45.1-161.252 - Employment of authorized persons.
§ 45.1-161.252. Employment of authorized persons.
No miner shall be placed in charge of a cutting, loading, drilling,continuous miner or timbering machine in any mine who is not an authorizedperson capable of determining the safety of the roof and ribs of the workingplaces. Such miner shall also be capable of detecting the presence ofexplosive gas and shall be compelled to undergo examination by a mineinspector to determine his fitness to detect explosive gas before beingpermitted to have charge of machines in such mines.
(Code 1950, §§ 45-7, 45-12, 45-68.4, 45-69, 45-73, 45-75, 45-78, 45-79,45-81, 45-83; 1950, p. 156; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-21; 1976, c.598; 1978, cc. 222, 489; 1982, c. 255; 1984, cc. 178, 590; 1988, c. 577;1993, cc. 171, 442; 1994, c. 28.)