CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHECKING SYSTEM; TRACKING SYSTEM (§ 45.1-161.174)

A. Each mine shall have a personnel checking system containing the following:

   1.  Every person underground shall have on his person means of positive
   identification bearing a number recorded by the operator;

   2.  An accurate record of the persons in the mine shall be kept on the surface
   in a place that will not be affected by an explosion;

   3.  The record shall consist of a written record, check board, lamp check, or
   time-clock record; and

   4.  The record shall bear a number identical to that carried by the person
   underground.

B. Mine-wide tracking systems shall be maintained in useable and operative
conditions.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-70; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-97; 1994, c.
28; 2015, cc. 103, 397.