                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 NOTIFYING MINERS OF VIOLATIONS; COMPLIANCE WITH ACT (§ 45.2-1107)

A. The operator and his agent shall cooperate with the mine foreman, competent
person, and other officials in the discharge of their duties as required by the
Act. Such operator and agent shall direct all miners to comply with all
provisions of the Act, especially when the attention of such operator or agent
is called by the Director or a mine inspector to any violation of the Act.

B. The operator of any mine or his agent shall operate at all times in full
conformity with the Act and any other mining law of the Commonwealth, including
any regulation of the Department. This requirement shall not relieve any other
person who is subject to the provisions of the Act from his duty to comply with
the requirements of the Act.

C. Nothing in the Act shall be construed to relieve an operator or his agent
from the duty imposed at common law to secure the reasonable safety of his
employees.

D. No operator, agent, competent person, or certified person shall knowingly
permit any person to work in any part of a mine in violation of written
instructions issued by a mine inspector pursuant to the Act.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:8; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
387.