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45 OK Stat § 45-415 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-415. Dangerous conditions - Additional shafts.

|The Mine Inspector is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to thoroughly inspect all underground excavations in all said mines as often as the Inspector may deem proper, to ascertain the condition of said underground excavations with respect to the safety of all employees working in such underground excavation; and, if after such examination the Inspector shall find that the safety of the employees engaged in working in such excavations is imperiled by reason of there being only one shaft or outlet by which a distinct means of ingress and egress is always available to such employees, it shall be the right and duty of such Inspector to immediately notify the operator of such mine, in writing, specifying the particular underground excavations so found to be dangerous, and direct the operator to, within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice, commence to sink another shaft or provide another outlet for such underground excavation and prosecute the sinking of such shaft or the securing of another outlet with all due diligence until the same is completed. And the Mine Inspector aforesaid shall have the power if he deems it for the safety of the employees, to order the operator of said mine to withdraw all employees engaged in working in such underground excavations so found to be unsafe or dangerous, until such other shaft or outlet shall have been completed, or until further notified by such Inspector. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 46, § 5.
45 OK Stat § 45-416 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-416. Health of employees - Underground excavations - Ventilation.

|The Mine Inspector is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to thoroughly inspect all underground excavations in all said mines as often as he may deem proper, from and after the passage and approval of this act, and ascertain the condition of such underground excavations, and, if after such examination, the Inspector shall find in any such mine or mines that the health of the employees is impaired by reason of there not being sufficient circulation of air or ventilation for such employees, it shall be the duty of such Inspector to immediately notify the operator of such mine or mines, in writing, specifying the underground excavations so found to be unhealthful, and direct such operator of such mine to, within fifteen (15) days after receiving such written notice, commence to drill a sufficient number of holes to such underground excavation, or to sink a shaft to connect with such underground excavation, or to make drift connection with a contiguous mine, as may furnish a sufficient ventilation for such mine or mines and to prosecute the work of correcting such defect in ventilation, with all due diligence until completed. And the Inspector shall have the power where and when the condition as aforesaid is such as to be injurious to the health of said employees, if he deems it for the best interest of the employees engaged in working in such underground excavations, so affected by such notice, to require all work and operations in such mine or mines to cease until such defect in ventilation shall have been corrected, or until further notified by such Inspector. During the process of shaft sinking fresh air shall be supplied from the surface. During the process of drifting or development for ventilation, forced ventilation shall be provided and sufficient ventilation shall be supplied in all dead ends. Where operations are carried on at a shaft not connected with any mine or shaft, ventilation shall be supplied from the surface by means of a fan through a conductor down the shaft or down one or more drill holes connected with the underground workings. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 47, § 6.
45 OK Stat § 45-417 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-417. Dust - Water lines - Sprinkling attachments.

|The Mine Inspector is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to thoroughly inspect all underground excavations in all such mines as often as such Inspector may deem proper, for the purpose of ascertaining or discovering in the air in any such mine or mines the presence of dust in such quantities as shall be injurious to the health of the employees engaged in working in such underground excavations; and upon finding dust in the air of any such mine or mines in quantities exceeding three hundred particles per cubic centimeter, as shall tend to injure the health of the employees of such mine, such Inspector shall immediately notify the operator of such mine or mines, in writing, specifying the underground excavation so found to contain dust particles in excessive amounts, as aforesaid in the air thereof, and such operator of such mine or mines shall within fifteen (15) days after receiving such written notice, provide, install, and equip, and thereafter at all times maintain in such mine, a water line fully equipped, and in good serviceable working order and repair, leading up to the face of any and all drifts where dust is produced, or so close to the face of said drifts so that by the use of a suitable hose extension or sprinkling attachments to be supplied by the owner or owners of said mine, the mineral or earth in and adjoining the face of the drift or drifts of such mine can be sprinkled or wet by water from said pipeline; thereupon and thereafter, every person drilling, squibbing or blasting in said mine shall keep the face, surface, and drill holes in said drifts or drift wet or moist by the use of water from said water line to such an extent in such a way as shall prevent, as far as possible, any dust raising from the working of any such face, or from the drilling, blowing, or shooting of any hole or holes; and the ground foreman in charge of the underground workings in any such mine or mines, so equipped with a water line, shall require all ground or dirt after being shot or blasted to be thoroughly wet or sprinkled to such an extent as shall prevent, as far as is practicable any dust from arising therefrom, while the employees are at work therein. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 48, § 7.
45 OK Stat § 45-418 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-418. Loss of life or injury - Duty of operator and inspector.

