CHAPTER 1. Tunnels and Mines
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1430.
§§ 7950–7964.5 · 16 sections
- § 7950 This part shall be known and may be cited as “The Tom Carrell Memorial Tunnel and Mine Safety Act of 1972.”
- § 7951 As used in this part: (a) Tunnel shall include excavation, construction, alteration, repairing, renovating, or demolishing of any tunnel except tunnel work…
- § 7952 There shall be within the division a separate unit of safety engineers trained to inspect all tunnel construction and mine operations.
- § 7953 Sufficient manpower shall be maintained to provide for four annual inspections of underground mines, one inspection of surface mines or quarries annually, and…
- § 7954 To assist the unit of safety engineers in determining the safety of tunnel construction and mine operation, the division shall make available at least one…
- § 7955 The division and the owner of a mine, if he is not the operator of the mine, shall be notified before any initial mining operation or construction may be…
- § 7956 All personnel, including both employees working above ground and those in the tunnel or underground mine, shall be informed of the classification designated by…
- § 7957 An emergency rescue plan shall be developed by the employer for every tunnel or underground mine. Such plan, including a current map of the tunnel or…
- § 7958 A trained rescue crew of at least five men shall be provided at underground mines with more than 25 men or tunnels with 10 or more men underground at any one…
- § 7959 Rescue crews shall be familiar with all emergency equipment necessary to effect a rescue or search for missing employees in case of an accident or explosion.…
- § 7960 In any tunnel or underground mine classified as potentially gassy, tests for gas or vapors shall be made prior to start of work at each shift. If any…
- § 7961 The division shall investigate immediately any notification of a gas reading 10 percent of the lower explosive limit or higher by an employer in a tunnel or…
- § 7962 A safety representative qualified to recognize hazardous conditions and certified by the division shall be designated by the employer in any tunnel or…
- § 7963 All underground mines and tunnels with more than five men underground at one time shall have telephone or other communication systems to the surface in…
- § 7964 Whenever an access shaft is used as the normal means of entrance or exit to an underground mine or tunnel, it shall be constructed of fireproof material or…
- § 7964.5 Nothing contained in this part shall restrict the division in contracting with the Secretary of the Interior for an approved state plan for mines under P.L.…