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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364297</law_id><section_number>45.2-505</section_number><catch_line> Prohibited acts by miners or other persons; miners to comply with law</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Coal Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Coal Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No miner or other person shall (i) knowingly damage any shaft, lamp, instrument, air course, or brattice or obstruct any airway; (ii) carry in a mine any intoxicating liquors or controlled drugs without the prescription of a licensed physician; (iii) disturb any part of the machinery or appliances in a mine; (iv) open a door used for directing ventilation and fail to close it again; (v) enter any part of a mine against caution or a warning sign or barricade; or (vi) disobey any <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued pursuant to the provisions of the Act. <a id="paragraph-1357203" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-505/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each miner at any mine shall comply fully with the provisions of the Act and other mining <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, including regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or the Board, that pertain to his duties. <a id="paragraph-1357204" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-505/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any individual shall, upon the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Chief</span>, complete training that addresses the subject of any violation issued to the individual as a condition for abatement of the violation. <a id="paragraph-1357205" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-505/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-72; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-26; 1978, cc. 489, 729; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.12; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
