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Documentation shall include records of hazardous conditions found in the work area. However, examinations of fire extinguishers shall be conducted by an authorized person and documentation shall be accomplished by recording the date of the examination on a permanent tag attached to each extinguisher.B\n\nThe actual methane readings taken during examinations required under the Act shall be recorded in the mine record book.C\n\nThe surface foreman shall maintain and sign a daily record book. Where any such report discloses a hazardous condition, the surface foreman shall take prompt action to have such condition corrected, barricaded, or posted with warning signs.D\n\nEach record shall be countersigned by the supervisor of the examiner creating the record. Where such record discloses a hazardous condition, the countersigning of the record shall be performed no later than the end of the next regularly scheduled working shift following the shift for which the examination record was completed, and the person countersigning shall ensure that actions to eliminate or control the hazardous condition have been taken. Where such record does not disclose a hazardous condition, the countersigning shall be completed within 24 hours following the end of the shift for which the examination record was completed. The operator may authorize another person who has authority equivalent to that of the supervisor to act in the supervisor’s temporary absence to read and countersign records and ensure that action is taken to eliminate any hazardous condition disclosed in a record.E\n\nAll records of inspections shall be open for inspection by any interested person and maintained at the mine site for a minimum of one year.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":284781,"text":"Documentation of examinations and testing conducted pursuant to § 45.2-903 shall be recorded in a mine record book provided for that purpose. Documentation shall include records of hazardous conditions found in the work area. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1976, chapter 598; in 1978, chapters 118 and 120; in 1982, chapter 385; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 774<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 256<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 3<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 894<\/a> and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68399,"section_number":"45.2-903","catch_line":" Safety examinations","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-903\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79497,"identifier":"45.2-904","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/2\/45.2-904","url":"\/45.2-904\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-904\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/2\/45.2-904","dublin_core":{"Title":" Records of examinations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-904","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Documentation of examinations and testing conducted pursuant to § 45.2-903<\/a> shall be recorded in a mine record book provided for that purpose. Documentation shall include records of hazardous conditions found in the work area. However, examinations of fire extinguishers shall be conducted by an authorized person and documentation shall be accomplished by recording the date of the examination on a permanent tag attached to each extinguisher. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The actual methane readings taken during examinations required under the Act shall be recorded in the mine record book. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The surface foreman<\/span> shall maintain and sign a daily record book. Where any such report discloses a hazardous condition, the surface foreman<\/span> shall take prompt action to have such condition corrected, barricaded, or posted with warning signs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each record shall be countersigned by the supervisor of the examiner creating the record. Where such record discloses a hazardous condition, the countersigning of the record shall be performed no later than the end of the next regularly scheduled working shift following the shift for which the examination record was completed, and the person countersigning shall ensure that actions to eliminate or control the hazardous condition have been taken. Where such record does not disclose a hazardous condition, the countersigning shall be completed within 24 hours following the end of the shift for which the examination record was completed. The operator may authorize another person who has authority equivalent to that of the supervisor to act in the supervisor’s temporary absence to read and countersign records and ensure that action is taken to eliminate any hazardous condition disclosed in a record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> All records of inspections shall be open for inspection by any interested person and maintained at the mine site for a minimum of one year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n RECORDS OF EXAMINATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-904)\n\nA. Documentation of examinations and testing conducted pursuant to §\n45.2-903 shall be recorded in a mine record book provided for that purpose.\nDocumentation shall include records of hazardous conditions found in the work\narea. However, examinations of fire extinguishers shall be conducted by an\nauthorized person and documentation shall be accomplished by recording the date\nof the examination on a permanent tag attached to each extinguisher.\n\nB. The actual methane readings taken during examinations required under the Act\nshall be recorded in the mine record book.\n\nC. The surface foreman shall maintain and sign a daily record book. Where any\nsuch report discloses a hazardous condition, the surface foreman shall take\nprompt action to have such condition corrected, barricaded, or posted with\nwarning signs.\n\nD. Each record shall be countersigned by the supervisor of the examiner creating\nthe record. Where such record discloses a hazardous condition, the\ncountersigning of the record shall be performed no later than the end of the\nnext regularly scheduled working shift following the shift for which the\nexamination record was completed, and the person countersigning shall ensure\nthat actions to eliminate or control the hazardous condition have been taken.\nWhere such record does not disclose a hazardous condition, the countersigning\nshall be completed within 24 hours following the end of the shift for which the\nexamination record was completed. The operator may authorize another person who\nhas authority equivalent to that of the supervisor to act in the\nsupervisor’s temporary absence to read and countersign records and ensure\nthat action is taken to eliminate any hazardous condition disclosed in a record.\n\nE. All records of inspections shall be open for inspection by any interested\nperson and maintained at the mine site for a minimum of one year.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-32, 45-33, 45-60.4, 45-61, 45-68.1, 45-69.7; 1954,\nc. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7 45.1-20, 45.1-42, 45.1-65; 1976, c. 598; 1978, cc.\n118, 120; 1982, c. 385; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.257; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c.\n256; 2005, c. 3; 2007, cc. 894, 914; 2021, 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}}