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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 729 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0003\">3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58008,"identifier":"45.2-855","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-855","url":"\/45.2-855\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-855\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/5\/45.2-855","dublin_core":{"Title":" Noise levels and ear protection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-855","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each mine operator shall provide approved <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> protection to miners. Every miner shall wear approved <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> protection in any area of excess noise levels in accordance with the mine&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> conservation program approved under 30 C.F.R. Part 62.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n NOISE LEVELS AND EAR PROTECTION (\u00a7 45.2-855)\n\nEach mine operator shall provide approved hearing protection to miners. Every\nminer shall wear approved hearing protection in any area of excess noise levels\nin accordance with the mine&#8217;s hearing conservation program approved under\n30 C.F.R. Part 62.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 729, \u00a7 45.1-99.1; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.176; 2005, c. 3;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}