|Whenever loss of life or serious personal injury shall occur in or about any said mines, it shall be the duty of the operator having charge of such mine to report said loss of life or injury without delay to the deputy mine inspector in whose district such mine is situated; and the said inspector shall if he deem it necessary immediately go to the scene of said accident and render such assistance as he may deem necessary for the safety of the men; and the said inspector shall investigate and ascertain the cause of such loss of life or injury and make a report thereof to the Chief Mine Inspector of the State of Oklahoma, a copy of which he shall preserve with the other records of his office. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 48, § 8.
45 OK Stat § 45-419 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-419. Shaft hoisting engineers - Age and experience - Duties - Loading and unloading.

|All shaft hoisting engineers handling men or material must be over twenty-one (21) years of age, familiar and experienced with hoisting engines of the design which he is to operate and must have been examined by a reputable physician and be able to show certificate of health from said physician, showing no physical or mental conditions or symptoms that might cause a loss of faculties so as to interfere with the safe and efficient performance of his duty at all times. It shall be the duty of the hoisting engineer to watch over all machinery, including hoisting rope or cable, in his charge and ascertain that all the equipment and conditions are in conformity with the law. In the event of any defect in such equipment, or violation of the law concerning same, he shall immediately report same to the mine superintendent or other person in charge of the mine operation. The hoisting engineer shall, at the beginning of his shift and at the middle of his shift, inspect his hoist equipment, particularly as to the brakes and clutch and test same by at least one complete hoisting trip before men are allowed to enter the tub or shaft conveyance. Where a station man or tub hooker is used in any shaft, it shall be his duty to supervise the loading and unloading of men or material at the bottom of the shaft, and he shall supervise the signaling to the hoisting engineer. The loading and unloading of men at the top of the shaft at the beginning and end of each shift shall be supervised by an employee of the operator. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 48, § 9.
45 OK Stat § 45-421 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-421. Shaft collars - Cribbing and timbering - Pipes and air lines.

|All shaft collars shall extend at least eight (8) inches above the immediate surrounding surface and be provided with a clear and stable footing and hand rail on two sides of the shaft. A sufficiently tight fence with a gate to permit access shall inclose the shaft to prevent persons or animals from reaching the shaft collar, and such gate shall be kept closed when access to the shaft is not necessary. The collar of the shaft shall be sufficiently lighted at all times when in use. All shafts sunk after the adoption of this act shall be cribbed or timbered continuously from the top of the shaft to the bottom of the cribbing or timbers. All pipes, air line, and conduits running down the shaft shall be securely fastened. All shaft pumps shall be securely covered. When the ends of tools or material project above the top of the shaft conveyance, the ends shall be securely fastened to the cable, or placed in a receptacle. When electric or compressed air operated hoisting engines are used in sinking shaft, shooting or blasting shall be done by means of an electric battery or current. All abandoned shafts, air shafts, drill holes, and shafts not used for an extended period of time, shall be securely plugged, cased, covered or fenced. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 49, § 11.
45 OK Stat § 45-423 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-423. Hoisting equipment.

|The hoisting equipment shall be of such kind and in such condition as to as nearly assure certainty of operation and ease of control at all times, as is practicable. If electric power be used for hoisting, the hoist shall be equipped with an auxiliary safety brake. All hoisting derricks where swinging dump is used, constructed after the date of the passage and approval of this law, shall be so constructed that at no time during the hoisting operations shall the fastening of the cable to the hook approach nearer than thirty-six (36) inches to the sheive. All hoisting sheives installed after the date of the passage and approval of this law, shall be equipped with a shaft the diameter of which shall be to the conveyance load hoisted not less than one (1) inch to each six hundred (600) pounds per conveyance load. Nonspin wire rope shall be used for hoisting men and material, with a safety factor of six required on new rope based on manufacturer's tables and maximum dead load. Said hoisting rope to be discarded for hoisting purposes when there are six broken wires in one rope lay, or when the wires on the crown are worn sixty-five percent (65%) of the original diameter. All hoisting hooks shall be of some safety type, and if standard snap hook is used it shall be made of not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inch High-grade iron, and the hook shall be attached to the hoisting cable with thimble and three or more standard clamps, such clamps to be at least eight (8) inches apart. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 50, § 13.
45 OK Stat § 45-424 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-424. Explosives - Storage, transportation, handling and use.

