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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58896</law_id><section_number>45.2-716</section_number><catch_line> Mapping of roof falls</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Underground Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Mine Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="4">Roof, Face, and Rib Control</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any unplanned roof fall that is required to be reported in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Operators' reports of accidents; investigations; reports by Department" href="/45.2-556/">45.2-556</a> shall be marked on a map maintained at the mine to indicate the specific location of the fall.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-61, 45-68.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-42; 1976, c. 598; 1978, c. 118; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.117; 1999, c. 256; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
