No licensee, operator, mine superintendent, mine manager, or other supervisory personnel shall terminate or otherwise discipline a miner for reporting or documenting to or cooperating with regulatory agencies in their investigation of unsafe mining practices or conditions or violations of provisions of KRS Chapter 351 or 352.
Effective: July 12, 2006

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 352.660

  • 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 manager: means a certified or noncertified person whom the licensee places in charge of a mine or mines and whose duties include but are not limited to operations at the mine or mines and supervision of personnel when qualified to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Operator: means the licensee, owner, lessee, or other person who operates or controls a coal mine. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Superintendent: means the person who, on behalf of the licensee, has immediate supervision of one (1) or more mines. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010
  • Supervisory personnel: shall mean a person or persons certified under the provisions of KRS Chapter 351 to assist in the supervision of a portion or the whole of the mine or of the persons employed therein. See Kentucky Statutes 352.010

History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006.

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