352.110 Mines to have two openings -- Exception -- Condemnation of land for
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opening.
(1)No licensee, superintendent, mine manager, or mine foreman of any mine opened
after June 16, 1972, shall permit persons to work therein unless there are to every
seam of coal worked in the mine at least two
(2)separate outlets, separated by
natural strata of not less than one hundred fifty
(150)feet in breadth if the mine is
worked by shaft or slope, and separated by a pillar of natural strata of not less than
two thousand (2,000) square feet if the mine is worked by drift, by which outlets
distinct means of ingress and egress are readily available to persons employed in the
mine, but it shall not be necessary for the two
(2)outlets to belong to the same
mine. This subsection does not apply to the openings of a new entry that is being
worked for the purpose of making connection between the two
(2)outlets so long as
not more than twenty
(20)persons are employed at one
(1)time in making the
connection or driving the second opening, or to any mine in which the second
opening has been rendered unavailable by reason of final robbing or removal of
pillars so long as not more than twenty
(20)persons are employed therein at one
time, and the workings are no farther than five hundred
(500)feet from the bottom
of the shaft or slope or from the drift opening.
(2)If any mine has but one
(1)means of ingress or egress for persons employed therein,
and the owner does not own suitable ground for another opening, the owner may
select appropriate adjacent ground for that purpose and have it condemned pursuant
to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.