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WY Stat § 30-2-602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 2 - Mining Operations|Article 6 - Explosives and Flammables|Section 30-2-602 - Storage of Flammable Materials; Smoking Restricted; Fire Doors.

30-2-602. Storage of flammable materials; smoking restricted; fire doors.| (a) Surface storage of oils, grease and other flammable materials shall be in a storage area located at a safe distance from the powder magazine. Flammable materials shall be removed from the storage area for use only in quantities necessary to meet the requirements of a day. Structures in the storage area shall be of fire-resistive material and well ventilated. Tight metal receptacles shall be provided for oily waste.  (b) Smoking in or about surface structures shall be restricted to places where it will not cause fire or an explosion.  (c) Unless existing structures located within one hundred (100) feet of any mine opening are of reasonably fireproof construction, fire doors shall be erected at effective points in mine openings to prevent smoke or fire from outside sources endangering men working underground. These doors shall be tested at least monthly and kept in effective operation.
WY Stat § 30-2-603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 2 - Mining Operations|Article 6 - Explosives and Flammables|Section 30-2-603 - Flammable Liquids; Flame Safety and Electric Lamps.

30-2-603. Flammable liquids; flame safety and electric lamps.| (a) Naphtha or other flammable liquids in lamp houses shall be kept in approved containers or other safe dispensers approved by the inspector.  (b) Flame safety lamps shall be permissible and maintained in permissible condition. All flame safety lamps shall be checked by the persons using them and by a qualified lamp attendant, or by a mine examiner, immediately before entering the mine.  (c) When not in service, flame safety lamps and electric lamps shall be under the charge of a responsible company employee.
WY Stat § 30-2-604 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 2 - Mining Operations|Article 6 - Explosives and Flammables|Section 30-2-604 - Requirements as to Surface Magazines; Storage of Explosives; Explosion-Proof Illumination; Use of Nonmetallic Tools.

30-2-604. Requirements as to surface magazines; storage of explosives; explosion-proof illumination; use of nonmetallic tools.| (a) Separate surface magazines shall be provided for the storage of explosives and detonators.  (b) Surface magazines for storing and distributing high explosives shall be:  (i) Reasonably bulletproof and constructed of incombustible material or covered with fire-resistive material. The roofs of magazines so located that it is impossible to fire bullets directly through the roof from the ground, need not be bulletproof, but where it is possible to fire bullets directly through them, roofs shall be made bullet-resistant by material construction, or by a ceiling that forms a tray containing not less than a four (4) inch thickness of sand, or by other methods;  (ii) Provided with doors constructed of three-eighths (3/8) inch steel plate lined with a two (2) inch thickness of wood, or the equivalent;  (iii) Provided with floors made of wood or other nonsparking material and have no metal or gravel exposed inside the magazine;  (iv) Provided with suitable warning signs so located that a bullet passing directly through the face of a sign will not strike the magazine;  (v) Provided with properly screened ventilators. Equipped with no openings except for entrance and ventilation;  (vi) Kept locked securely when unattended.  (c) High explosives may also be stored in box-type distributing magazines which shall be constructed and used in accordance with rules established by the inspector.  (d) Main storage magazines shall be not less than one thousand (1,000) feet from any mine opening unless effectively barricaded.  (e) The supply kept in distributing magazines shall be limited to approximately one (1) day's requirements. Supplies of explosives and detonators may be distributed from the same magazine, if separated by at least a four (4) inch substantially fastened hardwood partition or the equivalent.  (f) The area surrounding magazines for not less than twenty-five (25) feet in all directions shall be kept free of rubbish, dry grass, or other materials of a combustible nature.  (g) If the explosives magazine is illuminated electrically, the lamps shall be of explosion-proof type, installed and wired so as to prevent minimum fire and contact hazards.  (h) Only nonmetallic tools shall be used for opening containers. Extraneous materials shall not be stored in an explosives or detonator magazine.  (j) Smoking, carrying smoker's articles, or open flame shall be prohibited in or near any magazine.  (k) Blasting agents shall be used and stored in accordance with rules established by the inspector.  (m) Contents stored in magazines pursuant to this section shall be inventoried once a month or after each use.
WY Stat § 30-2-605 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 2 - Mining Operations|Article 6 - Explosives and Flammables|Section 30-2-605 - Requirements as to Underground Magazines; Use of Nonmetallic Tools.

