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MO Rev Stat § 293.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.300 - Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.300. Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine. — No person, partnership or corporation, nor any agent of any such person, partnership or corporation engaged in mining as defined in section 293.270, shall permit any blasting powder or other high explosive to be prepared for firing or blasting in any magazine in which such blasting powder or other high explosive shall be stored. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 33)
MO Rev Stat § 293.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.310 - Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.310. Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty. — Any person, partnership or corporation, or the agent of any such person, partnership or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 293.270 to 293.300, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 34)
MO Rev Stat § 293.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.320 - Bore holes required, when, where.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.320. Bore holes required, when, where. — The owner, agent or operator of any coal mine shall provide that bore holes shall be kept twenty feet in advance of the face of each and every working place, and, if necessary, on both sides, when driving toward an abandoned mine and part of a mine suspected to contain inflammable gases or to be inundated with water. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 35)
MO Rev Stat § 293.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.330 - Signaling and hoisting devices in shaft, safety requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.330. Signaling and hoisting devices in shaft, safety requirements. — The owner, agent or operator of every coal mine operated by shaft shall provide suitable means of signaling between the bottom and the top thereof, and shall also provide safe means of hoisting and lowering persons in a cage covered with boiler iron, so as to keep safe, as far as possible, persons descending into and ascending out of said shaft; and such cage shall be furnished with guides to conduct it on slides through such shaft, with a sufficient brake on every drum to prevent accident in case of the giving out or breaking of machinery; and such cage shall be furnished with spring catches, intended and provided, as far as possible, to prevent the consequences of cable breaking or the loosening or disconnecting of the machinery; and no props or rails shall be lowered in a cage while men are descending into or ascending out of said mine. The provisions of this section in relation to covering cages with boiler iron shall not apply to coal mines less than one hundred feet in depth. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 36)
MO Rev Stat § 293.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.340 - Coal mines with twenty-five miners, signalmen required — hoisting cages furnished, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.340. Coal mines with twenty-five miners, signalmen required — hoisting cages furnished, when — penalty. — 1. The owner, agent or operator of all coal mines employing twenty-five or more men, shall cause a competent person to be stationed at the top of the shaft, and a competent person to be stationed at the bottom of the shaft, whose duties shall be to answer all signals for the lowering or hoisting of men in the shaft, and to keep watch over, and control of, such signals while men are being lowered or hoisted in the shaft; the persons so appointed to look after said signals shall be at their posts of duty at least thirty minutes before the hoisting of coal has commenced in the morning, and shall remain after the hoisting of coal has ceased in the evening at least thirty minutes. Whenever eight persons shall present themselves at the bottom of the shaft and after having finished their day's work, or otherwise having been prevented from working, an empty cage shall be furnished the same on which to ascend.  2. Any owner, agent or operator of coal mines in this state, who shall knowingly violate any provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 37)
MO Rev Stat § 293.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.350 - Hoisting equipment, operating requirements (coal mines).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.350. Hoisting equipment, operating requirements (coal mines). — No owner, agent or operator of any coal mine operated by shaft or slope shall place in charge of any engine whereby men are lowered into or hoisted out of the mines any but an experienced, competent and sober person not under eighteen years of age; nor shall such engineer be permitted to operate the hoisting machinery unless he be located in such close proximity to the engine and drum as will enable him to continuously have supervision and control of both engine and drum and no person shall be permitted to ride upon a loaded cage or wagon used for hoisting purposes in any shaft or slope, and in no case shall more than twelve persons ride on any cage or car at any one time nor shall any coal be hoisted out of any mine while persons are descending into such mine, and the number of persons to ascend out of or descend into any mine on one cage shall be determined by the director; the maximum number so fixed shall not be less than four nor more than twelve, nor shall be lowered or hoisted more rapidly than five hundred feet to the minute. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 38)
MO Rev Stat § 293.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.360 - Inspection of hoisting equipment, records — penalty (coal mines).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.360. Inspection of hoisting equipment, records — penalty (coal mines). — 1. Every owner or operator, or the agent of such owner or operator of any coal mine in this state, who shall employ twenty-five or more miners or mine laborers, where any mechanical device is or shall be used for the lowering or hoisting of men into or out of such mine, shall have some experienced practical person to inspect all ropes, cages, safety catches, shive wheels and drum brakes at least twice in each week while such mine shall be in operation. And every such owner or operator, or the agent of such owner or operator of such mine, is hereby required to furnish a book of suitable kind in which the results of each inspection are hereby required to be entered and recorded by the person making such inspection as soon and as often as the same shall be made, always reciting in such book also the day and date of such inspection; and such book shall be kept at such mine, and shall, on all working days, be open for the information of all employees of such mine.  2. Every owner or operator, or the agent of such owner or operator of any coal mine in this state of the kind mentioned in subsection 1, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of said subsection, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each and every separate offense. And every failure to have made such inspection and to have entered and recorded the results of such inspection as provided in subsection 1 on any day when the same should have been done, shall constitute a separate offense. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 39, 41)
MO Rev Stat § 293.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.370 - State inspector to post statement of mine condition and hoisting rules (coal mines).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.370. State inspector to post statement of mine condition and hoisting rules (coal mines). — The director of the division of mine inspection shall post up in some conspicuous place at the top of each coal mine visited and inspected by him, a plain statement of the conditions of such mine, showing what in his judgment is necessary for the better protection of the lives and health of the persons employed in such mine; such statement shall give the date of inspection and be signed by the said director, and he shall also record a copy of said notice in the book required to be kept at such mine by section 293.360. He shall also post a notice at the landing used by the men, stating what number of men may be permitted to ride on the cage, car or cars, at one time, while being lowered into or hoisted out of said mine, and what rate of speed men may be hoisted or lowered on the cage, car or cars as provided for in this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 40)
MO Rev Stat § 293.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.380 - Coal mine operated, how — abandoned workrooms sealed, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.380. Coal mine operated, how — abandoned workrooms sealed, penalty. — 1. The owner, agent or operator of any coal mine in this state, employing five or more persons, if said mine is worked on the room and pillar plan, shall cause the work in such mine to be prosecuted in the following manner, and none other, to wit: Two entries must be driven parallel for the ingress and egress of the air, and crosscuts must be made at intervals not to exceed fifty feet apart, and no rooms, entries or other openings shall be allowed to start inside of the last crosscut until the next one be made; and further, that it shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or agent for any person, persons, corporation or company to permit the mouth or mouths of worked-out or abandoned rooms or entries in any coal mine to remain open for a period exceeding one month from the date of abandonment of any such room, rooms, entry or entries.  2. All such abandoned work as designated must be securely sealed in such manner as will effectually prevent the escape of all gases or other impurities calculated to vitiate the ventilative current of a mine; provided, that the sealing of rooms and entries herein provided for shall only be required in such mines and places therein as the director of the division of mine inspection shall in his discretion deem necessary for insuring the health and safety of workmen therein.  3. Any owner, agent or operator in charge of any coal mine worked on the room and pillar plan failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment and every day that the mine is operated contrary to the provisions of this section, after the owner, agent or operator in charge thereof shall have been convicted for a first offense under this section, shall be and constitute a separate and distinct subsequent offense, and shall be punished as such. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 42, 43)
MO Rev Stat § 293.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.390 - Standards for roof control — supply of materials required (coal mines).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.390. Standards for roof control — supply of materials required (coal mines). — 1. The operator of every coal mine shall compile or have compiled a set of minimum standards for systematic roof control suitable to the roof conditions and mining system of his mine. After written approval by the director, the minimum standards shall be placed in effect and complied with by employees and officials, and additional supports shall be installed wherever it is necessary to afford adequate protection.  2. At all coal mines, the operator shall provide an ample supply of timber and cap pieces or wedge of proper size, roof-bolting materials, or other proper devices with which to secure all places in a safe manner. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 44)
MO Rev Stat § 293.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.400 - Coal dust controls.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.400. Coal dust controls. — 1. The operator of a coal mine shall not permit excessive accumulation of coal dust in any part of the mine. Where mining operations raise an excessive amount of dust, water or water with a wetting agent added to it or other effective methods shall be used to allay such dust at its source.  2. All coal mines, except those mines or those locations in a mine in which dust is too wet or too high in incombustible content to propagate an explosion, shall be rock-dusted to within forty feet of all active working faces and all open crosscuts within the forty-foot zone shall be rock-dusted. If the dust in a mine or any part of it is wet but becomes dry, the mine or any portion of the mine so affected shall be rock-dusted as soon as it becomes dry.  3. Where rock dust is applied it shall be distributed upon the top, floor and sides of all open places and maintained in such quantity that the incombustible content of the mine dust will not be less than sixty-five percent. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 45)
MO Rev Stat § 293.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.410 - Welding and cutting operations, ventilation, rock-dusting.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.410. Welding and cutting operations, ventilation, rock-dusting. — In coal mines welding and cutting with electricity or flame shall be restricted to places where trolley locomotives are permitted to operate. Where it is necessary to do welding and cutting in face regions, perceptible ventilation is required, and such work shall be under the direct supervision of a mine official, who shall test for explosive gas before starting operations and frequently thereafter. In all welding and cutting operations, precautions shall be taken against starting a fire, and the area shall be rock-dusted. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 46)
