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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69469</law_id><section_number>45.2-800</section_number><catch_line> Face and other equipment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-500</reference><reference>45.2-501</reference><reference>45.2-700</reference></referred_to_by><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="8">Requirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Electricity, Safety, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">Mechanical Equipment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The cutter chains of any mining machine shall be locked securely by mechanical means or an electrical interlock while such machine is parked or being trammed. <a id="paragraph-251183" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-800/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Drilling in rock shall be conducted wet or other means of dust control shall be used. <a id="paragraph-251184" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-800/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each electric drill or other electrically operated rotating tool intended to be held in the hand shall have the electric switch constructed so as to break the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> when the hand releases the switch or shall be equipped with a properly adjusted friction or safety clutch. <a id="paragraph-251185" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-800/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> While equipment is in operation or is being trammed, no miner shall position himself or be placed in a pinch point between such equipment and the face or any rib of the mine or another piece of equipment in the mine. <a id="paragraph-251186" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-800/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Each piece of equipment that is raised for repairs or other work shall be securely blocked prior to any person positioning himself where the falling of such equipment could create a hazardous condition. <a id="paragraph-251187" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-800/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-85.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-87; 1979, c. 315; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.123; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