30-2-605. Requirements as to underground magazines; use of nonmetallic tools.| (a) Underground magazines shall be of substantial construction and placed in a crosscut or idle room neck at least twenty-five (25) feet from roadways or trolley wires and in a reasonably dry and well-rock-dusted place. The explosives and detonators shall be kept in separate boxes or magazines, but may be kept in the same box if separated by at least a four (4) inch substantially fastened hardwood partition or the equivalent. Not more than a forty-eight (48) hour supply of explosives, including any surplus remaining from the previous day, shall be stored underground in boxes or magazines. The inspector may approve variances in writing to the forty-eight (48) hour supply limit if the safety of miners is not adversely affected.  (b) Explosives and detonators kept near the working faces shall be stored in separate, closed containers of substantial, nonconductive material located not less than fifteen (15) feet from rail or power lines, except if kept in a niche in the rib, the distance shall be at least five (5) feet, and in a location out of line of blast where they will not likely be subjected to shock.  (c) Explosives and detonators shall be kept in their containers until removed for use at the working faces.  (d) Only nonmetallic tools shall be used for opening explosives containers underground.  (e) Underground explosives magazines and storage boxes shall be kept securely locked when unattended.  (f) Underground explosives magazines and storage boxes shall be provided with signs indicating their contents.  (g) Contents stored in magazines and storage boxes pursuant to this section shall be inventoried at least once a month and after each use.
WY Stat § 30-2-606 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 2 - Mining Operations|Article 6 - Explosives and Flammables|Section 30-2-606 - Requirements as to Explosives Carried Underground.

30-2-606. Requirements as to explosives carried underground.| (a) Permissible explosives or detonators carried underground shall be in individual containers constructed of substantial nonconductive material, maintained in good condition and kept closed.  (b) When explosives or detonators are transported underground by locomotive, rope, or shuttle car, they shall be in special covered cars or in special containers.  (c) The bodies and covers of special cars and the containers shall be constructed of nonconductive material.  (d) If the explosives and detonators are hauled in the same explosives car or in the same special container, they shall be separated by at least a four (4) inch substantially fastened hardwood partition or the equivalent.  (e) Explosives and detonators shall not be carried on the same man-trip with workmen.  (f) Where quantities of explosives and detonators are transported in special cars or in special containers in cars, they shall be hauled on a special trip, and shall not be hauled into or out of a mine within five (5) minutes preceding or following a man-trip or any other trip.  (g) Explosives or detonators shall not be transported on flight or shaking conveyors, scrapers, mechanical loading machines, locomotives, cutting machines or drill trucks.
WY Stat § 30-3-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-101 - Applicability of w.s. 30-3-101 Through 30-3-509.

30-3-101. Applicability of W.S. 30-3-101 through 30-3-509.| (a) W.S. 30-3-101 through 30-3-509 apply to all mines and mining operations except where:  (i) A statute refers to a specific type of mine or mining operation; or  (ii) By the nature of the mine or mining operation, a statute can have no application.
WY Stat § 30-3-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-102 - Reasonable Safety Regulations and Precautions; Enumeration of General Safety Rules; Hazards to Be Posted; Care of Tools.

30-3-102. Reasonable safety regulations and precautions; enumeration of general safety rules; hazards to be posted; care of tools.| (a) Reasonable safety regulations and precautions shall be observed in all phases of all mining activities to provide a safe place for persons to work and to avoid injury and accident.  (b) No apparatus, piece of equipment, machinery or tool shall be used when not in good repair or working condition or for any purpose for which it is not intended or suited.  (c) No work shall be permitted in any unsafe place unless it is for the purpose of making the place safe, and then only by experienced persons under the supervision of a qualified person.  (d) Special precautions shall be observed in operations where gas has been found to exist in dangerous quantity.  (e) Appropriate signs shall be posted where dangerous or temporary hazards exist.  (f) Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around all mining activities, including cleanliness, orderly and safe storage of materials, and the removal of possible sources of injury such as stumbling hazards, protruding nails, broken glass, discarded equipment, supplies, containers, parts and other similar objects or materials.  (g) Tools, except when in actual use, shall be kept in racks, boxes, kits, or where they will create no hazard.
WY Stat § 30-3-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-103 - Protective Gear and Clothing to Be Worn; Clothing and Devices to Meet Safety Standards.

