                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 STORAGE AND USE OF FLAMMABLE FLUIDS AND MATERIALS (§ 45.2-823)

A. Each underground storage place for oil, grease, or flammable hydraulic fluid
shall be of fireproof construction.

B. Oil, grease, and flammable hydraulic fluid that is kept underground for
current use shall be kept in a closed metal container.

C. Provisions shall be made to prevent an accumulation of spilled oil or grease
at any such storage place or at any location at which such material is used.

D. Oily rags, oily waste, and wastepaper shall be kept in closed metal
containers until it is removed for disposal.

E. No gasoline, benzene, kerosene, or other flammable oil shall be used
underground in powering machinery.

F. Every oxygen or acetylene bottle that is used underground shall be secured
while in use. When stored underground, each oxygen or acetylene bottle shall be
placed in a safe location, protected from physical damage, stored with its cap
in place where such storage is provided for on the tank, and secured upright or
elevated, whichever mine heights allow.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-14.1, 45-43; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, §§
45.1-89, 45.1-90, 45.1-100; 1974, c. 323; 1978, cc. 118, 729; 1981, c. 131;
1984, c. 590, § 45.1-89, c. 639; 1985, c. 500; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.205;
1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.