A suitable record book shall be kept at the mine office of every mine wherein fire bosses are employed, and immediately after the examination of the mine or any portion thereof, by a fire boss, he shall enter and sign a record of the examination in the book with ink. The record shall clearly show the time taken in making the examination, the nature and location of any danger discovered in the mine, and what has been done to correct dangerous conditions. If any danger is discovered, the fire boss shall immediately report its location to the mine foreman, or in his absence to the assistant mine foreman in charge, who shall take immediate action to remove the danger. When a station is located inside a mine the fire boss shall enter and sign a report both in the record book kept there and in a record book in the mine office on the surface. The record books of the licensee shall at all times during working hours be accessible to the mine inspector and the miner or his representative.
Effective: July 14, 2000

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 352.290

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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 352.010
  • Licensee: means any owner, operator, lessee, corporation, partnership, or other person who procures a license from the department to operate a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • 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 352.010
  • Mine foreman: means a certified person whom the licensee, mine manager, or superintendent places in charge of the workings of the mine and of persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 21, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 39, effective April 9, 1996. — Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 17. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 27. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 9. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-38.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/9/96). The action taken with respect to this statute by 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 308 was to have become effective April 8, 1996, under Section 51 of that Act. The Act, however, did not become effective until April 9,
1996, when the Governor’s signed copy of the Act was filed with the Secretary of
State.