MO Rev Stat § 293.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.420 - Weighing regulations where coal miners paid by weight.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.420. Weighing regulations where coal miners paid by weight. — 1. In all coal mines, the miners shall be paid by weight, and the operator of every coal mine shall provide and hereafter maintain suitable and accurate scales, which scales shall be examined, tested, and kept in thorough repair by a competent person employed by the operator, at least once in every six months; a correct record shall be kept of all coal so weighed, which record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of miners employed at the mine. The operator shall keep at the mine weighhouse such standard United States test weights as may be prescribed by the director, for use in testing such scales; except that this section shall not apply to any operator who does not employ more than three men at any one time. The word "miners" as used in this section shall not be construed to include those persons who mine coal mechanically and who are paid a day rate for their services, in accordance with the terms and provisions of any collective bargaining agreement between the operator and such employees.  2. The operator of every such coal mine shall not, before weighing the coal, pass the coal over any screen or other device which shall take any part from the value thereof, or otherwise remove any of the coal; and shall duly credit the just and merchantable weight thereof to the employee sending the coal to the surface.  3. The person authorized to take such weight and keep such record shall, before entering upon his duties, satisfy the mine inspector that he understands the operations and adjustment of mine scales; and shall, before entering upon his duties take and subscribe before a person authorized to administer oaths, an affidavit that he has not, and will not have while so employed any financial interest, direct or indirect, in such mine and that he will accurately weigh and carefully keep a record of all coal so weighed. The affidavit shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county, and a copy thereof kept conspicuously at the place of weighing.  4. Miners employed in any coal mine have the power, if they desire, of employing at their own expense, a check-weighmaster, who shall have the right to be present and observe the weighing of coal by the weighmaster, to examine and test the scales, to inspect the records made by the weighmaster; and to be subject to the same qualifications, oath and penalties as the weighmaster. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 47)
MO Rev Stat § 293.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.430 - State inspectors to check scales — refusal to allow test and fraudulent weighing, penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.430. State inspectors to check scales — refusal to allow test and fraudulent weighing, penalties. — 1. The division of mine inspection is the inspector of weights and measures at all coal mines in this state, and all inspectors thereof are authorized, empowered and directed to conduct frequent inspections of all scales, measuring instruments, cars, and containers, and to determine their condition, accuracy, correct branding, weight, use and operation, to assure the proper use thereof and the competency of any person authorized to use them.  2. If the owner, agent or operator of any coal mine in this state shall refuse to allow such inspector to properly test the scales used at such mine or mines, or shall fail or refuse to put such scales in proper adjustment and condition, so that the same shall correctly weigh the coal mined after being notified by said inspector so to do, such owner, agent or operator shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be confined in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorneys in the respective counties to prosecute any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section the same as in other misdemeanor cases.  3. Any owner, agent, operator, person, or persons having or using any scales or scale for the purpose of weighing the product of the coal miners' labor, who so arranges or constructs said scale or scales, or by any contrivance therewith connected causes the fraudulent weighing of such coal or said product, or who shall knowingly resort to, permit or employ any person or means whatsoever, by reason of which said product of the mine is not correctly weighed and reported in accordance with the true weight and the provisions of section 293.420 and this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction for each and every offense, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; proceedings to be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 47)
MO Rev Stat § 293.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.440 - Weighing laws apply to "loaders", when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.440. Weighing laws apply to "loaders", when. — The manner of weighing, as herein provided for, shall apply to the class of workers in mines known as "loaders", engaged in mines wherein the mining is done by machinery, whenever the workmen are under contract to load coal by the bushel, ton, or any quantity the settlement of which is had by weight. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 48)
MO Rev Stat § 293.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations|Section 293.450 - Coal miners to be brought to surface for lunch period of hour, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories   293.450. Coal miners to be brought to surface for lunch period of hour, penalty. — 1. On and after the passage and taking effect of this section all owners, lessees and operators of any coal mine in this state, the work of which is located below the surface of the ground, entrance to which is had by any shaft, cut or tunnel, shall allow the laborers and miners in the several mines to come to the surface of the ground for the purpose of eating their noonday meal or any other meal for which, under the rules of any mine a time is set apart; and that at least one hour shall be allowed any miner or laborer for that purpose, and for rest after he reaches the surface of the ground, and before reentering into any mine where he may be engaged as laborer or miner. Also, that the owner, lessee or operator of any coal mine in this state is hereby required to run his cage or hoisting apparatus to the surface of the ground for the purpose of carrying any such miner or laborer, who may be going to or returning from any such aforementioned meal and rest, free of cost to any such miner or laborer.  2. Any owner, lessee or operator of any coal mine in this state who shall fail or refuse to carry out any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars; and each failure or refusal shall constitute a separate offense. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 49, 50)