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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-56 - Removal of Minor From Establishment.

Section 25-8-56
Removal of minor from establishment.
The department shall remove from any establishment any minor found employed or working, contrary to law, or who is afflicted with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, or whose physical condition is such that it makes it hazardous for the person to perform the work.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-57 - Discrimination Prohibited Against Persons Disclosing Information, Making Charges, Refusing to Obey Illegal Orders, Etc.

Section 25-8-57
Discrimination prohibited against persons disclosing information, making charges, refusing to obey illegal orders, etc.
(a) No person shall discriminate against any individual because the individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because the individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.
(b) No employer, agent of an employer, or any other person shall discharge or otherwise discipline, threaten, harass, blacklist, or in any other manner discriminate against an applicant, employee, former employee, or any other person because that individual disclosed any information not prohibited from disclosure by statute, refused to obey an illegal order, or in any other manner not prohibited by statute challenged or revealed any violation of this chapter.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-58 - Person Selling Article to Minor for Resale on Streets or Public Place Required to Ascertain Whether Minor Has Permit.

Section 25-8-58
Person selling article to minor for resale on streets or public place required to ascertain whether minor has permit.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-60 - Minors Employed as Actors or Performers.

Section 25-8-60
Minors employed as actors or performers.
(a) Persons under 18 years of age may be employed and appear for the purpose of singing, acting, or performing in any production approved and coordinated by the Alabama Film Office in conjunction with and under the jurisdiction and supervision of the department. Time and hour restrictions, for persons under 18 years of age employed in a production, shall be established by the department. For the purposes of this section, a production includes, but is not limited to, motion pictures, documentaries, and reality television films.
(b) A person under 18 years of age may be employed as provided in this section only under the following conditions and with the written consent of the Alabama Film Office, the department, and the parent, legal guardian, or responsible adult of the person:
(1) The activities enumerated shall not be detrimental to the life, health, safety, welfare, or morals of the person.
(2) The activities enumerated shall not interfere with the schooling of the person and provisions shall be made for education equivalent to full-time school attendance in the public schools for persons under 16 years of age.
(3) A parent, guardian, or a responsible adult so designated by the parent or guardian, shall accompany each person under 16 years of age at all rehearsals, appearances, and performances.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §29; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-61 - Minors Employed as Models.

Section 25-8-61
Minors employed as models.
(a) Time and hour restrictions shall be under the authority of the department for persons under 18 years of age who are employed as models. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person under 16 years of age shall work any hours that interfere with his or her school performance.
(b) Any person, firm, agency, or corporation that employs, permits, or suffers any person under 18 years of age to be used in any type of modeling shall have written consent from the parent or guardian of the person, and shall notify the Child Labor Division on a form authorized by the department, and shall comply with all of the following conditions:
(1) The parent of the person shall not let the modeling interfere with that person's school performance.
(2) The activities enumerated shall not be detrimental to the life, health, safety, welfare, or morals of the person.
(3) A parent, guardian, or a responsible adult so designated by the parent or guardian shall accompany each person under 16 years of age to all sessions.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §30; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-1 - Short Title; Purpose of Chapter.

Section 25-9-1
Short title; purpose of chapter.
This chapter shall be known as the "Alabama Coal Mine Safety Law of 1975." The purpose of this chapter is to provide reasonable laws to promote the safety and health of those engaged in the mining of coal and for the protection and preservation of property.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-3 - Appointment of Mine Inspectors and Other Employees.

Section 25-9-3
Appointment of mine inspectors and other employees.
There shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor a sufficient number of mine inspectors and other employees, including at least one qualified mining engineer.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-4 - Certain Persons Not to Have Interest in Alabama Coal Mines.

Section 25-9-4
Certain persons not to have interest in Alabama coal mines.
No person shall be appointed mine inspector, head mine inspector, or Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection who, or the spouse of whom, has any pecuniary interest in any coal mine in Alabama.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-5 - Qualifications and Residence of Chief of Division.

Section 25-9-5
Qualifications and residence of chief of division.
(a) The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection shall:
(1) Be a qualified elector;
(2) Have had 12 or more years' experience in the working, ventilating and drainage of coal mines in this state or eight years of such experience plus four years' experience as a state or federal coal mine inspector;
(3) Have a practical scientific knowledge of all noxious and dangerous gases found in such mines;
(4) Have a mine foreman certificate of competency of the State of Alabama; and
(5) Be not less than 30 years of age.
(b) The chief shall be stationed in a city or town as near the center of the mining industry as is practical.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-6 - Qualifications and Residence of Mine Inspectors and Head Mine Inspector.

Section 25-9-6
Qualifications and residence of mine inspectors and head mine inspector.
(a) Each mine inspector and head mine inspector shall:
(1) Be a qualified elector;
(2) Possess a mine foreman certificate of competency of the State of Alabama;
(3) Have had eight or more years' practical experience in coal mines; and
(4) Be not less than 28 years of age.
(b) The mine inspectors shall reside at points convenient to their respective districts.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-7 - Duties of Mine Inspectors Generally; Accompanying of Inspectors on Inspections by Representatives of Miners; Mine Examination Reports.

Section 25-9-7
Duties of mine inspectors generally; accompanying of inspectors on inspections by representatives of miners; mine examination reports.
The duties of mine inspectors are to make examinations of mines to see that all the requirements of this chapter are strictly observed and carried out. They shall examine the equipment, works, and machinery connected with said mines; examine into the state of coal mines as to transportation, ventilation, circulation, and conditions of air, electricity, explosives, timbering, drainage, practices, and general security and perform such other duties as are required by the secretary. At the commencement of any inspection of a coal mine as provided herein, the authorized representative of the miners at the mine at the time of such inspection shall be given an opportunity to accompany the mine inspectors on any such inspection. The mine inspectors shall make a record of all examinations of coal mines, showing the date when made, the condition in which the coal mines are found, the extent to which the laws relating to coal mines and mining are observed or violated, the progress made in the improvements and security of life and health sought to be secured by the provisions of this chapter, the number of accidents, injuries received, or deaths in or about the coal mines, the number of persons employed in or by each coal mine, together with all such other facts and information of public interest concerning the condition of coal mines, development, and progress of coal mining in this state as they may think useful and proper, and so much thereof as may be of public interest to be included in their reports. A comprehensive report of each inspection of each coal mine shall promptly be made by the chief to the operator, superintendent, and mine foreman of said coal mine, and said report shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the mine. This report shall be on a form provided for that purpose and compiled by the said chief. The form may be changed by the chief from time to time, as may seem desirable.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-8 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Required.

Section 25-9-8
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Required.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall act as fire boss in any coal mine in this state unless he is in possession of a certificate of competency.
(b) No person shall be employed as mine foreman in any coal mine in this state unless he is in possession of a certificate of competency as provided for in this article.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-9 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Board of Examiners.

Section 25-9-9
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Board of examiners.
(a) There shall be appointed by the Governor a board of examiners, all of whom shall be citizens of this state and hold Alabama mine foreman's certificates, consisting of the chief or the head mine inspector, as the secretary may designate, together with three active practical miners, three operators of coal mines, and one practicing mining engineer. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The members of this board shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and, as nearly as possible, two members shall be appointed one year and three the succeeding year. No member of the board shall serve more than two consecutive terms of office. The chief or the head mine inspector shall be ex officio chair of the board. The chair shall vote only in the case of a tie vote, and, in the absence of one member of the board, a majority of whom shall act. In the event of the failure to have a quorum, the chair shall have the authority to select a qualified person or persons. There shall be paid to each member of the board, except the ex officio chair, who shall serve without extra pay, ten dollars ($10) per day. Each board member shall also be entitled to the same per diem and travel allowance as is provided by law for state employees for each day's attendance at meetings of the board. The board of examiners shall meet every six months at the office of the chief and shall remain in session not longer than eight days, and special meetings may be called by the chair or a majority of the members of the board. The department shall preserve in its office a record of the meetings and transactions of the board and all certificates issued and revoked.
(b) Commencing on March 7, 2016, the Board of Examiners of Mine Personnel is not subject to review as an enumerated agency under the Alabama Sunset Law.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-201, p. 242, §4; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-15, p. 17, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-135, p. 194, §3; Act 2008-147, p. 238, §3; Act 2016-68, §§3, 4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-10 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Examinations; Fees.

Section 25-9-10
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Examinations; fees.
The board of examiners created by Section 25-9-9 shall examine qualified applicants and give certificates of competency to persons who pass the required examinations to act as mine foremen or fire bosses in any coal mine in this state. A reasonable fee, as established by the board, shall be charged for each examination given by the board, and such fee shall be paid to the Treasury of the state before the examination is begun. The examinations shall be conducted under such uniform rules, conditions, and regulations as the board shall deem most efficient for carrying into effect the spirit and intent of this chapter. Such rules, when formulated, shall be made a part of the permanent record of the board, and such of them as relate to candidates shall be published for their information and governance prior to each examination. Such rules shall be of uniform application to all candidates.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4; Acts 1981, No. 81-201, p. 242, §4; Act 2012-106, p. 179, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-11 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Mine Foreman.

Section 25-9-11
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Qualifications of mine foreman.
(a) Each applicant for a mine foreman's certificate of competency shall be at least 23 years old and be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and shall satisfy one of the following:
(1) Have had at least four years of practical mining experience.
(2) Have had at least two years of practical experience in or around coal mines and hold a bachelor level degree in mining engineering, geology, or a related field of study from a school accredited by the American Association of Universities, a successor organization, or by a national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education.
(3) Have had at least two years and six months of practical mining experience in or around a coal mine and a bachelor level degree in any field of engineering other than mining engineering.
(4) Have had at least three years of practical experience in or around coal mines and hold an associate level degree in engineering, geology, or a related field of study from a school accredited by the American Association of Universities, a successor organization, or by a national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education.
(b) Each applicant must also submit with his or her application an affidavit reflecting that he or she has met the requirements described in this section and attesting to his or her good moral character and known temperate habits. This affidavit shall be signed by three reputable citizens, at least one of whom shall be the holder of a mine foreman's certificate.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1; Act 2008-147, p. 238, §3; Act 2019-225, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-12 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Fire Boss.

Section 25-9-12
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Qualifications of fire boss.
(a) Each applicant for a fire boss's certificate of competency shall be at least 22 years old and be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and shall satisfy one of the following:
(1) Have had at least three years of practical mining experience.
(2) Have had at least one year of practical experience in or around coal mines and hold a bachelor level degree in mining engineering, geology, or a related field of study from a school accredited by the American Association of Universities, a successor organization, or by a national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education.
(3) Have had at least one year and six months of practical mining experience in or around a coal mine and a bachelor level degree in any field of engineering other than mining engineering.
(4) Have had at least two years of practical experience in or around coal mines and hold an associate level degree in engineering, geology, or a related field of study from a school accredited by the American Association of Universities, a successor organization, or by a national or regional accrediting agency that is recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education.
(b) Each applicant must also submit with his or her application an affidavit reflecting that he or she has met the requirements described in this section and attesting to his or her good moral character and known temperate habits. This affidavit shall be signed by three reputable citizens, at least one of whom shall be the holder of a mine foreman's certificate.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1; Act 2019-225, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-13 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Replacement of Lost Certificates.

Section 25-9-13
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Replacement of lost certificates.
In case of the loss or destruction of a certificate of competency, the department may supply a copy thereof to the person losing same upon the payment of $1.00, provided that it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the department that the loss has actually occurred and that the loser was the holder of such certificate.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-14 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Forged or Counterfeit Certificates; Uttering False Certificates; False Statements or Misrepresentations in Applications.

Section 25-9-14
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Forged or counterfeit certificates; uttering false certificates; false statements or misrepresentations in applications.
Any person who shall forge or counterfeit a certificate or knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement in any certificate of competency provided for in this chapter or in any official copy of the same, or who shall utter or use any false certificate or unofficial copy thereof or shall make, give, utter, produce, or make use of any false declaration, representation, or statement in any such certificate or copy thereof or any document containing the same or shall make any false statement or misrepresentation in his application before the examining board for any certificate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and his certificate shall be cancelled or annulled by the examining board.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-15 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Suspension, Cancellation, or Revocation; Voluntary Surrender of Certificate.

Section 25-9-15
Certificate of competency for fire bosses and mine foremen - Suspension, cancellation, or revocation; voluntary surrender of certificate.
(a) The board may issue an official written reprimand of any person certified under this chapter as a disciplinary measure for a first violation of any requirement of this chapter.
(b) In addition, for any subsequent violation or for any serious first violation, the certificate of any person may be cancelled or revoked by the board of examiners, whenever it shall be established to the satisfaction of the board that the holder of the certificate has become unworthy of official endorsement by reason of violation of this chapter, intemperate habits, manifest incapacity, abuse of authority, or for other causes satisfactory to the board. Any person against whom charges are made shall have an opportunity to be heard in his or her own behalf. He or she shall have at least 30 days' notice in writing of the charges by the ex officio chairman, and, if the holder of a certificate is convicted on the hearing of the charge of violating any part of this chapter, his or her certificate shall be revoked by the board. The director, after a thorough investigation, may suspend the holder pending a meeting of the board of examiners and its final action.
(c) In addition to the reasons specified in subsection (b) for revocation of a certificate, a certificate holder may voluntarily surrender his or her certificate upon written request to the board for any reason acceptable to the board, and subsequent approval by the board. Pursuant to administrative rule, the board shall specify those reasons that are acceptable to the board for the voluntary surrender of a certificate.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §4; Acts 1988, No. 88-135, p. 194, §3; Act 2004-72, p. 88, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-16 - Failure of Fire Boss to Perform Required Duties.

Section 25-9-16
Failure of fire boss to perform required duties.
Any fire boss in a mine who fails to perform any duty imposed on him by the laws of this state as fire boss shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §5; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-17 - Persons Authorized to Act as Fire Boss; Temporary Fire Boss or Mine Foreman.

Section 25-9-17
Persons authorized to act as fire boss; temporary fire boss or mine foreman.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall act as fire boss in any coal mine in this state unless he or she is in possession of a fire boss's certificate of competency or a mine foreman's certificate of competency.
(b) If it is impossible for an operator, owner, or lessee to secure the immediate service of a certified mine foreman or fire boss, he or she may employ a person, who holds a valid underground coal mine foreman certification issued by another state, has worked in an underground mine in Alabama for at least 30 calendar days, and meets the qualifications to work as a mine foreman in this state, as concurred in by the chief, or mine inspector delegated by the chief, to act as a temporary mine foreman or fire boss until the date of the next mine foreman examination that the person is eligible to take.
(c) The requirements for a temporary mine foreman or fire boss shall be no more stringent than those contained in federal regulations.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §5; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1; Act 2019-225, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-18 - Qualifications of Mine Foremen in Underground Mines.

Section 25-9-18
Qualifications of mine foremen in underground mines.
No person shall be employed as mine foreman in any underground coal mine in this state unless he is in possession of a certificate of competency as provided for in this chapter.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §5; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-19 - Inspection of Working Places and Abandoned Areas of Mines by Foreman.

Section 25-9-19
Inspection of working places and abandoned areas of mines by foreman.
The mine foreman or subordinate supervisor shall visit each working place on operating days to assure that proper conditions are maintained in the mine as to timbering, ventilation, supplies, and all other conditions pertaining to the safety of the men. He shall further direct and cause to be made a weekly inspection, and more often if necessary, of all accessible abandoned areas in the mine.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §5; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess. No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-20 - Schedule of Mine Inspections.

Section 25-9-20
Schedule of mine inspections.
Mines shall be given one complete inspection every 45 days, and more often if necessary. Special or partial or complete inspections shall be made when deemed necessary by the chief.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-21 - Instruments for Measurement of Air and Gases in Mines.

Section 25-9-21
Instruments for measurement of air and gases in mines.
The department shall be furnished by the state all necessary instruments for measurement of the air and gases in coal mines, mine rescue equipment, and whatever other apparatus the said department may need.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-22 - Witnesses at Proceedings Under Chapter Generally.

Section 25-9-22
Witnesses at proceedings under chapter generally.
(a) The chief has the authority to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses to testify under oath in any proceeding and to require witnesses to answer all questions propounded to them. The sheriff or constable in the county in which such witnesses may reside or be found shall execute subpoenas issued as above provided, and they shall each receive for their services in executing such subpoenas the same fees as are allowed them respectively for executing subpoenas in other cases. Any witnesses summoned as above mentioned shall be entitled to the same mileage and per diem as is now allowed by law to such witnesses attending trials in the circuit court.
(b) If any witness subpoenaed as above mentioned shall fail to attend without good excuse, in accordance with the subpoena served on him, or shall fail to testify when attending, the chief before whom said proceedings are being had shall certify to the failure of any witness to attend and testify to a judge of the circuit court in the county where such proceeding is being held. The judge to whom such certificate is made shall cause such witness to appear before him at a time fixed by said judge to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt and shall fine or imprison such witness as such judge may deem proper in case he is found guilty of contempt in the premises.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §§8, 9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-23 - Expenses of Executing Subpoenas, Attendance of Witnesses, and Contempt Proceedings.

Section 25-9-23
Expenses of executing subpoenas, attendance of witnesses, and contempt proceedings.
The expenses of executing subpoenas and the attendance of witnesses as well as contempt proceedings under Section 25-9-22 shall be paid out of any funds in the Treasury of the state on certificate of the Secretary of Labor Relations, approved by the Governor.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-24 - Reporting and Correction of Unsafe Conditions.

Section 25-9-24
Reporting and correction of unsafe conditions.
Unsafe conditions, known to any persons underground, that cannot be corrected by them in the course of their normal duties, shall be promptly reported to the mine foreman or direct supervisor. The supervisor to whom unsafe conditions are reported or who detects them in the course of his duties shall be responsible for seeing that they are corrected promptly and that exposure to danger of any person is prevented except as necessary in correcting the condition.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §70.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-26 - Persons Not Employees Not to Enter Mines Without Consent of Operator, Etc.

Section 25-9-26
Persons not employees not to enter mines without consent of operator, etc.
Persons not employees of a coal mine or duly authorized employees of the Department of Labor shall not enter such mine unless the consent of the operator or his authorized representative has been secured and shall not stand on the tracks or go near the machinery or other place of danger.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §102.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-27 - Entry Into Mine While Intoxicated; Transporting Intoxicating Liquor Into Mine.

Section 25-9-27
Entry into mine while intoxicated; transporting intoxicating liquor into mine.
Whoever shall, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, enter any coal mine or any of the buildings connected with the operation of same within the state, where miners or other workmen are employed, or whoever shall carry intoxicating liquors into the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §103.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-29 - Giving of Orders Requiring Violation of Chapter.

Section 25-9-29
Giving of orders requiring violation of chapter.
Any person acting as coal mine superintendent, mining engineer, other official or supervisor who gives orders that will require violation of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §105.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-28 - Solicitation of Funds From Employees for Purposes of Retaining or Procuring Employment, Etc.

Section 25-9-28
Solicitation of funds from employees for purposes of retaining or procuring employment, etc.
Any coal mine superintendent, mine foreman or assistant mine foreman, or any other person or persons operating or controlling a coal mine, who shall receive or solicit any sum of money or other valuable consideration from any of his or their employees for the purpose of continuing such employee in his or their employ or for the purpose of procuring employment for such employee or procuring or keeping places for such employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00, nor more than $300.00 and shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term of not less than six months.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §104.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-9-30 - Persons Under 18 Not to Work in or About Mines.

Section 25-9-30
Persons under 18 not to work in or about mines.
No person under the age of 18 shall be employed to work or labor in or about any coal mine in this state.
(Code 1896, §2933; Code 1907, §1035; Acts 1911, No. 493, p. 500; Code 1923, §1724; Acts 1935, No. 193, p. 241; Code 1940, T. 26, §158; Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §106; Acts 1971, No. 2486, p. 3983; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Safety Requirements. › Section 25-9-40 - Use of Protective Clothing, Etc.

Section 25-9-40
Use of protective clothing, etc.
(a) Welders and helpers shall use proper shields or goggles to protect their eyes.
(b) Employees engaged in haulage operations and other persons employed around moving equipment on the surface and underground shall wear snug-fitting clothing.
(c) Protective gloves shall be worn when material which may injure the hands is handled, but gloves with gauntleted cuffs shall not be worn around moving equipment.
(d) Men exposed for short periods to gas, dust, fume, and mist inhalation hazards shall wear permissible respiratory equipment. When the exposure is for prolonged periods, other measures to protect workmen or to reduce the hazard shall be taken.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §67.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Safety Requirements. › Section 25-9-41 - Checking Systems.

Section 25-9-41
Checking systems.
Each mine shall have a check-in and check-out system that will provide positive identification upon the person of every individual underground. An accurate record of the men in the mine, which shall consist of a written record, a check board or a time clock record, shall be kept on the surface in a place that will not be affected in the event of an explosion. Said record shall bear a number identical to the identification check carried by the person underground.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §68.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Safety Requirements. › Section 25-9-42 - Shafts, Mine Openings, and Escapeways.

Section 25-9-42
Shafts, mine openings, and escapeways.
(a) New shafts and partitions therein, made after August 12, 1949, shall be fireproof.
(b) Mine openings, where there is danger of fire entering the mine, shall have adequate protection against surface fires or dangerous volumes of smoke entering the mine.
(c) There shall be at least two travelable passageways out of each section of each mine, one of which may be the haulage road.
(d) Escapeways shall be equipped with stairways, ladders, or cleated walkways when needed, installed in such manner that men using them in emergencies may do so quickly and without undue hazard. Direction signs shall be posted conspicuously to indicate manways and designated escapeways.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §69; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-60 - Maintenance, etc., of First Aid Equipment; Notice of and Treatment of Injuries.

Section 25-9-60
Maintenance, etc., of first aid equipment; notice of and treatment of injuries.
(a) Each mine shall have an adequate supply of first aid equipment to be used only in case of injury to employees or on the job sickness. These supplies shall be located at points on the surface, at the bottom of main shafts and main slopes, if over 1,000 feet from the surface, and at other suitable locations convenient to each working section. One stretcher and one broken-back board (or a splint-stretcher combination), 24 triangular bandages (or 15, if a splint-stretcher combination is used), eight four-inch bandage compresses, 12 one-inch adhesive compresses, an adequate approved burn remedy, two cloth blankets, one rubber blanket or equivalent substitute, two tourniquets, one one-ounce bottle of aromatic spirits of ammonia or one dozen ammonia ampules and necessary complements of arm and leg splints or two each inflatable plastic arm and leg splints shall be kept at each location designated and shall be accessible to the miners.
(b) No person shall tamper with or remove any first aid supplies other than for use in caring for injured persons and those who become sick while in the mine.
(c) When an injury occurs, prompt first aid shall be given, and, if immediate medical attention is indicated, a doctor shall be notified and the injured person brought to the surface without delay other than the time needed for rendering first aid. Any person injured sufficiently to deprive him of complete control of his faculties or limbs will be adequately attended by designated persons until he is brought to the surface and turned over to a doctor.
(d) Each employee shall promptly notify his supervisor of all injuries.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §6; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-61 - Reports and Investigations of Major Accidents.

Section 25-9-61
Reports and investigations of major accidents.
(a) Each operator shall report promptly to the chief of the division the occurrence at any mine of any fatal accident or accident involving serious personal injury to any person or persons, whether employed or not. The scene of the accident shall not be disturbed pending an investigation except to prevent suspension of use of a slope, entry or facility vital to the operation of a section of a mine. In cases where reasonable doubt exists as to whether to leave the scene unchanged, the operator shall secure prior approval from the chief before any changes are made.
(b) The chief shall go personally or dispatch one or more mine inspectors to the scene of the accident or accidents, investigate causes and issue such orders as may be needed to insure safety of other persons.
(c) Representatives of the operator shall render such assistance as may be needed and shall act in a consulting capacity at the investigation. An employee designated by the employees of the mine shall be notified and as many as three employees designated as representatives of the employees may be present at the investigation in a consulting capacity.
(d) The division shall render a complete report of circumstances and causes of each accident investigated and shall make recommendations for prevention of similar accidents. The division shall furnish one copy of the report to the operator and one copy to the employee representative when he has been present at the investigation. The chief of the division shall maintain a complete file of all accident reports and may give such further publicity as ordered by the director in an effort to prevent coal mine accidents.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-62 - Removal of Large and Dangerous Accumulations of Water in Adjoining Mines.

Section 25-9-62
Removal of large and dangerous accumulations of water in adjoining mines.
In any coal mine or coal mines or parts thereof wherein water may have been allowed to accumulate in large and dangerous quantities, putting in danger the adjoining or adjacent coal mines and the lives of the miners working therein, and when such can be tapped and set free and flow by its own gravity to any point of drainage, any operator or person having a mine so endangered, with the approval of the department, may proceed and remove the said danger by driving a drift or drifts protected by bore holes as provided by this chapter, and, in removing said danger, it shall be lawful to drive across property lines if needful. All coal removed in such driving from adjacent lands shall be paid for on the basis of $.25 per ton of 2,000 pounds. No person shall dam or in any way obstruct the flow of water from said mine or parts thereof when so set on any part of its passage to point of drainage.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-63 - Mine Disasters.

Section 25-9-63
Mine disasters.
(a) If a disaster occurs in a mine, the chief of the division and the nearest office of the United States Bureau of Mines shall be notified by the quickest available means. All facilities of the mine shall be made available for rescue and recovery operations.
(b) No work other than rescue and recovery work may be attempted or started until and unless authorized by the chief of the division or his designated representatives.
(c) After a disaster, operations may not be resumed until authorized by the chief of the division.
(d) If an explosion occurs in a mine, the fan shall not be reversed except by authority of the official in charge of disaster work and then only after a study of the effect of reversing the fan on survivors who are still underground.
(e) The chief of the division shall make available all the facilities at his disposal in effecting rescue and recovery work, and shall act as a consultant or take personal charge where, in his opinion, the circumstances warrant or where the managerial official's status is either incompetent or inadequate.
(f) The orders of the official in charge of disaster work shall be respected and obeyed by all persons engaged in rescue and recovery work.
(g) The chief of the division shall maintain an up-to-date disaster plan for prompt and adequate employment at any coal mine in the state. All employees of the division shall be kept fully informed and trained in their respective duties in making the disaster plan work effectively. The division's plan shall be published annually and furnished to all operators of coal mines and to representatives of the employees. Changes in the plan shall be published promptly when made and furnished to all operators of coal mines and to representatives of the employees.
(Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-64 - Establishment of Mine Rescue Stations.

Section 25-9-64
Establishment of mine rescue stations.
The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection of the Department of Industrial Relations shall establish and maintain within the State of Alabama and within said division such mine rescue stations as he may determine necessary to carry out rescue and recovery operations of mine disasters and to comply with federal requirements. The mine rescue stations shall be located as near the center of the mining industry as is practical. The station shall have sufficient room to handle equipment and personnel for at least two teams.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-439, p. 689, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-65 - Rescue Crews - Training and Employment; Wages and Workers' Compensation Benefits.

Section 25-9-65
Rescue crews - Training and employment; wages and workers' compensation benefits.
Said chief is hereby authorized to have trained and employed at the rescue stations operated by said division within the state, rescue crews as he may determine necessary. Each member of such crews shall devote at least four hours each month, or eight hours bimonthly, for training purposes and shall be available at all times to assist in rescue work. Regular crew members shall receive for such services the highest prevailing hourly wage rate in the industry and shall receive the same per diem and expenses as provided to state employees. Workers' compensation benefits as prescribed by Alabama workers' compensation laws shall be provided for all employees engaged in carrying out the mandates of this section and coal mining laws of the State of Alabama. Sufficient funds shall be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section, Section 25-9-64 and Sections 25-9-66 through 25-9-70.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-439, p. 689, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-66 - Rescue Crews - Training; Removal of Crew Members.

Section 25-9-66
Rescue crews - Training; removal of crew members.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the chief to see that all crews be properly trained by qualified instructors who have a certificate of training from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The chief may remove any crew member at any time.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-439, p. 689, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-67 - Rescue Crews - Qualifications; Record of Physical Examination.

Section 25-9-67
Rescue crews - Qualifications; record of physical examination.
Members of said crews shall have one year underground experience, be less than 50 years of age and pass a physical examination by a licensed physician annually. A record that such examination was taken shall be kept on file by the operator who employs the crew members and a copy shall be furnished to the chief.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-439, p. 689, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety. › Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters. › Section 25-9-68 - Jurisdiction of Chief in Rescue and Recovery Work; Consultation and Guidance.

Section 25-9-68
Jurisdiction of chief in rescue and recovery work; consultation and guidance.
All rescue or recovery work performed by these crews shall be under the jurisdiction of the chief. The division shall consult with company officials, representatives of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and representatives of the miners, and all should be in agreement as far as possible on the proper procedure for rescue and recovery. In all instances, procedures shall be guided by the mine rescue apparatus and auxiliary equipment manuals.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-439, p. 689, §5.)