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25-9-150
Section 25-9-150 Building of fires in mines; use of torches; welding and burning. (a) No person
shall build a fire or cause a fire to be built in any coal mine, except as provided hereinafter.
(b) Torches may be used by competent persons in mines for splicing trailing cables, provided
suitable precautions are taken against ignition of methane, coal dust, or combustible materials.
Torches must be maintained at all times in good operating condition and leakproof. (c) Welding
and burning may be done in mines provided all equipment and gauges are maintained in good
order and not abused and suitable precautions are taken against ignition of methane, coal
dust, or combustible materials. Only persons who have demonstrated competence in welding and
burning are entrusted to do this work. Adequate eye protection will be used by all persons
doing welding or burning, and precautions shall be taken to prevent other persons from exposure
that might be harmful to their eyes. Certified officials or...
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25-9-134
Section 25-9-134 Blasting practices and procedures generally. (a) Only competent persons shall
be designated or permitted to handle explosives or do blasting. Only electric detonators of
proper strength may be used and the use of delay electric detonators is prohibited for blasting
coal or coal and other material. Primers shall be made up as needed for blasting and prepared
in accordance with the safety standards of the Institute of Makers of Explosives or of the
manufacturer of the explosives as approved by the chief; provided, however, that nothing provided
in this subsection shall prohibit the use of permissible millisecond blasting in conformity
with the requirements, exceptions, limitations, conditions, and restrictions on the use thereof
established or hereinafter established by the Bureau of Mines of the United States Department
of the Interior. (b) Care shall be used in placement and drilling of holes. Test roof, face,
ribs and timbers for dangerous conditions before drilling...
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25-9-300
Section 25-9-300 Map of mine - Required; contents; filing; examination, etc. The owner, operator,
or lessee of any underground coal mine in this state shall make or cause to be made by a competent
engineer an accurate and exact detail map of said mine, showing the exact position of said
mine in reference to the section line, which shall be connected with known boundary lines
of the section or subdivision of the section. Such map shall show accurately the position
of any branches, creeks, rivers, railroads, oil and gas pipelines under which said mine workings
extend and, as near as possible, the position of any coal mines nearby. The location of all
oil and gas wells shall be shown on said map. Said maps shall show all shafts, slopes, tunnels,
or other openings to the surface or to the workings of a contiguous coal mine; all excavations,
entries, rooms, and crosscuts; the location of the fan and the direction of the air currents;
the location of pumps, hauling engines, engine planes,...
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25-9-2
Section 25-9-2 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this
chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) SECRETARY. The Secretary of
the Department of Labor or such other public officer, employee, board, commission, or other
authority that may by law be assigned the duties and authority of the Secretary of Labor under
this chapter. (2) CHIEF. The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection of the Department
of Labor or such other public officer, employee, board, commission, or other authority that
may in emergencies be acting in the stead of the chief or may by law be assigned the duties
and authority of the Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection of the Department of Labor.
(3) HEAD MINE INSPECTOR. The employee of the Division of Safety and Inspection in charge of
mine inspection or such other public officer, employee, board, commission, or other authority
that may by law be assigned the duties and authority of the head mine...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant
to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal
mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such
other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards
shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require
the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize
the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting
the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land
affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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25-9-84
Section 25-9-84 Coursing of air. (a) Two available openings to the surface are required from
each seam or stratum of coal worked. In drift or slope mines, such openings provided after
August 12, 1949, must be separated by not less than 40 feet of natural strata, and all crosscuts
between them shall be closed with stoppings of fireproof material. In shaft mines, such openings
provided after August 12, 1949, must be separated by not less than 200 feet of natural strata.
The second opening may be made through an adjoining mine. Until these provisions are met,
not over five men in a drift, 10 men in a slope, and 20 men in a shaft shall work in the mine
at one time, and no additional development shall be permitted until the connection is made
to the second opening. In mines wherein final pillar robbing operations necessitate closing
the second opening, the above limitations as to the number of men permitted to work will apply
until the mine is worked out and abandoned. (b) Both openings...
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25-9-9
Section 25-9-9 Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Board of examiners.
(a) There shall be appointed by the Governor a board of examiners, all of whom shall be citizens
of this state and hold Alabama mine foreman's certificates, consisting of the chief or the
head mine inspector, as the secretary may designate, together with three active practical
miners, three operators of coal mines, and one practicing mining engineer. The membership
of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and
economic diversity of the state. The members of this board shall be appointed by the Governor
and shall hold office for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified,
and, as nearly as possible, two members shall be appointed one year and three the succeeding
year. No member of the board shall serve more than two consecutive terms of office. The chief
or the head mine inspector shall be ex officio chair of the board....
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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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25-9-80
Section 25-9-80 Main fans. (a) All main fans shall be installed on the surface, in fireproof
housings, the fan situated not less than 30 feet from its air shaft or air course and on one
side of the line of such opening so that the fan will not be in direct line of the force of
a blast or explosion. The air duct connecting the fan with the mine opening shall be fireproof
and provided with self-closing explosion doors. (b) In mines ventilated with multiple fans,
each main fan shall be equipped with fireproof doors automatically closing in the event of
a fan failure to prevent air reversal through the fan. (c) Every main fan installed after
August 12, 1949, ventilating a mine classed as gassy, must have an auxiliary drive mechanism
that will operate the fan at not less than 80 percent of its regular volume. Dual fan installations,
independently powered so that one is operative at 80 percent of regular volume during electrical
failures, meet this requirement. (d) All main fans are required...
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25-9-86
Section 25-9-86 Examinations for gases and other dangerous conditions. (a) Operators of mines
are required to employ one or more certified fire bosses and to have a preshift examination
made. The duties of the fire boss are to examine for dangerous conditions all manways, slopes,
and entries used by men in traveling to and from work and to examine for gas and other dangerous
conditions all working places, adjoining abandoned places, and accessible pillar falls for
accumulation of gas. The fire boss will ascertain that the air is traveling in its proper
course and that all ventilation appliances are in good condition and working effectively.
The fire boss will indicate his examination of working and abandoned places, pillar falls,
and ventilating appliances by marking his initial and the date conspicuously in or on such
places. (b) Whenever gas is detected or danger exists to men entering any place, the fire
boss shall leave at each entrance to the place a conspicuous DANGER sign. (c)...
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