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25-9-171
Section 25-9-171 Power wires and circuits; signal and telephone wires; trolley and feeder wires.
(a) All power circuits entering a mine shall be protected against lightning by lightning arrestors
at or near the points of entrance to the mine. All power circuits shall be protected against
lightning or other surges by adequate circuit breakers, fuses, or both. (b) All power wires,
except trailing cables and ground wires, whether bare or insulated, shall be supported on
well-installed insulators and shall not touch combustible material, roof, or ribs. Power wires
or cables installed prior to August 12, 1949, in locations inaccessible without prohibitive
expense may be continued in use if approved by the division. (c) Power wires shall be insulated
properly when passing through doors and stoppings and where they cross other power circuits.
(d) Signal wires and telephone wires shall be run at a safe distance and, where possible,
shall be placed on the opposite side of the slope or heading...
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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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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for
the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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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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25-9-279
Section 25-9-279 Electrical blasting practices and procedures. (a) When loading or charging
blast holes with electric detonators, all electric power within an unsafe distance of the
place to be blasted shall be deenergized. (b) Electric blasting with blasting machines or
special circuit is permissible. With blasting machines, connections shall be made in series
or in a combination connection recommended by the manufacturer. With power currents, connections
shall be made in series, parallel, or a combination of the two. (c) When blasting is by means
of a special blasting circuit, no one shall enter the place in which the blasting has been
done until the permanent blasting wires have been disconnected from the source of electrical
energy and the blasting switch has been locked in the open position. (d) The person responsible
for blasting shall be in charge of the blasting machine when it is in the pit. No other person
shall connect the blasting machine to the leading wires, and such...
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32-6-49.3
Section 32-6-49.3 Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following
definitions shall be applicable unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALCOHOL.
a. Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages (including sake or similar
products), of any name or description containing one-half of one percentum or more of alcohol
by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor;
b. Wine of not less than one-half of the percentum of alcohol by volume; or c. Any substance
containing any form of alcohol, including, but not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propanol,
and isopropanol. (2) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION. a. The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
of blood; or b. The number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or c. The number
of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine. (3) COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE. (CDL) means
a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this...
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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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13A-8-121
Section 13A-8-121 Acts punishable as misdemeanors. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person
to knowingly: (1) Obtain or attempt to obtain cable television service from a company by trick,
artifice, deception or other fraudulent means with the intent to deprive such company of any
or all lawful compensation for rendering each type of service obtained; (2) Assist or instruct
any other person in obtaining or attempting to obtain any cable television service without
payment of all lawful compensation to the company providing such service; (3) Make or maintain
a connection or connections, whether physical, electrical, mechanical, acoustical or by other
means, with any cables, wires, components or other devices used for the distribution of cable
television without authority from the cable television company; (4) Make or maintain any modification
or alteration to any device installed with the authorization of a cable television company
for the purpose of intercepting or receiving any program...
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25-9-175
Section 25-9-175 Electric drills, etc.; trailing cables; cables for portable equipment. (a)
Electric drills or other electrically operated rotating tools intended to be held in hands
shall have the electric switch constructed so as to break the circuit when the hand releases
the switch or shall be equipped with friction or safety clutches. (b) All new trailing cables
installed after November 21, 1975, shall meet the requirements set out by the Secretary of
the Interior in Bureau of Mines schedule 2G and in subsequent revisions. (c) Cables for portable
underground electric equipment shall be provided with suitable overload protection and power
taps, unless properly connected to permissible junction or distribution boxes. (Acts 1949,
No. 207, p. 242, §44; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)...
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11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority:
(1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according
to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the
rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled
to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the
location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and
most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the
minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event
the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission
may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental
from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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