Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7943245.2-857 Allowing persons to work in a mine with smoker’s articles; penalty202545.2-529Mines, Minerals, and EnergyCoal MiningUnderground Coal MinesRequirements Applicable to Underground Coal Mines; Electricity, Safety, EtcPersonal Safety; Smoking
A. No operator, agent, or mine foreman shall knowingly permit any person in an underground coal mine to smoke, carry, or possess any smoker’s articles or materials used for igniting smoker’s articles.
B. Violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
1993, c. 389, § 45.1-98.3; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.178; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.