                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION; LIABILITY (§ 45.2-1143)

A. For the purpose of workers&#8217; compensation coverage during any mine
disaster to which a state-designated mine rescue team responds under the
provisions of this article, each member of the state-designated team shall be
deemed to be within the employment of the licensed operator of the mine at which
the disaster occurred.

B. No member of a state-designated team engaging in rescue work at a mine shall
be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering
of such rescue work unless the act or omission was the result of gross
negligence or willful misconduct.

C. No operator providing personnel to a state-designated mine rescue team to
engage in rescue work at a mine not owned or operated by the operator shall be
liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering
of such rescue work.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:49; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
387.