50-73-306. Operator to give notice of happening of certain occurrences.
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50-73-306 . Operator to give notice of happening of certain occurrences. Immediate notice must be conveyed to the department by the operator interested:
(1)when an accident occurs whereby a person receives serious or fatal injury;
(2)when work is commenced to sink a shaft, slope, or drift either for hoisting or escape purposes;
(3)when there is intent to abandon a mine or to reopen an abandoned mine;
(4)upon the appearance of a large body of firedamp in a mine, whether accompanied by explosion or not, and upon the occurrence of a serious fire within the mine or on the surface around the mine;
(5)when the workings of a mine are approaching near an abandoned mine believed to contain accumulation of water or gas; or
(6)upon the accidental closing or intended abandonment of a regularly established passageway to an escape outlet.