§ 45.2-760 Availability of mantrips
The operator or his agent shall maintain a mantrip or other equipment suitable for providing reasonable access within a reasonable time to any area of the mine where miners are working and where transportation is ordinarily provided. The suitability of the equipment and the reasonableness of the time required to reach such an area of the mine shall be determined by the Chief.
History
This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 28 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2021, chapter 387 of the Special Session I.
1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.149; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.