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MT Code § 50-73-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 3. Duties of Operator and Employees in Mine Operation|50-73-305. Specific prohibitions and safety precautions

  50-73-305. Specific prohibitions and safety precautions. (1) A person may not enter a mine that is generating firedamp in great enough quantities to be detected by a safety lamp until the mine examiners make a report to the department.   (2) A person, unless accompanied by the mine examiner, may not go beyond a danger signal until all standing gas discovered has been removed or diluted and rendered harmless by a current of air. A person ordered to withdraw by the mine supervisor or mine examiner from the mine on account of the interruption of the ventilation may not reenter the mine until given permission to do so by the mine supervisor.   (3) A person other than the mine examiner may not remove any caution board or danger signal placed at the entrance to any working place or at the entrance to any old workings in a mine.   (4) A person may not erase or change a mark of reference or monument made in connection with a measurement, change marks or dates on any caution board, erase or change the dates at room or entry face when made by the mine examiner, take for the person's use a life check not issued to the person under rules adopted by the department, change the checks on cars, wrongfully check a car, or do any act with intent to defraud.   (5) A person may not take anything containing fire into an underground mine, except as provided for in rules adopted by the department.   (6) A person may not place refuse in or obstruct an airway or breakthrough used as an airway. A worker or other person may not damage or alter a water gauge, barometer, aircourse, brattice equipment, machinery, or livestock, obstruct or throw open any airway, handle or disturb any part of the machinery of the hoisting engine of a mine, open a door of a mine and neglect to close it, endanger the miners or those working in the mine, disobey an order given in pursuance of law, or do a willful act endangering the lives or health of persons working there or the security of a mine or machinery.   History: En. 50-476 by Sec. 19, Ch. 267, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 39, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-476; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1879, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 3. Duties of Operator and Employees in Mine Operation|50-73-306. Operator to give notice of happening of certain occurrences

  50-73-306. Operator to give notice of happening of certain occurrences. Immediate notice must be conveyed to the department by the operator interested:   (1) when an accident occurs whereby a person receives serious or fatal injury;   (2) when work is commenced to sink a shaft, slope, or drift either for hoisting or escape purposes;   (3) when there is intent to abandon a mine or to reopen an abandoned mine;   (4) upon the appearance of a large body of firedamp in a mine, whether accompanied by explosion or not, and upon the occurrence of a serious fire within the mine or on the surface around the mine;   (5) when the workings of a mine are approaching near an abandoned mine believed to contain accumulation of water or gas; or   (6) upon the accidental closing or intended abandonment of a regularly established passageway to an escape outlet.   History: En. 50-477 by Sec. 20, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-477(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 3. Duties of Operator and Employees in Mine Operation|50-73-307. Operator to make and preserve record of all injuries

  50-73-307. Operator to make and preserve record of all injuries. An operator of a coal mine or the operator's agent shall make and preserve for the information of the department, upon uniform blanks furnished by the department, a record of all injuries sustained by any employees on the premises.   History: En. 50-478 by Sec. 21, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-478(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1880, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 3. Duties of Operator and Employees in Mine Operation|50-73-308. Operator to notify miners' organization of mine fatality

  50-73-308. Operator to notify miners' organization of mine fatality. The operator shall, upon being notified of a fatality in a coal mine, relay that information promptly to the district office of the miners' organization.   History: En. 50-478 by Sec. 21, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-478(part).
MT Code § 50-73-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-401. Coal mine inspector

  50-73-401. Coal mine inspector. (1) The department shall employ an adequate number of qualified coal mine inspectors for the enforcement of this chapter and shall prescribe their duties.   (2) A person is not eligible to be a state coal mine inspector unless the person is a citizen of the United States, is a resident of this state, and has been actually employed in coal mining for 5 years before the appointment.   (3) A state coal mine inspector may not act as the agent for a corporation, superintendent, or manager of a mine and may not be in the employ of mining companies or interested in any way in coal mining operations, either as owner, lessee, or otherwise.   History: (1)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 120, L. 1911; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3448, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3448, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 267, L. 1974; Sec. 50-402, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 3, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3449, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3449, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 267, L. 1974; Sec. 50-403, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 6, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3451, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3451, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 267, L. 1974; Sec. 50-405, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 50-402, 50-403, 50-405; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 639, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1881, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-402. Department authorized to enter and inspect coal mines

