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West Virginia Code Chapter 22A, Article 5 – Underground Clay Mines …………………………………1 West Virginia Code Chapter 22A, Article 6 – Open Pit Mines, Cement Manufacturing Plants and Underground Limestone and Sandstone Mines …………………………………………………………….1 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 56, Series 3 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Safety of Those Employed In and Around Surface Mines in West Virginia – (Modified for Quarry Requirements) ………………………………………………………………………………………………6 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 56, Series 6 – Rules and Regulations Governing Open Pit Mines, Exclusive of Surface Mines…………………………………………………….………..86 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 56, Series 7 – Rules and Regulations Governing Open Pit Limestone and Sandstone Mines and Underground Limestone and Sandstone Mines …………92 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 36, Series 19 – Rules and Regulations Governing Written Reports of Accidents ……………………………………………………………………………102 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 36, Series 8 – Rules and Regulations Governing the Right of a Miner to Refuse to Operate Alleged Unsafe Equipment …………………………….……….107 West Virginia Administrative Regulations – Title 56, Series 1 – Procedural Rules ……….……………114

(c) Adequate lights.

(d) Approved warning devices. (e) If loader is provided with a windshield type cab, the windshield shall be of safety type

glass, or the equivalent with good visibility and shall be equipped with windshield wipers. (f) Steering apparatus shall be functioning properly. (g) Adequate foot brakes - each individual wheel brake shall be working properly. (h) The parking brake shall have capability equivalent to hold the vehicles stationary on

the twelve percent (12%) dry swept concrete grade under all conditions. (i) The service braking system using stored energy shall be equipped with a warning

device that activates when the system energy drops below fifty percent (50%) of the manufacturer's specified minimum operating energy level.

42.14. Machinery.

(a) All overhead belts shall be adequately guarded if the whipping action from a broken belt could be hazardous to a person below, or if within seven (7) feet of a person's work area or where persons may pass.

(b) Belt conveyors in locations where fire would create a hazard to personnel shall be provided with switches to stop the drive pulley automatically in the event of excessive slippage.

(c) Unguarded conveyor belt walkways, less than five (5) feet in width, shall be equipped with emergency stop switches or pull cord along their entire length.

42.15. Hand-held tools, power tools and safety devices.

(a) Conditions of tools - all tools, power tools and similar equipment shall be maintained in a safe condition.

(b) Hand-held power tools shall be equipped with controls requiring constant hand or finger pressure to operate the tools or shall be equipped with friction or other equivalent safety device.

(c) Employers shall not issue or permit the use of unsafe hand tools. (d) Adjustable, pipe, end and socket wrenches shall not be used when jaws are sprung to

the point that slippage occurs. (e) Impact tools such as drift pins, wedges, and chisels, shall be kept free of mushroomed

heads. (f) The wooden handles of tools shall be kept tight and free of splinters or cracks and

shall be kept tight in the tool.

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