(1) No person shall drill coal or detonate explosives within a mine using the method of shooting coal from the solid until that person successfully completes a training program administered by the department and has passed a test prescribed by the commissioner.
(2) No person shall be issued a certificate in accordance with subsection (1) of this section unless he or she presents valid evidence to the commissioner of having one (1) year of practical underground coal mine experience.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 351.1071

  • Department: means the Department for Natural Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 351.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 370, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.

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