                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS; LIST OF NEXT OF KIN (§ 45.2-820)

A. Each operator shall develop an emergency response plan for each mine. The
plan shall include (i) a mine emergency communication plan, (ii) an evacuation
procedure, (iii) the identification of waterlines, (iv) the number system of
brattice, (v) the location of each escapeway, and (vi) such other information as
the Chief reasonably requires.

B. The emergency response plan shall be subject to approval by the Chief or mine
inspector. The Chief may require periodic updates to an operator&#8217;s
emergency response plan. Such operator shall comply with the requirements of the
approved plan.

C. The emergency response plan shall be posted in a conspicuous manner and
location readily accessible to all miners, both underground and at the surface
of the mine.

D. The operator shall train miners in the implementation of the emergency
response plan and shall conduct practice drills. Records of dates and times of
practice drills shall be maintained in the emergency response plan.

E. Each miner employed by the operator who goes underground, and each visitor
authorized by the operator to enter the mine, shall have available an adequate
supply of self-rescue devices, each of which provides at least one hour of
protection and is approved by MSHA. The training related to self-rescue devices
shall be included in the emergency response plan approved by the Chief.

F. The operator shall maintain a list of the next of kin of all miners employed
at the mine. The list shall be kept at the mine site or at a central facility
readily accessible to the mine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-14.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-89; 1974, c.
323; 1978, c. 118; 1984, c. 590; 1985, c. 500; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.202;
1996, c. 774; 2006, c. 291; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.