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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364063,"identifier":"45.2-1146","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/6\/45.2-1146","url":"\/45.2-1146\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1146\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/6\/45.2-1146","dublin_core":{"Title":" Reports of other accidents and injuries","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1146","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each miner employed at a mine shall promptly notify his supervisor of any injury received during the course of his employment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each operator shall keep on file a report of each accident including any accident that does not result in a lost-time injury. Copies of such report shall be given to the injured person or his designated representative to enable him to review the accident report and verify its accuracy prior to the filing of such report for the review of state or federal mine inspectors. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REPORTS OF OTHER ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES (\u00a7 45.2-1146)\n\nA. Each miner employed at a mine shall promptly notify his supervisor of any\ninjury received during the course of his employment.\n\nB. Each operator shall keep on file a report of each accident including any\naccident that does not result in a lost-time injury. Copies of such report shall\nbe given to the injured person or his designated representative to enable him to\nreview the accident report and verify its accuracy prior to the filing of such\nreport for the review of state or federal mine inspectors.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:52; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}