30-3-103. Protective gear and clothing to be worn; clothing and devices to meet safety standards.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (e) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (f) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (g) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (h) All persons shall wear clothing and use protective devices required to meet recognized approved safety standards as specified by rule of the inspector. The rules shall include requirements for type and fit of clothing, footwear, eye protection and respiratory protection.
WY Stat § 30-3-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-104 - Working Alone Prohibited; Exception.

30-3-104. Working alone prohibited; exception.| No person shall be required to work alone in any hazardous place where his life might be endangered, unless he can communicate with others, can be heard or can be seen.
WY Stat § 30-3-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-105 - Bulletin Boards to Be Maintained for Posting Rules and Regulations.

30-3-105. Bulletin boards to be maintained for posting rules and regulations.| Bulletin boards shall be maintained at central locations in all mining operations and notices pertaining to safety rules and regulations and operations shall be posted on them. It shall be the responsibility of each employee to take notice, and be advised.
WY Stat § 30-3-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-106 - Permissible Methane Detector Required; Permissible Methods of Testing for Methane; Examination of Underground Mine by Mine Examiners; Procedure; Written Record.

30-3-106. Permissible methane detector required; permissible methods of testing for methane; examination of underground mine by mine examiners; procedure; written record.| (a) At least two (2) permissible methane detectors in proper working condition shall be kept available at each mine for the use of authorized persons. Only permissible flame safety lamps, permissible methane detectors, or air sampling and analysis shall be used for determining the presence of methane in mine air. The number, type and other specifications for flame safety lamps, methane detectors and other air detectors required under specific circumstances shall be established by rule of the inspector.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (c) Mine examiners shall examine all underground mines before other persons are permitted to enter. Specific areas of underground mines shall be subject to examination in accordance with rules of the inspector. The number, timing, schedule, place and conduct of all examinations shall be set by the rules. The rules shall require written verification of all required examinations.  (d) The mine examiner shall:  (i) Visit every live working place in the mine;  (ii) Test for methane;  (iii) Examine line brattices and fan tubing;  (iv) Test and inspect the roof, face and rib conditions in all places examined, including active roadways, travelways, approaches to abandoned workings and accessible falls in active sections for explosive gas and other hazards;  (v) Ascertain that air is traveling in its regular course and in the required volume in each split;  (vi) Place his initials and the date at or near the face of each place examined.  (e) Where dangerous conditions are found by the mine examiner or other official, the place shall be [posted] dangered off with an approved danger sign. Only an authorized person shall cross the sign and then only for the purpose of correcting the dangerous condition.  (f) Upon completion of his examination, the mine examiner shall report to the mine foreman or a designated certified official before other persons enter the mine.  (g) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (h) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (j) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (k) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (m) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (n) A certified mine foreman immediately directing the activities of the area subject to the report shall read and countersign the record book of the mine examiner daily. Any dangerous conditions disclosed in the reports shall be corrected promptly.  (o) All records of daily and weekly reports shall be open for inspection by interested persons.
WY Stat § 30-3-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-107 - Inspections for Safety Hazards.

30-3-107. Inspections for safety hazards.| The operator of each mine, or some competent person designated by the operator, shall make inspections for safety hazards at least once, or oftener if necessary for safety, during each working shift, of all those parts of the operations which are traveled or being worked.
WY Stat § 30-3-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-108 - Requirements as to Buildings Generally; Fire Resistant Structures Required.

30-3-108. Requirements as to buildings generally; fire resistant structures required.| (a) Buildings shall be constructed and located in a manner consistent with recognized good mining practice.  (b) The inspector shall establish by rule requirements for fire resistant structures for areas in proximity to underground mine openings.
WY Stat § 30-3-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-109 - Check-in and Check-Out System.

30-3-109. Check-in and check-out system.| Each mine shall have a check-in and check-out system that will identify every individual underground. An accurate record of persons in the mine consisting of a written record or a check board shall be kept on the surface in a place that will not be affected in the event of an explosion. The record shall bear a number identical to the identification check carried by the person underground.
WY Stat § 30-3-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-110 - Pits and Quarries.

30-3-110. Pits and quarries.| (a) Reasonable precautions shall be taken to insure the safety of all persons working in and about open excavations, pits and quarries.  (b) Overhanging banks shall not be permitted in any excavation, pit or quarry. Sides and banks shall be sloped to an angle, in view of the nature and material and the depth of the excavation, that will minimize the danger of materials sliding or falling.
WY Stat § 30-3-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-111 - Stairways and Platforms.

