                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 CONTROLLING DUST AT THE SURFACE (§ 45.2-768)

A. In each surface structure, enclosure, or facility at any excessively dusty
mine, every electric motor, switch, lighting fixture, and control shall be
protected by dust-tight construction.

B. Each surface structure and piece of equipment shall be kept free of coal dust
accumulations.

C. If mining operations raise an excessive amount of dust into the air, such
dust shall be allayed at its sources by the use of water, water with a wetting
agent added to it, or another effective method.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-77, 45-85.5; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, §§
45.1-34, 45.1-67; 1978, cc. 120, 729; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.240; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 387.