MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      911

The only changes made are in style.

(C)    STATIONS FOR FIRE-BOSSES; WHO PERMITTED TO

ENTER OR REMAIN IN DANGEROUS PLACES.--THE OPERATOR

SHALL PROVIDE A PERMANENT STATION AT OR NEAR THE
PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE OF THE MINE, INDICATED PLAINLY BY
LEGIBLE SIGNS, WHERE THE FIRE-BOSS SHALL GIVE
INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATE OF THE MINE TO EACH
WORKER BEFORE HE GOES ON HIS SHIFT. WHEN THE WORKING
PORTION OF ANY MINE IS ONE MILE OR MORE FROM THE
ENTRANCE TO THE MINE OR FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT
OR SLOPE, A STATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT
MINE INSPECTOR, MAY BE LOCATED NEAR THE WORKINGS. NO
ONE, EXCEPT THE MINE FOREMAN, FIRE-BOSS, OR SOMEONE
EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED IN AN EMERGENCY, MAY PASS BEYOND
THE STATION UNTIL EVERY PART OF THE MINE HAS BEEN
EXAMINED AND REPORTED SAFE. THE FIRE-BOSS MAY NOT
PERMIT ANY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON TO ENTER INTO OR REMAIN
IN ANY PORTION OF A MINE THROUGH WHICH A DANGEROUS
ACCUMULATION OF GAS IS BEING PASSED INTO THE
VENTILATING CURRENT FROM ANY PORTION OF THE MINE. HE
SHALL REPORT ANY VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION TO THE
MINE FOREMAN. WHEN THE STATION OF THE FIRE-BOSS IS
LOCATED AT A DISTANCE WITHIN THE MINE CONVENIENT TO
PORTIONS BEING WORKED, THE OPERATOR SHALL WALL OFF ANY
ABANDONED WORKINGS, WHETHER FINISHED OR NOT, FROM THE
MAIN INTAKE AND MANWAY HEADING OR PASSAGEWAY OF THE
MINE BY A STOPPING OF MASONRY OR CONCRETE,
SUFFICIENTLY HEAVY TO KEEP EXPLOSIVE OR NOXIOUS GAS
FROM ENTERING THE INTAKE AIR AT ANY POINT BETWEEN THE
FIRE-BOSSES' STATION AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 607 of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.

(D)    RECORDS AND REPORTS.— SUITABLE DUPLICATE
RECORD BOOKS SHALL BE KEPT AT THE MINE OFFICE ON THE
SURFACE AND AT THE FIRE-BOSSES' PERMANENT STATION.
THEY SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISTRICT MINE
INSPECTOR AND ANY WORKER AT THE MINE. THE FIRE-BOSS
SHALL ENTER AND SIGN IN INK A FULL DAILY REPORT OF
EACH DAY'S EXAMINATION STATING CLEARLY THE APPROXIMATE
AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF EXPLOSIVE OR NOXIOUS GAS IN THE
MINE. THE REPORT ALSO SHALL STATE CLEARLY THE NATURE
AND LOCATION OF ANY DANGER DISCOVERED IN ANY PLACE IN
THE MINE, AND WHETHER IT HAS BEEN REPORTED IMMEDIATELY
TO THE MINE FOREMAN. THE MINE FOREMAN SHALL READ AND
COUNTERSIGN THE REPORT EACH DAY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears