Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
Agency 25. Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy |
Chapter 40. Safety and Health Regulations for Mineral Mining |
Section 5440. Where entries or rooms to be started
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Entries or rooms shall not be started off entries beyond the last open crosscuts, except that room necks and entries not to exceed 18 feet in depth may be turned off entries beyond the last open crosscuts if such room necks or entries are kept free of accumulations of flammable gas by use of line brattice or other adequate means.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR480-05-1.2 § 15.268, eff. July 19, 1989.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-161.294 of the Code of Virginia.