisions of article severable
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-80— Existing regulations to be revised