(1) All commercial coal mines shall employ a certified mine foreman therein to properly carry out the plans and rules when approved by the commissioner of the department and to be responsible for compliance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 351 and this chapter.
(2) When the mine workings become so extensive that the mine foreman is unable personally to carry out the duties required of him by law, the operator, superintendent, or mine manager shall employ a sufficient number of persons holding suitable certificates of qualifications to act as assistants to the mine foreman, and under his instructions.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 352.320

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Approved: means that a device, apparatus, equipment, machinery, or practice employed in the mining of coal has been approved by the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Mine: means any open pit or any underground workings from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use, and all shafts, slopes, drifts, or inclines leading thereto, and includes all buildings and equipment, above or below the surface of the ground, used in connection with the workings. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Mine foreman: means a certified person whom the licensee, mine manager, or superintendent places in charge of the workings of the mine and of persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Mine manager: means a certified or noncertified person whom the licensee places in charge of a mine or mines and whose duties include but are not limited to operations at the mine or mines and supervision of personnel when qualified to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Operator: means the licensee, owner, lessee, or other person who operates or controls a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Superintendent: means the person who, on behalf of the licensee, has immediate supervision of one (1) or more mines. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010

Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 21, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 23, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 41, effective April 9, 1996. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 30. –Amended
1952 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 31, effective March 5, 1952. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739-1, 2739-42.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/9/96). The action taken with respect to this statute by 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 308 was to have become effective April 8, 1996, under Section 51 of that Act. The Act, however, did not become effective until April 9,
1996, when the Governor’s signed copy of the Act was filed with the Secretary of
State.