Code of Virginia § 45.2-849. Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoring equipment disconnected; penalty.
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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.
1993, c. 247, § 45.1-30.1; 1994, c. 28 , § 45.1-161.233; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387 .