  50-73-402. Department authorized to enter and inspect coal mines. (1) The department may enter, inspect, and examine any coal mine or any shaft, drift, or slope in the process of sinking for the purpose of mining coal in this state and the workings and the machinery belonging to the coal mine at all reasonable times either by day or night. The department's entry, inspection, or examination under this subsection may not impede or obstruct the workings of the mine.   (2) The department may at any time perform inspections and investigations that the department considers necessary in surface and underground mines subject to this chapter:   (a) to obtain, use, and disseminate information relating to health and safety conditions in the mines, the causes of accidents involving bodily injury or loss of life, or the causes of occupational diseases originating in the mine; and   (b) to determine compliance with a health and safety standard or order issued under this chapter.   (3) The department may enter, upon or through, any mine subject to this chapter to conduct an inspection or investigation.   (4) The department shall prepare a written report for every inspection or investigation conducted under 50-73-406 and this section, noting the time and the material circumstances of the inspection or investigation.   History: (1)En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; Sec. 50-404, R.C.M. 1947; (2), (3)En. 50-480, 50-480.1 by Secs. 23, 24, Ch. 267, L. 1974; Secs. 50-480, 50-480.1, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(1), 50-480, 50-480.1; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 27, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-403. Department to give notice of inspection to be made on complaint

  50-73-403. Department to give notice of inspection to be made on complaint. If the department has in its possession any complaint to the effect that this chapter is being violated, it shall notify the employer and the employees that it is about to make an inspection.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-404. Right of employees' representative and mine owner to accompany department during inspection

  50-73-404. Right of employees' representative and mine owner to accompany department during inspection. The employees' representative has the right to accompany the department in making an official mine inspection. The owner or operator has the right to personally accompany the department while inspecting the owner's or operator's property or to designate someone to accompany the department.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1882, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-405. Mine owner to furnish means necessary for inspection

  50-73-405. Mine owner to furnish means necessary for inspection. The owner, lessee, operator, superintendent, or mining boss of the mine is required to furnish the means necessary for the entry, inspection, examination, inquiry, and exit.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part).
MT Code § 50-73-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-406. Minimum inspection intervals

  50-73-406. Minimum inspection intervals. The department shall carefully examine all the coal mines in operation in this state at least semiannually and more often if necessary to see that every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of all workers that may be working in the coal mine.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 27, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 60, L. 2013.
MT Code § 50-73-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-407. Department to give notice of violations and penalties therefor

  50-73-407. Department to give notice of violations and penalties therefor. The department shall immediately notify the owner, lessee, superintendent, or mining boss of the discovery of any violation of the mining laws of this state and the penalty thereby imposed for those violations.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-408 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-408. Procedure when notice of violations disregarded

  50-73-408. Procedure when notice of violations disregarded. (1) If the notice provided for in 50-73-407 is disregarded, the department may stop immediately the working and operation of any mine or any part thereof where any dangerous or unlawful conditions are found.   (2) However, where conditions justify the department in so doing, it may grant a reasonable length of time for making repairs or for putting the mine in proper condition, but the number of workers employed in the mine or in the section of the mine involved shall be limited to those necessary to correct the unsafe condition.   (3) Where any stops or cessation of work is enforced, the department may thereafter allow the mine or part of a mine to be reopened when the dangerous or unlawful conditions existing there are removed or remedied so that they no longer exist.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3450, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-404(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-409 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-409. Operator to post statement of conditions

  50-73-409. Operator to post statement of conditions. (1) The operator shall post the department's written inspection report at each mine visited and inspected by the department.   (2) The written inspection report, signed by the department inspector, must include the date of inspection and be posted in one or more conspicuous locations and remain posted until replaced by a subsequent inspection report. For the purposes of this subsection, a conspicuous location is one where the written inspection report:   (a) is likely to be seen by the mine workers; and   (b) is available to be read by any interested mine worker.   (3) The operator shall promptly provide a copy of the written inspection report to each exclusive representative of mine workers who are or may be affected by the conditions in the written inspection report.   (4) The operator shall also post a notice at the landing used by the workers stating what number of workers may be permitted to ride on the cage or car at one time.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3453, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3453, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 38, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 185, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-407; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 27, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-410 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-410. Department inspection upon advisement of accident, injury, or fatality

