Missouri Laws 293.230 – Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 293.230
- Coal mine: any strip mine or underground excavation from which coal or lignite is extracted for commercial purposes and including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground. See Missouri Laws 293.010
- Operator: the person, firm, or body corporate who or which is the immediate proprietor, as owner or lessee, of the mine and, as such, responsible for the condition and management thereof. See Missouri Laws 293.010
It shall be unlawful for any operator or agent of a coal mine to employ persons underground whose duties may involve contact with inflammable gases, or the handling of explosives, who have not had experience in such duties, unless all such employees are placed under the immediate charge and control of some competent and experienced miner, so as to secure the safety of other persons employed in the same mine.