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Such practices include cleanliness, orderly storage of materials, and the removal of possible sources of injury, such as stumbling hazards, protruding nails, broken glass, and material that could fall or roll.\n\nB\n\nEvery surface mine structure, enclosure, or other facility shall be maintained in a safe condition.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358197,"text":"Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around every building, shaft, slope, yard, or other area of the mine. 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It has been modified 5 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 1978, chapter 729; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0003\">3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364543,"identifier":"45.2-907","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/3\/45.2-907","url":"\/45.2-907\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-907\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/3\/45.2-907","dublin_core":{"Title":" Housekeeping","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-907","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around every building, shaft, slope, yard, or other area of the mine. Such practices include cleanliness, orderly storage of <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span>, and the removal of possible sources of injury, such as stumbling hazards, protruding nails, broken glass, and <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> that could fall or roll. <a id=\"paragraph-1358197\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-907\/#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 surface mine structure, enclosure, or other facility shall be maintained in a safe condition. <a id=\"paragraph-1358198\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-907\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n HOUSEKEEPING (\u00a7 45.2-907)\n\nA. Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around every building, shaft,\nslope, yard, or other area of the mine. Such practices include cleanliness,\norderly storage of materials, and the removal of possible sources of injury,\nsuch as stumbling hazards, protruding nails, broken glass, and material that\ncould fall or roll.\n\nB. Every surface mine structure, enclosure, or other facility shall be\nmaintained in a safe condition.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-85.8; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-37; 1978, c.\n729; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.260; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}