  50-73-410. Department inspection upon advisement of accident, injury, or fatality. (1) When advised by an operator of any accident in a coal mine involving loss of life or serious personal injury, the department shall, if it considers it necessary from the facts reported and in all cases of loss of life, immediately have an inspector go to the scene of the accident within 48 hours of notification.   (2) The department may also make any original or supplementary investigation that it considers necessary as to the nature and cause of an accident and shall make a record of the circumstances and of the result of the investigations for its files.   (3) The inspection team must include a department coal mine inspector, the employer or the employer's designee, and a representative of the employees.   History: En. 50-478 by Sec. 21, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-478(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1883, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-411. Miners' organization authorized to investigate fatal accident

  50-73-411. Miners' organization authorized to investigate fatal accident. The representative of the miners' organization or some person delegated by the representative may enter any coal mine for the purpose of investigating the causes of a fatal accident.   History: En. 50-478 by Sec. 21, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-478(part); amd. Sec. 1884, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-412. Debarment of persons from mine when death or serious injury likely

  50-73-412. Debarment of persons from mine when death or serious injury likely. If, upon an inspection of a mine, the department finds that the conditions or practices in the mine create a danger that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the danger can be eliminated, the department shall determine the extent of the area of the mine throughout which the danger exists and order the operator of the mine to have all persons withdrawn from and excluded from entering the area, except the persons whose presence in the area is necessary to eliminate the danger described in the order as follows:   (1) a person whose presence in the area is necessary in the judgment of the operator of the mine to eliminate the danger;   (2) a public official whose official duties require the official to enter the area;   (3) a legal or technical consultant or a representative of the employees of the mine who is a person qualified to make mine examinations or is accompanied by a qualified person and whose presence in the area is necessary, in the judgment of the operator of the mine, for the proper investigation of the conditions in the area.   History: En. 50-480.2 by Sec. 25, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-480.2; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1885, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-413. Procedure when noncompliance not likely to cause death or serious injury

  50-73-413. Procedure when noncompliance not likely to cause death or serious injury. If upon an inspection or investigation the department finds that there has been a failure to comply with a mandatory standard that is applicable to the mine, but that the failure to comply has not created a danger that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm in the mine immediately or before the threat of the danger can be eliminated, it shall determine what would be a reasonable period of time within which the violation should be totally abated and issue a notice fixing a reasonable time for the abatement of the violation. If, upon the expiration of the period of time as originally fixed or extended, the department finds that the violation has not been totally abated and if it also finds that the period of time should not be further extended, it shall also find the extent of the area that is affected by the violation. The department shall order the operator of the mine to have all persons in the area to be withdrawn from and excluded from entering the area, excepting the following persons whose presence in the area is necessary to abate the violation described in the order:   (1) a person whose presence in the area is necessary in the judgment of the operator of the mine to abate the violation;   (2) a public official whose official duties require the official to enter the area;   (3) a legal or technical consultant or a representative of the employees of the mine who is a person qualified to make examinations or is accompanied by a qualified person and whose presence in the area is necessary, in the judgment of the operator of the mine, for the proper investigation of the conditions in the area.   History: En. 50-480.3 by Sec. 26, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-480.3; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1886, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-73-414 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-414. Requirements as to findings, notices, and orders

  50-73-414. Requirements as to findings, notices, and orders. (1) Findings and orders issued under this chapter shall contain a detailed description of the conditions or practices which cause and constitute a situation of imminent danger or a violation of a mandatory standard and a description of the area of the mine throughout which persons must be withdrawn and excluded.   (2) Each finding made and notice or order issued by the department shall be given promptly to the operator of the mine to which it pertains, and all the findings, orders, and notices shall be in writing and shall be signed by the department inspector making them.   History: En. 50-484.4 by Sec. 27, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-480.4(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-415 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-415. Notice or order subject to amendment, cancellation, or revision

  50-73-415. Notice or order subject to amendment, cancellation, or revision. A notice or order issued by the department under this chapter may be amended, canceled, or revised by the department.   History: En. 50-484.4 by Sec. 27, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-480.4(part); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-73-416 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 73. Safety in Coal Mines|Part 4. Inspections, Investigations, and Compliance|50-73-416. Order subject to review

  50-73-416. Order subject to review. The order of the department shall remain in effect but shall immediately be subject to review as provided in this chapter.   History: En. 50-480.5 by Sec. 28, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-480.5; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.