                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 FIRST AID TRAINING OF COAL MINERS (§ 45.2-579)

A. The Chief shall establish specifications for first aid and refresher training
programs for miners at coal mines. Such specifications shall be no less than,
but may exceed, the minimum requirements of the training programs that
underground and surface coal mine operators are required to provide to their
employees pursuant to the federal mine safety law. The Chief may utilize the
Department&#8217;s educational and training facilities in the conduct of such
training programs and may require the cooperation of operators in making such
programs available to their employees.

B. Each operator of a coal mine, upon request, shall make available to every
miner employed in such mine the course of first aid training, including
refresher training, as is required pursuant to subsection A.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 679, § 45.1-101.2; 1978, c. 94; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c. 28, §
45.1-161.101; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.