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It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1979, chapter 315; in 1983, chapter 70; in 1985, chapter 302; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0774\">774<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364450,"identifier":"45.2-755","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-755","url":"\/45.2-755\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-755\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/8\/45.2-755","dublin_core":{"Title":" Securing cars","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-755","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A standing car on any track, unless it is held effectively by brakes, shall be properly blocked to prevent movement. <a id=\"paragraph-1357783\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-755\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Positive-acting stopblocks or derails shall be used when necessary to protect miners from the hazard of runaway rail equipment. Derails shall be located where a grade at the entrance or any other location in the mine creates a potential collision hazard. <a id=\"paragraph-1357784\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-755\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Safety chains, steel ropes, or other effective devices capable of holding the load shall be used to prevent a runaway mantrip or other supply car. <a id=\"paragraph-1357785\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-755\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SECURING CARS (\u00a7 45.2-755)\n\nA. A standing car on any track, unless it is held effectively by brakes, shall\nbe properly blocked to prevent movement.\n\nB. Positive-acting stopblocks or derails shall be used when necessary to protect\nminers from the hazard of runaway rail equipment. Derails shall be located where\na grade at the entrance or any other location in the mine creates a potential\ncollision hazard.\n\nC. Safety chains, steel ropes, or other effective devices capable of holding the\nload shall be used to prevent a runaway mantrip or other supply car.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-69.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-73; 1979, c.\n315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, c. 302; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.144; 1996, c. 774;\n1999, c. 256; 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"}}