§ 352.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 352.018 Required maps and plans — Format
§ 352.020 Mine ventilation plans — Methods of ventilation — Amount of air required — Plan requirements
§ 352.030 Number of persons permitted to work in same air current or split-ventilation — Repair
§ 352.040 Working places not to be driven in advance of air current
§ 352.045 Cutting or welding inby last open break prohibited
§ 352.050 Permissible rating for underground machinery — Transportation of underground mining equipment
§ 352.060 Rock-dusting
§ 352.070 Checking employees in and out
§ 352.080 New or additional openings — Map to be filed
§ 352.090 Abandoned parts of mine to be posted — Sealing
§ 352.100 Abandoned mine not to be entered — Exception
§ 352.110 Mines to have two openings — Exception — Condemnation of land for opening
§ 352.120 Stairways or hoisting devices in shafts — Passageways to be unobstructed — Direction signs — Height and width of escapeway outlets
§ 352.130 Safety and hoisting devices in shafts — Certified hoistman
§ 352.133 Approved self-rescuer devices — Caches of devices — Locations — Requirements — Felony for removal
§ 352.135 Lifeline cords and directional devices
§ 352.140 Operation of cages and cars
§ 352.145 Restrictions on work where hazardous conditions exist — Requirement of visible warning devices and enclosed operator’s cabs at stockpiles with underground feeders or draw-off tunnels — Barrier requirements for haulage roadways — Examinations and
§ 352.150 Provisions concerning haulage roads, transportation of men, and first-aid equipment
§ 352.161 Examination of conveyor belts
§ 352.170 Approved electric lamps and multigas detectors required — Unauthorized devices for making lights and fires forbidden
§ 352.175 Miners required to wear safety glasses
§ 352.180 Notice of accident — Altering accident scene — Report of occupational injury — Investigation, assistance, and records — Failure to comply — Testing post-accident — Investigative powers of commissioner
§ 352.190 First-aid equipment
§ 352.201 Roof control plan — Retreat mining or pillaring operations
§ 352.210 Conduct in mine — Intoxication, alcoholic beverage or controlled substance prohibited — Notification to director of violations of substance- or alcohol-abuse policies
§ 352.220 Electricity in mines and surface installations
§ 352.230 Use of electrical equipment
§ 352.232 Definitions — Safety requirements governing use of electrical face equipment — Examination for methane gas
§ 352.241 Explosives and blasting devices in mines
§ 352.251 Magazines for storage of explosives — Requirements for construction and operation
§ 352.260 Shotfirers — Solid blasting
§ 352.270 Storage of oils or similar flammable material
§ 352.280 Examination of mine by properly certified person — Duties — Frequency of examinations
§ 352.290 Record book to be kept by fire boss — Report of danger — Accessibility of records to mine inspector and miner
§ 352.300 Stations for fire bosses — Persons not to pass or remove danger signals
§ 352.310 Suspension of fire boss — Revocation of certificate
§ 352.320 Mine foreman — Assistants
§ 352.330 General duties of mine foreman — Duty of licensee
§ 352.340 Examination of mine by mine foreman or assistants — Removal of dangers — Record
§ 352.350 Mine foreman to notify licensee or superintendent of dangers — Duties as to reports — Compliance with inspector’s recommendations
§ 352.360 Duty of mine foreman as to breakthroughs, measurement of air current, designation of escapeways, and installation of man doors
§ 352.371 Boreholes in advance of working face required
§ 352.380 Death or resignation of mine foreman
§ 352.390 Revocation of certificates — Procedure
§ 352.400 Mine rules
§ 352.410 Duties of mine superintendent, mine manager, and licensee
§ 352.420 Required notice to commissioner
§ 352.430 Inspection and closing of mines by department — Hearings
§ 352.440 Appeal by miners from inspection by mine inspector
§ 352.450 Map of mine to be filed initially and annually — Additional maps
§ 352.460 Procedure when no map filed or map incorrect
§ 352.470 Certification of map
§ 352.480 Duplicate maps — Survey of abandoned or closed mine
§ 352.490 Mine not to extend within twenty-five feet of property line — Liability for damages
§ 352.500 Rights of adjoining owners
§ 352.510 Mining near oil or gas wells — Hearing
§ 352.540 Payment of miners
§ 352.630 Telephone service or equivalent two-way communication facilities — Locations — Alarms
§ 352.640 Emergency action plans — Components — Copies — Training — Evacuation and firefighting programs
§ 352.650 Mine maps — Posting — Escape drills — Frequency — Locations — Information
§ 352.660 Prohibition of termination or disciplining of miners for reporting unsafe mines or violations
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 352 - Mining Regulations

  • Abandoned workings: means excavations, either caved or sealed, that are deserted and in which further mining is not intended, or open workings which are ventilated and not inspected regularly. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Active workings: means all places in a mine that are ventilated and inspected regularly. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Assistant mine foreman: means a certified person designated to assist the mine foreman in the supervision of a portion or the whole of a mine or of the persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
    (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Committee substitute: Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Director: means the director of the Division of Mine Safety. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Drift: means an opening through strata or coal seams with opening grades sufficient to permit coal to be hauled therefrom, or which is used for the purpose of ventilation, drainage, ingress, egress, and other purposes in connection with the mining of coal. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Face equipment: means mobile or portable mining machinery having electric motors or accessory equipment normally installed or operated inby the last open crosscut in any entry or room. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • High voltage: means any voltage of one thousand (1,000) volts or more. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Imminent danger: means the existence of any condition or practice which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical injury before the condition or practice can be abated. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Intake air: means air that has not passed through the last working place of the split or by the unsealed entrances to abandoned workings and by analysis
    contains not less than nineteen and one-half percent (19. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Licensee: means any owner, operator, lessee, corporation, partnership, or other person who procures a license from the department to operate a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Medium voltage: means voltages greater than six hundred sixty (660) and up to nine hundred ninety-nine (999) volts. 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
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Operator: means the licensee, owner, lessee, or other person who operates or controls a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Permissible: means that any equipment, device, or explosive that has been approved by the United States Bureau of Mines, the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration, or the Mine Safety and Health Administration meets all requirements, restrictions, exceptions, limitations, and conditions attached to the classification. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Preshift examination: refers to the examination of an underground mine or part of a mine where miners are scheduled to work or travel, and shall be conducted not more than three (3) hours before any oncoming shift. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Registered mail: means any governmental, commercial, or electronic method of delivery that allows a document or package to have:
    (a) Its chain of custody recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Return air: means air that has passed through the last active working place on each split, or air that has passed through abandoned, inaccessible, or pillared workings. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Serious physical injury: means an injury which has a reasonable potential to
    cause death. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Shaft: means a vertical opening through the strata that is or may be used, in connection with the mining of coal, for the purpose of ventilation or drainage, or for hoisting men, coal, or materials. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Single Zone Projection: means the Kentucky Single Zone State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, based on the Lambert Conformal Conical map projection with double standard parallels on the North American Datum, 1983 version, as established in 10 KAR 5:010. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Slope: means an inclined opening used for the same purpose as a shaft. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Superintendent: means the person who, on behalf of the licensee, has immediate supervision of one (1) or more mines. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Supervisory personnel: shall mean a person or persons certified under the provisions of KRS Chapter 351 to assist in the supervision of a portion or the whole of the mine or of the persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Working face: means any place in a coal mine at which the extraction of coal from its natural deposit in the earth is performed during the mining cycle. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Working place: means the area of a coal mine inby the last open crosscut. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Working section: means all areas of a coal mine from the loading point to
    and including the working faces. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Workmanlike manner: means consistent with established practices and methods utilized in the coal industry. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010