Buildings used for the storage of oils or similar flammable material shall not be located within one hundred (100) feet of any hoisting or escape shaft or mine opening. Oil, grease or similar flammable material shall not be stored within one hundred (100) feet of any hoisting or escape shaft or mine opening. Oil and grease used in mines shall be taken into the mine from day to day with one (1) day’s supply being the maximum. Oil and grease stored underground shall be kept in closed containers.
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 26. — Amended 1972

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 352.270

  • 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 352.010
  • Shaft: means a vertical opening through the strata that is or may be used, in connection with the mining of coal, for the purpose of ventilation or drainage, or for hoisting men, coal, or materials. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010

Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 25. –Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-53.

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