CODE OF VIRGINIA

CREW MEMBERS TO BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES OF THE MINE WHERE EMERGENCY EXISTS;
COMPENSATION; WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (§ 45.1-161.71)

When engaged in rescue or recovery work during an emergency at a mine, all crew
members assigned to the work shall be considered, during the period of their
work, employees of the mine where the emergency exists and shall be compensated
by the operator at the rate established in the area for such work. In no event
shall this rate be less than the prevailing wage rate in the industry for the
most skilled class of inside mine labor. During the period of their emergency
employment, all crew members shall be deemed to be within the employment of the
operator of the mine for the purpose of workers’ compensation coverage.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 432, § 45.1-33.4; 1994, c. 28.