45.1-161.174 - Checking system.
§ 45.1-161.174. Checking system.
Each mine shall have a personnel checking system containing the following:
1. Every person underground shall have on his person means of positiveidentification bearing a number recorded by the operator;
2. An accurate record of the persons in the mine shall be kept on the surfacein a place that will not be affected by an explosion;
3. The record shall consist of a written record, check board, lamp check, ortime-clock record; and
4. The record shall bear a number identical to that carried by the personunderground.
(Code 1950, § 45-70; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-97; 1994, c. 28.)