Missouri Laws 293.540 – Outlets may be required, when — location of shafts
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 293.540
- Director: the director of the division of mine inspection of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 293.010
- Noncoal mine: any open pit or underground excavation from which minerals, as defined in this section, except coal are extracted for commercial purposes, including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground. See Missouri Laws 293.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Shaft: any vertical or near-vertical opening through the strata which is to be used for ventilation or escapement, or for the hoisting and lowering of men, ore or material in connection with the mining of minerals. See Missouri Laws 293.010
- Slope: any inclined shaft or way in or to a mineral deposit to be used for the same purposes as a shaft. See Missouri Laws 293.010
After a reasonable time has been allowed for drifting and development operations, the director may require that a noncoal mine operating through either a shaft, slope, or drift, have not less than two adequate and accessible outlets as a condition precedent to employment of any person in the mine. In mines opened after the effective date of this chapter, all vertical shafts shall be located not less than one hundred fifty feet apart.