                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 RECORD OF EXAMINATIONS (§ 45.2-830)

A. Any hazardous condition found by the mine foreman or another certified person
designated by the operator for the purpose of conducting examinations under this
article shall be (i) corrected immediately or (ii) posted with conspicuous
danger signs until the condition is corrected. If the hazardous condition
creates an imminent danger, all persons except those required to perform work to
correct the imminent danger shall be withdrawn from the affected area. The
hazardous condition and the corrective actions taken shall be recorded in a book
maintained for such purpose on the surface at the mine. The record shall be made
by the completion of the shift on which the hazardous condition is found.

B. Upon completing the pre-shift examination, the mine foreman shall return to
the surface or a designated station underground and report in person to an
authorized person before any other miner enters the mine. Immediately upon
reaching the surface, the mine foreman shall record in ink or indelible pencil
the result of his inspection in a book maintained for such purpose on the
surface at the mine.

C. At the completion of any shift during which a portion of a weekly examination
is made, a record of each hazardous condition, its location, the corrective
action taken, and the result and location of each air and methane measurement
shall be made. Such record shall be made by the mine foreman making the
examination or another certified person designated by the operator. If the
record is made by a person other than the one making the examination, the person
making the examination shall verify the record by initials and date.

D. The actual level of methane detected in any examination shall be recorded in
the book.

E. A mine foreman or other certified person conducting a required examination
shall record the results of his examination in ink or indelible pencil in a book
maintained for such purpose on the surface at the mine. Similar records may be
kept at designated stations or offices underground.

F. Records shall be countersigned by the supervisor of the examiner creating the
records. Where such records disclose a hazardous condition, the countersigning
of the records shall be performed no later than the end of the next regularly
scheduled working shift following the shift for which the examination records
were completed, and the person countersigning shall ensure that actions to
eliminate or control each hazardous condition have been taken. Where such
records disclose no hazardous condition, the countersigning may be completed
within 24 hours following the end of the shift for which the examination records
were completed. The operator may authorize another person who possesses
authority equivalent to that of the supervisor to act in the supervisor&#8217;s
temporary absence to read and countersign the records and ensure that action is
taken to eliminate each hazardous condition disclosed in the records.

G. All records of examination shall be open for inspection by interested persons
and maintained at the mine site for a minimum of one year.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-32, 45-33, 45-60.4, 45-68.1, 45-69.7; 1954, c. 191;
1966, c. 594, § 45.1-65; 1978, c. 120; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.212; 2005, c.
3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.