                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 HAULAGE ROADS (§ 45.2-744)

A. The roadbed, rails, joints, switches, frogs, and other elements of the track
of each haulage road shall be constructed, installed, and maintained in a manner
that ensures the safe operation of the haulage road. In determining its safety,
consideration shall be given to the speed of equipment and the type of haulage
operations conducted on the haulage road.

B. Haulage tracks shall be kept free of accumulations of coal spillage and
debris, and water shall not be allowed to accumulate over the top of the rail.

C. Every off-track haulage equipment operator shall observe the haulage road for
hazardous conditions during the course of travel and shall promptly correct or
report to the mine foreman any hazardous condition observed.

D. Each off-track haulage road shall be maintained reasonably free of bottom
irregularities, excess spillage, debris, wet or muddy conditions that make
controlling off-track haulage equipment difficult, and any accumulation of water
over such an area of the haulage road and in such a depth as to allow water to
enter an electrical panel and create a potentially hazardous condition.

E. No uninsulated trolley lines shall be used or installed in any underground
coal mine without approval of the Chief.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-69.4; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-70; 1994, c.
28, § 45.1-161.133; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2011, cc. 826, 862; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 387.