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The signs shall indicate the direction of the place of exit and any manway or escapeway.B\n\nContinuous life lines shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the approved emergency response plan pursuant to subsection A of § 45.2-820.C\n\nEvery escapeway shall be equipped with all necessary stairways, ladders, cleated walkways, or other equipment approved by the Chief. All equipment shall be installed in such a manner that a person using it in an emergency may do so quickly and without undue hazard.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259434,"text":"Direction signs shall be posted conspicuously at all points where a travel way to the mine opening, escapeway, or escapement shaft is intercepted by another travel way. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1984, chapter 228; in 1985, chapter 395; in 1990, chapter 372; in 1992, chapter 360; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 774<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 826<\/a> and 862<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71999,"identifier":"45.2-730","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/6\/45.2-730","url":"\/45.2-730\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-730\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/6\/45.2-730","dublin_core":{"Title":" Signs, life lines, and equipment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-730","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Direction signs shall be posted conspicuously at all points where a travel way to the mine opening, escapeway, or escapement shaft is intercepted by another travel way. The signs shall indicate the direction of the place of exit and any manway or escapeway. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Continuous life lines shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the approved emergency response plan pursuant to subsection A of § 45.2-820<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Every escapeway shall be equipped with all necessary stairways, ladders, cleated walkways, or other equipment approved by the Chief<\/span>. All equipment shall be installed in such a manner that a person using it in an emergency may do so quickly and without undue hazard. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SIGNS, LIFE LINES, AND EQUIPMENT (\u00a7 45.2-730)\n\nA. Direction signs shall be posted conspicuously at all points where a travel\nway to the mine opening, escapeway, or escapement shaft is intercepted by\nanother travel way. The signs shall indicate the direction of the place of exit\nand any manway or escapeway.\n\nB. Continuous life lines shall be installed and maintained in accordance with\nthe approved emergency response plan pursuant to subsection A of §\n45.2-820.\n\nC. Every escapeway shall be equipped with all necessary stairways, ladders,\ncleated walkways, or other equipment approved by the Chief. All equipment shall\nbe installed in such a manner that a person using it in an emergency may do so\nquickly and without undue hazard.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-71, 45-71.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7\n45.1-94, 45.1-95; 1984, c. 228; 1985, c. 395; 1990, c. 372; 1992, c. 360; 1994,\nc. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.166; 1996, c. 774; 2011, cc. 826, 862; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}