(1) All persons possessing valid certificates as mine inspectors, electrical inspectors, mine safety instructors, assistant mine foreman, mine foreman, shotfirer, and other mining specialties as established by the department, or certified miner shall be eligible to work at any time as miners, provided they fulfill the annual requirements for retraining and reeducation as provided in KRS § 351.106.
(2) Supervisory, clerical, and technically trained employees of the mine operator whose work contributes only indirectly to mine operations shall not be required to possess a miner’s certificate of competency and qualification.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 351.103

  • Assistant mine foreman: means a certified person designated to assist the mine foreman in the supervision of a portion or the whole of a mine or of the persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010
  • Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010
  • Mine: means any open pit or any underground workings from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use, and all shafts, slopes, drifts, or inclines leading thereto, and includes all buildings and equipment, above or below the surface of the ground, used in connection with the workings. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010
  • Mine foreman: means a certified person whom the licensee or superintendent places in charge of the workings of the mine and of the persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010
  • Operator: means the licensee, owner, lessee, or other person who operates or controls a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010

Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 33, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 11, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. — Created 1976 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 3.

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