CODE OF VIRGINIA

SECURING CARS (§ 45.1-161.144)

A. Standing cars on any track, unless held effectively by brakes, shall be
properly blocked or spragged.

B. Positive-acting stopblocks or derails shall be used where necessary to
protect miners from danger of runaway rail equipment. Derails shall be located
where grades at the entrance and other locations in the mine create potential
collision hazards.

C. Safety chains, steel ropes, or other effective devices capable of holding the
load shall be used to prevent runaway man-trip or other supply cars.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-69.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-73; 1979, c.
315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256.