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Where seating facilities are provided on a piece of self-propelled mobile equipment, the person operating such equipment shall be seated before the equipment is put into motion.\n\nB\n\nEvery piece of track-mounted equipment shall be equipped with proper lifting devices for the rerailing of such equipment.\n\nC\n\nAn audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each locomotive, shuttle car, or other piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment.\n\nD\n\nA trip light capable of being seen for at least 300 feet underground shall be used on the rear of any trip that is pulled and on the front of any pushed trip or trip that is lowered on a slope; however, a trip light need not be used if a locomotive is used on each end of a trip.\n\nE\n\nEffective measures, including use of a trailing locomotive, slides, skids, or drags, shall be taken during track haulage to ensure that safe control is maintained when a grade creates a potential hazard.\n\nF\n\nWhere block signals are used, procedures to safely control traffic movement within the system shall be established in writing and posted and reviewed with all miners.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1357774,"text":"Every piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment for use underground shall be equipped with safe seating facilities for the person operating the equipment unless it is equipped for remote control operation. 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It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1979, chapter 315; in 1983, chapter 70; in 1985, chapter 302; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0774\">774<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364447,"identifier":"45.2-752","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-752","url":"\/45.2-752\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-752\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-752","dublin_core":{"Title":" Self-propelled equipment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-752","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment for use underground shall be equipped with safe seating facilities for the person operating the equipment unless it is equipped for remote control operation. Where seating facilities are provided on a piece of self-propelled mobile equipment, the person operating such equipment shall be seated before the equipment is put into <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1357774\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Every piece of track-mounted equipment shall be equipped with proper lifting devices for the rerailing of such equipment. <a id=\"paragraph-1357775\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> An audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each locomotive, shuttle car, or other piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment. <a id=\"paragraph-1357776\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> A trip light capable of being seen for at least 300 feet underground shall be used on the rear of any trip that is pulled and on the front of any pushed trip or trip that is lowered on a slope; however, a trip light need not be used if a locomotive is used on each end of a trip. <a id=\"paragraph-1357777\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> Effective measures, including use of a trailing locomotive, slides, skids, or drags, shall be taken during track haulage to ensure that safe control is maintained when a grade creates a potential hazard. <a id=\"paragraph-1357778\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"F\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">F.<\/span> Where block signals are used, procedures to safely control traffic movement within the system shall be established in writing and posted and reviewed with all miners. <a id=\"paragraph-1357779\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-752\/#F\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SELF-PROPELLED EQUIPMENT (\u00a7 45.2-752)\n\nA. Every piece of self-propelled mobile transportation or haulage equipment for\nuse underground shall be equipped with safe seating facilities for the person\noperating the equipment unless it is equipped for remote control operation.\nWhere seating facilities are provided on a piece of self-propelled mobile\nequipment, the person operating such equipment shall be seated before the\nequipment is put into motion.\n\nB. Every piece of track-mounted equipment shall be equipped with proper lifting\ndevices for the rerailing of such equipment.\n\nC. An audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each\nlocomotive, shuttle car, or other piece of self-propelled mobile transportation\nor haulage equipment.\n\nD. A trip light capable of being seen for at least 300 feet underground shall be\nused on the rear of any trip that is pulled and on the front of any pushed trip\nor trip that is lowered on a slope; however, a trip light need not be used if a\nlocomotive is used on each end of a trip.\n\nE. Effective measures, including use of a trailing locomotive, slides, skids, or\ndrags, shall be taken during track haulage to ensure that safe control is\nmaintained when a grade creates a potential hazard.\n\nF. Where block signals are used, procedures to safely control traffic movement\nwithin the system shall be established in writing and posted and reviewed with\nall miners.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-69.1, 45-69.3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7\u00a7\n45.1-72, 45.1-73; 1979, c. 315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7\n45.1-161.141; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. 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