30-3-111. Stairways and platforms.| (a) Stairways, elevated platforms and runways shall be equipped with handrails.  (b) Elevated platforms and stairways shall be provided with toeboards where necessary, kept clear of refuse and maintained in good repair.
WY Stat § 30-3-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-112 - Roofs of Mines; Minimum Standards; Supports; Inspection.

30-3-112. Roofs of mines; minimum standards; supports; inspection.| (a) Minimum standards for systematic roof control suitable to the roof conditions and mining system of each mine shall be adopted and complied with. A copy of any roof control plan approved by federal authorities shall be submitted to the inspector within thirty (30) days of its approval. Additional supports shall be installed where necessary to afford adequate protection. The inspector shall establish by rule requirements for roof bolting, other supports required to protect persons from falling or loose material, training requirements for persons involved with roof, rib and face testing and extraction of permanent and temporary timber.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (d) Every shaft, incline, winze, adit, tunnel level or drift, and every working place in an underground mine shall be properly protected and sufficiently timbered or supported where necessary to protect persons from injury from falls of roof, ribs or face. Loose top and overhanging or loose faces and ribs shall be timbered adequately or taken down.  (e) Timbers removed or knocked out deliberately or inadvertently shall be replaced promptly unless unnecessary for adequate roof support or protection.  (f) The mine foreman and mine inspectors shall ascertain if employees understand roof, rib and face testing. Uninformed and new employees shall be instructed properly in correct methods of testing.  (g) Face workers and other employees exposed to hazards from falls of rock and coal shall, unless this testing is specifically and satisfactorily performed by others, examine and test the roof, ribs and face before starting work or before starting a machine and frequently thereafter. When dangerous conditions are found, they shall be corrected immediately by taking down loose materials or by proper and adequate support before any other work is done.  (h) At least once each day, the mine foreman shall examine roof, ribs, and face of working places and passageways, where men work or travel, for dangerous conditions. Where found, such dangerous conditions shall be corrected promptly.  (j) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (k) Permanent timber extraction shall be done only by mechanical means. Persons engaged in this work shall not be permitted to work alone. Persons assigned to this work shall have not less than the practical mining experience under comparable conditions as required by rule of the inspector.
WY Stat § 30-3-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-113 - Rock Dusting in Coal Mines.

30-3-113. Rock dusting in coal mines.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (d) The inspector shall establish by rule for underground coal mines, areas in which rock dusting is required, required levels of incombustible content and other content and size requirements for rock dusting. The inspector or his deputies may require that sufficient samples of the mine dusts are taken in order to enforce this section.
WY Stat § 30-3-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-114 - Construction, Installation and Maintenance of Track.

30-3-114. Construction, installation and maintenance of track.| (a) The roadbed, rails, joints, switches, frogs and other elements of the track of all haulage roads shall be constructed, installed and maintained in a manner consistent with speed and type of haulage operations being conducted to insure safe operation.  (b) Track switches, except room and entry development switches, shall be provided with properly installed throws, bridle bars and guardrails; switch throws and stands, where possible, shall be placed on the clearance side.
WY Stat § 30-3-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-115 - Haulage Roads; Clearance Space; Shelter Holes.

30-3-115. Haulage roads; clearance space; shelter holes.| (a) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (e) Ample clearance shall be provided at all points where supplies are loaded or unloaded along haulage roads or conveyors. The inspector shall establish by rule required clearances for haulage roads and conveyors. The rules shall include clearances required, requirements for suitable crossover or crossunder bridges and proper guards for travelways.  (f) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (g) Shelter holes shall be provided along haulage entries and slopes where locomotive, rope or shuttle-car haulage is used. The inspector shall establish by rule the spacing, sizing and placement of shelter holes which may vary for different locations in the mine.  (h) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (j) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (k) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.  (m) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.
WY Stat § 30-3-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 30 - Mines and Minerals|Chapter 3 - Mining Safety|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 30-3-116 - Abandoned Workings; Posting at Entrances; Sealing or Ventilation.

30-3-116. Abandoned workings; posting at entrances; sealing or ventilation.| (a) The entrances to abandoned workings shall be posted to warn unauthorized persons against entering the territory.  (b) Abandoned workings shall be sealed or ventilated in accordance with rules adopted by the inspector.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 31, § 2.