§ 293.010 Definitions
§ 293.020 Applicability of law
§ 293.030 Mine inspection fees, report, payment — fund created — records subject to ..
§ 293.040 Maps of mine, when made, contents
§ 293.050 Hours of work — safety rules — posting of law and rules
§ 293.070 Limits on visitors
§ 293.080 Mine owner to report, when
§ 293.090 Director’s report, contents
§ 293.100 Washrooms, dressing rooms, first aid equipment
§ 293.110 Working places, shafts — drinking devices
§ 293.120 Air safety requirements
§ 293.130 Mine railroad equipment and operating requirements — gasoline engines limited
§ 293.140 Escapement shafts, how equipped
§ 293.150 Electrical wiring and equipment requirements
§ 293.160 Electrical equipment requirements
§ 293.170 Fire safety requirements
§ 293.180 Protective clothing and devices to be worn
§ 293.190 Accident reports, investigation, powers of inspector — failure to report, ..
§ 293.200 Shaft coal mine outlets and escapement shaft requirements — penalty
§ 293.210 Shaft coal mines, ventilation requirements
§ 293.220 Daily examination of coal mines generating explosive gas, record
§ 293.230 Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases
§ 293.240 Blasting cartridge requirements
§ 293.250 Violation of coal mining safety laws, penalty
§ 293.260 Explosive strongbox required — employment of shot firers, duties — penalty
§ 293.270 Storage of over daily supply of explosives in mine prohibited
§ 293.280 Location of explosive storage magazines, ventilation
§ 293.290 Detonators or caps not kept in magazine in coal mine
§ 293.300 Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine
§ 293.310 Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty
§ 293.320 Bore holes required, when, where
§ 293.330 Signaling and hoisting devices in shaft, safety requirements
§ 293.340 Coal mines with twenty-five miners, signalmen required — hoisting cages ..
§ 293.350 Hoisting equipment, operating requirements (coal mines)
§ 293.360 Inspection of hoisting equipment, records — penalty (coal mines)
§ 293.370 State inspector to post statement of mine condition and hoisting rules ..
§ 293.380 Coal mine operated, how — abandoned workrooms sealed, penalty
§ 293.390 Standards for roof control — supply of materials required (coal mines)
§ 293.400 Coal dust controls
§ 293.410 Welding and cutting operations, ventilation, rock-dusting
§ 293.420 Weighing regulations where coal miners paid by weight
§ 293.430 State inspectors to check scales — refusal to allow test and fraudulent ..
§ 293.440 Weighing laws apply to “loaders”, when
§ 293.450 Coal miners to be brought to surface for lunch period of hour, penalty
§ 293.460 Coal miner to prove qualifications before working alone — penalty
§ 293.470 Division to close coal mine, when — penalty
§ 293.480 Coal miners paid wages, when — penalty
§ 293.490 Coal miner’s lien for wages
§ 293.500 Applicability of sections 293.200 to 293.490
§ 293.510 Dangerous mines to be closed by state, expenses
§ 293.520 Experience required for miners, except trainees
§ 293.530 Notice of opening and abandonment of mines — abandoned mines to be sealed
§ 293.540 Outlets may be required, when — location of shafts
§ 293.550 Ventilation of mines
§ 293.560 State inspections for health safety — procedure when ventilation inadequate
§ 293.570 State inspection for dust — waterlines to be installed, when, sprinkling
§ 293.580 Explosives, storage, handling and use
§ 293.590 Hoisting equipment and operating regulations
§ 293.600 Director may require crossheads in shaft sinking operations
§ 293.610 Applicability of sections 293.510 to 293.600
§ 293.620 Caves, inspection, to provide map — inspection fees
§ 293.630 Rules and regulations
§ 293.640 Inspectors and employees — appointment, salaries
§ 293.650 Expenses of director and inspectors
§ 293.660 Inspection of mines, when — rights and duties of inspectors — reports
§ 293.670 Complaints as to dangerous conditions, procedure
§ 293.680 Judicial review of orders of director — effect of filing on order, procedure
§ 293.690 Violations of law, penalty
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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.
  • Coal mine: any strip mine or underground excavation from which coal or lignite is extracted for commercial purposes and including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • 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.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Director: the director of the division of mine inspection of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mine inspectors: those persons employed by the division of mine inspection, including the director, who are charged with the inspection of coal and noncoal mines in this state. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Mineral: any metalliferous element or ore, coal or lignite, or any nonmetalliferous element or ore, except barite, marble, limestone, and sand and gravel. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Noncoal mine: any open pit or underground excavation from which minerals, as defined in this section, except coal are extracted for commercial purposes, including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Operator: the person, firm, or body corporate who or which is the immediate proprietor, as owner or lessee, of the mine and, as such, responsible for the condition and management thereof. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shaft: any vertical or near-vertical opening through the strata which is to be used for ventilation or escapement, or for the hoisting and lowering of men, ore or material in connection with the mining of minerals. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Slope: any inclined shaft or way in or to a mineral deposit to be used for the same purposes as a shaft. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Strip mine: any excavation in which the superincumbent strata are removed, exposing the mineral so that it may be extracted and loaded by hand or mechanical equipment in open working. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Working place: any room, face, crosscut, or pillar where a mineral is being mined or extracted and where one or more miners per working shift of the mine are regularly employed until the place is stopped. See Missouri Laws 293.010
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.