                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 DUTIES OF INSPECTORS (§ 45.2-566)

A. During a complete inspection of a 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 inaccessible worked-out 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 gas and oxygen
deficiency, in each place that he is required to inspect in an underground coal
mine. In a mine operating 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 may work or travel during the period the mine is an inactive
mine.

B. The inspector shall make a personal examination of the interior of the mine
and of the outside of the mine where any danger may exist to the miners.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-4.1, 45-9, 45-12, 45-74; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594,
§ 45.1-5; 1976, c. 598; 1978, c. 120; 1984, c. 236; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 470;
1990, c. 963; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.88; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 387.