|At all said mines in this state, all explosives shall be stored in a magazine placed far enough away from hoisting derricks to insure their remaining intact to case of explosion. All explosives in excess of the amount required for the work of one shift shall be kept in such magazine. Powder other than the shifts requirements shall not be stored in underground workings; provided, however, where such mines are located in densely populated areas, and then only with the permission of the deputy mine inspector, explosives may be stored underground in a suitable place selected by the said inspector, but in no event shall more than three (3) days normal requirements at the particular mine be so stored underground. No explosives shall be transported on or in any electric or gasoline locomotive, or in the car next to these locomotives. Detonators or caps shall not be stored or transported with other explosives. Mechanical loading devices, first found to be safe for the miners who work in said mine by the assistant mine inspector, and such finding is approved by the Chief Mine Inspector, or wood-loading sticks or tamping bars protected with copper ferrules and copper spike must be used when loading holes. All blasting caps shall be crimped onto fuse by regulation crimper. Powder delivered to top of shaft shall be lowered into ground immediately. Explosives must not be taken from any mine without the consent of the foreman in charge. Open lights must not be used in powder magazines or detonator magazines. Explosives stored in ground must be so stored as not to cut off passage of men to shaft in case of explosion occurring. No employee shall return to a drift, heading, shaft, or tunnel, or other place where a shot has failed to explode until a period of at least thirty (30) minutes has elapsed after firing; all failed shots to be promptly reported to foreman by employees. No employees other than those employed in shaft sinking shall ride any can, bucket or hoisting apparatus carrying explosives. No shooting or blasting shall be done from the time the man shift goes on until the man shift goes off, except in extreme case for the protection of life. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 50, § 14; Laws 1957, p. 424, § 1.
45 OK Stat § 45-430 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-430. Map or plan of mine.

|The operator of said mines in this state shall make or cause to be made, at the discretion of the Mine Inspector of the District in which said mine is located, an accurate map or plan of the workings of such mine and deposit a true copy of said map or plan with the Mine Inspector of the District wherein may be located the said mine; which said map or plan shall be so filed or deposited within three (3) months after the time when this act shall take effect, and a copy of such map or plan shall be also kept for inspection at the office of said mine; and during the month of January of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the said operator shall furnish the District Mine Inspector with a further map or plan of the progress of the workings of such mine, continued from the last report to the end of the month of December next preceding; and when any mine is worked out or abandoned that fact shall be reported to the Inspector and the map or plan of such mine shall be furnished the Mine Inspector. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 52, § 20; Laws 1975, c. 90, § 1.
45 OK Stat § 45-434 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-434. Orders of Mining Inspector - Review.

|Any order made by the Mining Inspector under the provisions of this or any other act pertaining to or affecting any mine or mines or the operation thereof, wherein the issuance thereof is within the discretion of the Mining Inspector and the doing or omitting of the specific act required in said order is not by the provisions of law made mandatory upon the operator of said mine or mines, may, upon application by the operator of said mine or mines so affected, or any other interested person, to the district court in the judicial district in which the mine or mines affected may be located, be reviewed, modified, affirmed, or canceled by said court or the judge thereof in vacation upon a hearing being had thereon. |Said applicant for a review of said order shall file with the clerk of said court a petition against said Inspector issuing said order setting forth in concise language the order complained of and the objections thereto. Upon the filing of said petition the clerk of said court shall issue summons against said Mining Inspector as in other civil actions except that same may be lawfully served and jurisdiction obtained by service in any county of this state where said mining inspector may be found. Jurisdiction of the person when so served and subject matter is hereby conferred on said court.Upon the district court acquiring jurisdiction, as aforesaid, said court or the judge thereof in vacation shall proceed as in other civil cases to hear and determine the controversy presented by the order complained of, the objections set forth in the petition and any answer filed thereto by said Mining Inspector. The burden shall be on the applicant to show the order unreasonable or unnecessary. Upon a hearing thereof, the said court or the judge thereof from the evidence introduced shall enter a judgment affirming, modifying or canceling said order as the reasonableness of or necessity therefor may appear. Said district court or the judge thereof, in vacation, may at the time of filing said petition or subsequent thereto suspend the operation of said order complained of pending final determination upon a showing of reasonable necessity therefor and on such terms as said court or judge may impose. Either party may appeal from the final judgment of said court or judge to the Supreme Court of this state as in other civil cases.Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 53, § 24.
45 OK Stat § 45-435 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-435. Neglect or failure to perform requirements - Penalty.

