CODE OF VIRGINIA AVAILABILITY OF MAN-TRIPS (ยง 45.1-161.149) The operator or his agent shall maintain a man-trip or other equipment suitable for providing reasonable access within a reasonable time to areas of the mine where miners are working and where transportation is ordinarily provided. The suitability of the equipment, and the reasonableness of the time required to reach such areas of the mine, shall be determined by the Chief. HISTORY: 1994, c. 28.