                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 FACE AND OTHER EQUIPMENT (§ 45.2-800)

A. The cutter chains of any mining machine shall be locked securely by
mechanical means or an electrical interlock while such machine is parked or
being trammed.

B. Drilling in rock shall be conducted wet or other means of dust control shall
be used.

C. Each electric drill or other electrically operated rotating tool intended to
be held in the hand shall have the electric switch constructed so as to break
the circuit when the hand releases the switch or shall be equipped with a
properly adjusted friction or safety clutch.

D. While equipment is in operation or is being trammed, no miner shall position
himself or be placed in a pinch point between such equipment and the face or any
rib of the mine or another piece of equipment in the mine.

E. Each piece of equipment that is raised for repairs or other work shall be
securely blocked prior to any person positioning himself where the falling of
such equipment could create a hazardous condition.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-85.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-87; 1979, c.
315; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.123; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess.
I, c. 387.