§ 70-711. Handrails and safety catches to be attached to cover overhead; every cage surface lan...
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 52 P.S. Mines and Mining
52 P.S. § 70-711
§ 70-711. Handrails and safety catches to be attached to cover overhead; every cage surface landing and other landings of shafts to be provided with gates controlled by shaft cage; headman and footman, provided with safety headgear
Handrails and efficient safety catches shall be attached to, and a sufficient cover overhead shall be provided on, every cage used for lowering or hoisting persons in any shaft. The operator or superintendent of all mines shall see that the surface landing, and all other landings, of shafts are, so far as practicable, provided with gates, controlled in such a fashion that they cannot be opened except when the shaft carriage is at that particular landing. Such gates, before being used, shall be first approved by the mine inspector. It shall be unlawful for any man, employed as a footman or headman at a shaft hoisting coal or other material, to work at this occupation, unless he has provided himself with a safety headgear or helmet of a design approved by the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries,1 which headgear or helmet must be worn by him at all times while on duty.
Credits
1965, Nov. 10, P.L. 721, No. 346, art. VII, § 711.
Footnotes
The Department of Mines and Mineral Industries was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to the Department of Environmental Resources. See 71 P.S. §§ 510-1, 510-15 and 510-103.
52 P.S. § 70-711, PA ST 52 P.S. § 70-711
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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