|The neglect, failure or refusal to perform or comply with the authorized requirement of said Mining Inspector, acting under the provisions of this act, by any firm, association, corporation, person or parties required to perform them, shall be a misdemeanor, and where the duty so neglected, failed or refused to be performed is required of a corporation, then its officer or agent in charge of the mine, shall be guilty, as hereinbefore provided for in this section, and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) provided, that as to duties imposed by the Mining Inspector taken before the said district court for review, this section shall not apply except as to, from and after the order finally promulgated by order of said district court and provided further this section shall not apply to an operator who has ceased mining operations and the working of men except such as are necessary to dewater and preserve the mine involved. |Laws 1929, c. 42, p. 54, § 25.
45 OK Stat § 45-436 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-436. Open mine shafts - Covering - Approval - Penalties.

|Any person, firm or corporation, who knowingly maintains, uses or abandons an open vertical mine shaft wherein lead, zinc or other metals have been sought or produced, without covering suitably, or surrounding such installations with protective fencing, or plugging and filling, the particular method used to be approved by the Chief Mine Inspector's Department, shall be deemed negligent as a matter of law and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1955, p. 188, § 1.
45 OK Stat § 45-437 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-437. Interference with protective covering devices - Penalties.

|Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of destroying, removing, or damaging or otherwise interfering with the fencing, or other protective devices approved by the Chief Mine Inspector, as provided in Section 1 hereof, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). |Laws 1955, p. 188, § 2.
45 OK Stat § 45-441 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-441. Use of engines equipped for detoxification permitted - Approval of use - Inspections - Suspension or discontinuance of use.

|The use of diesel engines equipped for detoxification in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the U.S. Bureau of mines may be used in lead, zinc, and other metal mines in this state. Provided, the use of such engine or engines in any such mine is first found to be safe for the miners who work in said mine, by the assistant mine inspector, and such finding is approved by the Chief Mine Inspector and provided further, that the diesel engine or engines and the safety equipment thereon to be used in any such mine shall also have been approved for use in such mine, by the assistant mine inspector, and such finding is approved by the Chief Mine Inspector. The assistant mine inspector and the Chief Mine Inspector, in issuing any such approval, shall follow the rules and regulations and recommendations of the U.S. Bureau of mines. The assistant mine inspector shall make periodical inspections to determine whether such engines in such mines are emitting fumes which make it unsafe for such engines to be used. The assistant mine inspector or the Chief Mine Inspector shall have the authority to order that conditions be remedied, and to suspend the use of such engines in any mine, or to order the discontinuance altogether of such engines in any such mine. Such orders shall be enforced as other orders of such officers are enforced. |Laws 1947, p. 302, § 1.
45 OK Stat § 45-442 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-442. Use of engines not meeting standards prohibited.

|It shall be unlawful to use or to order or permit the use of any diesel engine in any lead, zinc or other metal mine in this state at any time which is not equipped with detoxification equipment and other safety devices meeting the standards set forth in the rules and recommendations promulgated by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, or when such detoxification equipment and other safety devices on the engine is defective, or not in perfect working order. |Laws 1947, p. 303, § 2.
45 OK Stat § 45-477 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-477. May stop mining, when.

|Such inspector, and each of his assistants, shall also have power to immediately stop the operation of any mine or part thereof where any dangerous or unlawful conditions are found: Provided, however, that where conditions exist justifying him to do so, he may grant a reasonable length of time for making repairs: And provided, further, that where any stops are enforced, such inspector and each of his assistants shall have the power subsequently to allow such mine or part of mine to be reopened when the dangerous or unlawful conditions have been remedied, or removed, so that they no longer exist. |R.L.1910, § 3953.
45 OK Stat § 45-478 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 45. Mines and Mining|§45-478. Penalty for obstruction.

|Every person who willfully obstructs the Chief Inspector or his assistant inspectors in the execution of his or their duties, and every owner, agent, lessee or manager of a mine who refuses or neglects to furnish to the Cheif Mine Inspector or his assistants, the means necessary for making entry, inspection, examination or inquiry, as herein provided in relation to such mine shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, he shall be punished as hereinafter provided. |R.L.1910, § 3954.