                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 ALLOWING PERSONS TO WORK IN MINE WHERE METHANE MONITORING EQUIPMENT
DISCONNECTED; PENALTY (§ 45.2-849)

No operator, agent, or mine foreman shall knowingly permit any miner to work in
any area of an underground coal mine where such operator, agent, or mine foreman
has knowledge that a methane monitor or other device capable of detecting the
presence of explosive gas has been impaired, disturbed, disconnected, or
bypassed in violation of § 45.2-848. Violation of this section is a Class 6
felony.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 247, § 45.1-30.1; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.233; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 387.