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25-9-215
Section 25-9-215 Safety devices and practices. (a) Locomotives shall be equipped with proper
devices for the rerailing of locomotives and cars. (b) An audible warning device and headlights
shall be provided on each locomotive. (c) Approved trip markers shall be used on the rear
of trips pulled or pushed and on the front of trips lowered into slopes. Markers are not required
to be used during gathering operations at working faces. Permissible trip lights, efficient
reflectors, or closed nonpermissible trip lights are acceptable as trip markers. (d) Other
than the motorman and trip rider, no person shall ride on a locomotive unless authorized by
the mine foreman, and no person shall ride on loaded cars or between cars of any trip; except,
that the trip rider may ride on the part of the trip adjudged safest by the mine foreman and
concurred in by the mine inspector, preferably the first or the last car. When officials or
other persons authorized by the mine foreman, trafficman, haulage...
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25-9-216
Section 25-9-216 Transportation of men. (a) Man-trips shall be operated at safe speeds consistent
with the condition of roads and type of equipment used, but not to exceed 12 miles an hour
in mine cars or 15 miles an hour when special, substantially covered man-trip cars are used.
(b) Each man-trip shall be under the charge of a responsible person and it shall be operated
independently of any loaded trip of coal or other material. (c) Cars on the man-trip shall
not be overloaded and sufficient cars in good mechanical condition shall be provided. (d)
No person shall ride under the trolley wire unless suitably covered man-cars are used. (e)
No material or tools shall be transported in the same mine car with men and all persons shall
ride inside of man-trip cars, except the motorman and brakeman or person in charge of the
man-trip. Where compartmented man-cars are used, tools or supplies, other than explosives,
secured so that they cannot cause injury to men in other compartments, may be...
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25-9-210
Section 25-9-210 Hoist engineers; signal codes, etc.; safety features of cages, hoist engines,
hoist ropes, and hoist shafts; hoisting of tools, timber, animals, etc. (a) Only competent
engineers shall be placed in charge of or permitted to operate any engine used for conveying
into and hoisting out of any coal mine. When men are being lowered or hoisted, an additional
engineer competent to act in emergencies shall be present at the hoist controls. At all times
when men are in the mine, a competent hoist engineer shall be available to receive notice
or signals requiring his presence at the hoist engine controls. No engineer shall be required
for automatically operated cages, elevators, or platforms. (1) Only authorized persons shall
enter the hoist engine room and no person shall interfere with or intimidate the hoist engineer
in the discharge of his duties. No person shall speak to the hoist engineer while the engine
is in motion, except to give signals to him. This subdivision shall...
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25-9-230
Section 25-9-230 Face equipment. (a) The cutter chains of mining machines shall be locked securely
at all times except when the machine is cutting, the chain is being oiled or tested after
repairs, or when the chain is moved to spot bits. (1) When the chain is being oiled or tested
after repairs, an operator must be at the controls ready to stop movement of the chain instantly.
When the chain is being oiled, the bar must be free of the kerf and of material that might
cause it to deflect, the person oiling must position himself before the chain is started,
the chain must run in reverse and slowly and must be stopped and the lock replaced immediately
after oiling is completed. Oiling devices or other methods that do not expose a workman to
hazard from the moving chain may be used. (2) When the chain is moved to spot bits, all persons
must be in the clear of the bar and the lock must be replaced after the chain is moved and
before the bits are spotted. (3) When the chain is operated to...
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25-9-132
Section 25-9-132 Underground transportation of explosives and detonators. (a) Individual containers
used to carry permissible explosives or detonators shall be constructed of substantial, nonconductive
material, kept closed and maintained in good condition. (b) When explosives or detonators
are transported underground by locomotive, rope, or shuttle car they shall be in covered cars
or in special containers. (1) The bodies and covers of special cars and containers shall be
constructed of nonconductive material. (2) If explosives and detonators are hauled in the
same explosives car or in the same special containers, they shall be separated by at least
a four-inch substantially fastened hardwood partition or the equivalent. (3) Where quantities
of explosives and detonators are transported in special cars or in special containers in cars,
they shall be hauled on a special trip not connected to any other trip, and shall not be hauled
into or out of a mine within five minutes preceding or...
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25-9-213
may be regarded as measured from the rib or gob line, collar legs notwithstanding. (h) Ample
clearance shall be provided at all points where supplies are loaded or unloaded along haulage
roads or conveyors. (i) Where it is necessary for men to cross conveyors regularly and where
the width of conveyors or low roof introduces a hazard, suitable crossover bridges shall be
provided. (j) Shelter holes shall be provided along haulage entries driven after August 12,
1949, where locomotive, rope, or animal haulage is used. Such shelter holes shall be
spaced not more than 80 feet apart. Except where the trolley wire is six feet six inches or
more above the roadbed or guarded effectively at the shelter holes, they shall be on the side
of the entry opposite the trolley wire. (k) Shelter holes made after August 12, 1949, shall
be at least five feet in depth, not more than four feet in width and six feet in height or
as high as the traveling space if the traveling space is less than six feet high....
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32-1-1.1
so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so
drawn. (85) URBAN DISTRICT. The territory contiguous to and including any street which is
built up with structures devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses situated at intervals
of less than 100 feet for a distance of a quarter of a mile or more. (86) VEHICLE. Every device
in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway,
excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks
or electric personal assistive mobility devices; provided, that for the purposes of this title,
a bicycle or a ridden animal shall be deemed a vehicle, except those provisions of
this title, which by their very nature can have no application. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p.
604, §1-100; Acts 1981, No. 81-803, p. 1412, §1; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-998, p.
366, §1; Act 2003-342, p. 851, §1; Act 2018-286, §1; Act 2019-437, §1.)...
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40-12-240
Section 40-12-240 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Revenue. (2) ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS. A place actually occupied either continuously
or at regular periods at or from which a business or a part thereof is transacted. (3) FARM
TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows,
mowing machines, and other implements designed and used for agricultural purposes and only
incidentally moved upon public highways. (4) FARMER. An individual, partnership, cooperative
corporation, or other entity actively engaged in agriculture or agricultural activities as
the same are circumscribed and defined in paragraphs a. and b. of Section 41-14-51(1). (5)
FLEET. A group of similarly classified fleet vehicles comprised of 50 or more units or other
amount as prescribed by the department. (6) FLEET OPERATOR. A person,...
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40-17-350
Section 40-17-350 Transportation of motor fuel; inspections. (a) Each person operating a refinery
or terminal in Alabama shall prepare and provide to the driver of every highway vehicle receiving
motor fuel at the facility a shipping document setting out on its face the destination state
as represented to the terminal operator by the shipper or the shipper's agent. Failure to
comply with this subsection may result in a department imposed penalty of not less than five
hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be multiplied by the
sum of the current violation plus prior violations of this subsection. (b) Every person transporting
motor fuel in Alabama in a highway vehicle other than in its supply tank shall carry on board
a shipping document issued by the facility where the motor fuel was obtained. The shipping
document shall set out on its face the state of destination of the motor fuel transported
in the highway vehicle. Violation of this subsection...
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