Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 40 > Chapter 2 > Part 3 - Safety Conditions

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Adverse action: means to take any of the following actions against a person in a manner that affects the person's employment or contractual relationships:
       (1)(a) discharge the person;
       (1)(b) threaten the person;
       (1)(c) coerce the person;
       (1)(d) intimidate the person; or
       (1)(e) discriminate against the person, including to discriminate in:

            (1)(e)(i) compensation;

            (1)(e)(ii) terms;

            (1)(e)(iii) conditions;

            (1)(e)(iv) location;

            (1)(e)(v) rights;

            (1)(e)(vi) immunities;

            (1)(e)(vii) promotions; or

            (1)(e)(viii) privileges. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Coal mine: means :
       (2)(a) the following used in extracting coal from its natural deposits in the earth by any means or method:

            (2)(a)(i) the land;

            (2)(a)(ii) a structure;

            (2)(a)(iii) a facility;

            (2)(a)(iv) machinery;

            (2)(a)(v) a tool;

            (2)(a)(vi) equipment;

            (2)(a)(vii) a shaft;

            (2)(a)(viii) a slope;

            (2)(a)(ix) a tunnel;

            (2)(a)(x) an excavation; and

            (2)(a)(xi) other property; and
       (2)(b) the work of preparing extracted coal, including a coal preparation facility. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Commission: means the Labor Commission created in Section 34A-1-103. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner appointed under Section 34A-1-201. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Council: means the Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council created in Section 40-2-203. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• 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.
• Major coal mine accident: means any of the following at a coal mine located in Utah:
       (7)(a) a mine explosion;
       (7)(b) a mine fire;
       (7)(c) the flooding of a mine;
       (7)(d) a mine collapse; or
       (7)(e) the accidental death of an individual at a mine. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Mine Safety and Health Administration: means the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration within the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Office: means the Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety created in Section 40-2-201. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Parole: means a release from imprisonment on prescribed conditions which, if satisfactorily performed by the parolee, enables the parolee to obtain a termination of the parolee's sentence. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation: means an act of grace by the court suspending the imposition or execution of a convicted offender's sentence upon prescribed conditions. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Unsafe condition: means a danger that reasonably could be expected to cause serious harm to a person or property. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5