New Jersey Statutes 34:6-98.2. Definitions relative to mine safety
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:6-98.2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Approved” means approved by the commissioner.
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or any of his authorized representatives.
“Department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
“Excavations” or “workings” means shafts, tunnels, entries, winzes, raises, stopes, open cut and any and all working places and parts of a mine, either above ground or underground, excavated or being excavated, whether abandoned or in use.
“Face” means the advancing breast of any place of work.
“Mine” includes any mines within the State, whether on the surface or underground and any mining plant, material, equipment or explosives on the surface or underground, which may contribute to the mining or handling of ore or other metalliferous or nonmetalliferous products. The term “mine” shall also include quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, clay pit and shale pit.
“Operator” means the person, firm, association, company, corporation or any officers or agents thereof, in immediate possession of any mine or mining claim or its accessories as owner or lessee and, as such, responsible for its management and condition.
“Section” means the mine safety section within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
“Superintendent” means the person who has immediate supervision of a mine for an operator.
Words used in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
L.1954, c.197, s.2; amended 2007, c.155, s.1.