                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 DUTIES OF INSPECTORS (§ 45.2-1155)

A. During a complete inspection of any mine, other than an inactive mine, the
mine inspector shall inspect, where applicable, the surface plant; all active
workings; all active travel ways; entrances to abandoned areas; accessible
worked-out areas; at least one entry of each intake and return airway in its
entirety; escapeways and other places where miners work or travel or where
hazardous conditions might exist; electric installations and equipment; haulage
facilities; first aid equipment; ventilation facilities; communication
installations; roof and rib conditions; roof-support practices; blasting
practices; haulage practices and equipment; and any other condition, practice,
or equipment pertaining to the health and safety of the miners. The mine
inspector shall make tests for the quantity of air flows, and for oxygen
deficiency and gas, in each place that he is required to inspect in an
underground mine.

B. In a mine that operates more than one shift in a 24-hour period, the mine
inspector shall devote sufficient time on the second and third shifts to
determine conditions and practices relating to the health and safety of the
miners. For an inactive mine, the mine inspector shall inspect all areas of the
mine where persons might work or travel during the period the mine is an
inactive mine.

C. The inspector shall make a personal examination of (i) the interior of each
mine inspected and (ii) the outside of such mine where any danger to the miners
might exist.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:61; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.