                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 SELF-PROPELLED EQUIPMENT (§ 45.2-752)

A. Every piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment for
use underground shall be equipped with safe seating facilities for the person
operating the equipment unless it is equipped for remote control operation.
Where seating facilities are provided on a piece of self-propelled mobile
equipment, the person operating such equipment shall be seated before the
equipment is put into motion.

B. Every piece of track-mounted equipment shall be equipped with proper lifting
devices for the rerailing of such equipment.

C. An audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each
locomotive, shuttle car, or other piece of self-propelled mobile transportation
or haulage equipment.

D. A trip light capable of being seen for at least 300 feet underground shall be
used on the rear of any trip that is pulled and on the front of any pushed trip
or trip that is lowered on a slope; however, a trip light need not be used if a
locomotive is used on each end of a trip.

E. Effective measures, including use of a trailing locomotive, slides, skids, or
drags, shall be taken during track haulage to ensure that safe control is
maintained when a grade creates a potential hazard.

F. Where block signals are used, procedures to safely control traffic movement
within the system shall be established in writing and posted and reviewed with
all miners.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-69.1, 45-69.3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, §§
45.1-72, 45.1-73; 1979, c. 315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28, §
45.1-161.141; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.