CODE OF VIRGINIA

NUMBER OF MINERS IN OPENINGS (§ 45.1-161.164)

Until the two travel ways are made as required by § 45.1-161.162, not more than
twenty miners shall work underground in the mine at one time. No additional
development shall be permitted until the connection is made to the second
opening. In mines where final pillar removal operations necessitate closing the
second opening, not more than twenty miners shall be permitted to work in the
mine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-71; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-94; 1994, c.
28; 1996, c. 774.