                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 QUALIFICATIONS OF COAL MINE INSPECTORS (§ 45.2-512)

A. Each mine inspector conducting inspections of underground coal mines shall
have a thorough knowledge of the various systems of working and ventilating
underground coal mines; the nature and properties of mine gases and methods for
their detection and control; the control of mine roof and ground control;
methods of rescue and recovery work in mine disasters; the application of
electricity and mechanical loading in mining operations; equipment and
explosives used in mining; methods for preventing gas and dust explosions in
mines; and mine haulage.

B. Each mine inspector conducting inspections of surface coal mines shall have a
thorough knowledge of the various systems of working surface coal mines, the
nature and properties of mine gases and methods of their detection and control,
ground control, methods of rescue and recovery work in surface mine disasters,
the application of electricity and mechanical loading in mining operations,
equipment and explosives used in mining, methods for preventing gas and dust
explosions in surface facilities on mine property, and mine haulage.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-4, 45-5, 45-6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, §
45.1-4; 1972, c. 784; 1978, cc. 120, 727; 1981, c. 32; 1984, cc. 184, 337, 590;
1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.20; 1997, c. 390; 2005, c. 3;
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.