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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.617 - Explosive or blasting agents, temporary storage — notification of local fire department and certain others — content of report, exceptions — visible markings on buildings, rooms and containers, requirements, exceptions — motor vehicles, rolling stock and airplanes, markings by federal government.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
292.617. Explosive or blasting agents, temporary storage — notification of local fire department and certain others — content of report, exceptions — visible markings on buildings, rooms and containers, requirements, exceptions — motor vehicles, rolling stock and airplanes, markings by federal government. —
1. Owners and operators of facilities where one hundred pounds or more of explosives or blasting agents as defined in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 173, Subpart C are temporarily stored shall file such reports as required under section 292.605 whenever such explosive materials are stored in a particular facility for more than fifteen days and each time such explosive materials are relocated to a new site for storage of more than fifteen days duration, except that when such explosive materials are stored in any facility for less than fifteen days such reports shall not be required and the facility owner or operator shall, within twenty-four hours of the arrival of such explosive materials at the facility, notify the local fire department in the jurisdiction where the facility is located that such explosive materials are temporarily stored in that facility and shall describe the contents and amount of the explosive materials stored therein. The provisions of this subsection concerning explosive materials shall apply to owners and operators of facilities where explosives are temporarily stored prior to use at that facility or location and shall not apply to storage by manufacturers and distributors prior to sale or to such material while in transit provided that the transporter is in compliance with the United States Department of Transportation regulation.
2. All facilities required to submit reports under sections 292.600 to 292.625, except those facilities having an emergency response policy or facilities located in a fire protection district or municipality having a fire protection code, shall provide visible markings on the outside of buildings, rooms and containers where hazardous substances are present. These markings shall conform to the National Fire Protection Association Standard Number 704 or with other federal laws or regulations, or in the case of containers, may as an option comply with Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Rule, 29 CFR 1910.1200 (f). To avoid duplication of markings, marking requirements of the United States Department of Transportation shall satisfy the requirements in regard to motor vehicles, rolling stock and aircraft.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 77, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 719)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.623 - Immunity from liability for official actions by members of commission and local emergency planning committee, exceptions.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
292.623. Immunity from liability for official actions by members of commission and local emergency planning committee, exceptions. —
Members of the Missouri emergency response commission and members of local emergency planning committees appointed by the commission shall not be liable for damages incurred as a result of actions taken by them when acting in their capacities pursuant to sections 292.600 to 292.625, or the federal act. This protection from liability shall not apply for acts or omissions which result from intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 77, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.625 - Additional duties of department.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
292.625. Additional duties of department. —
The department shall:
(1) Exercise general supervision of the administration and enforcement of sections 292.600 to 292.625 and all rules and regulations adopted or issued hereunder;
(2) Retain, employ, provide for and compensate, within appropriations available therefor, such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 292.600 to 292.625;
(3) Budget and receive duly appropriated moneys for expenditures to carry out the provisions of sections 292.600 to 292.625;
(4) Accept, receive and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public and private agencies, including the federal government, for the purpose of carrying out the functions and responsibilities enumerated in sections 292.600 to 292.625. Funds received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer and held and disbursed by him in accordance with the appropriations of the general assembly;
(5) Work with local emergency planning committees to accomplish the purposes and objectives of sections 292.600 to 292.625.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 765)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.630 - Portable toilets required at certain construction projects.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
292.630. Portable toilets required at certain construction projects. —
1. At all construction projects at which twenty people or more are engaged in the performance of work, the primary employer or contractor at such project shall provide at least one portable toilet for each twenty people; except that, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any railroad company.
2. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the department of labor and industrial relations through the division of labor standards. Upon a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction that a primary employer or contractor has willfully violated or omitted to comply with the requirements of this section, such person or persons shall be subject to penalty as provided by section 290.340.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 96 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.650 - Hepatitis B immunization for at-risk state employees — departments to determine, duties.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
292.650. Hepatitis B immunization for at-risk state employees — departments to determine, duties. —
1. In accordance with the adopted standards which are consistent with the accepted public health practices and recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control, the state of Missouri shall offer the hepatitis B immunization to every employee of the state of Missouri who is determined to be at risk for contracting hepatitis B, as defined by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration blood borne pathogens standard.
2. The department of health and senior services, in conjunction with the division of personnel in the office of administration, shall provide materials to allow each department of the state to determine if any state employees of the department are at risk for occupational exposure to hepatitis B.
3. Every department of the state shall determine which, if any, state employees of the department are at-risk employees for occupational exposure to hepatitis B. After such determination, every department shall provide the department of health and senior services with the number of employees, if any, who are determined to be at risk. The department of health and senior services shall provide materials for such at-risk employees regarding occupational exposure to hepatitis B to be distributed by any department reporting an at-risk employee.
4. Every department shall distribute the materials regarding occupational exposure to hepatitis B provided by the department of health and senior services to all identified at-risk department employees. Every department shall determine the number of at-risk employees requesting the hepatitis B vaccination.
5. Every department shall provide the hepatitis B vaccine to every identified at-risk employee requesting the hepatitis B vaccination and shall determine the procedure for administering the hepatitis B vaccine to such employees.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 635 § 1, subsecs. 1 to 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.655 - Definitions — needles used by employers in conduct of business, any commercially available may be used.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
292.655. Definitions — needles used by employers in conduct of business, any commercially available may be used. —
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Engineered injury protection device"
, a mechanical device or feature to a device that renders the needle incapable of inflicting a needlestick injury either by:
(a) Destruction of the medical needle sharp metal point at the point of procedure or use; or
(b) Covering the sharp end of the needle at the time the needle is removed from the skin of the subject human or animal.
­­Recapping the medical needle with the original needle packaging cover is not considered an engineered injury protection device.
(2)
"Medical needles"
, hypodermic needles or other similar hollow-bore needles, syringes, or blood extraction apparatus with a primary function to penetrate the skin of a living human or animal.
2. Employers that use medical needles in the routine course of conducting business in the state may use any commercially available engineered injury protection device that can be reasonably expected to reduce the risk of accidental needlestick injuries to employees, patients, or customers.
3. This section shall not apply to needles for sewing dead animal skins or parts, fish hooks, gaffs, animal tags, or other similar sharp objects related to animals but unrelated to health care or testing of live animals. This section shall not apply to any veterinary care provided by a licensed veterinarian or veterinary care provider in or outside of a designated veterinary office, including but not limited to a ranch, farm, or private residence being provided in the scope of veterinary practices under chapter 340.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1647)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 292 - Health and Safety of Employees › Section 292.656 - Medical needles, employer use of OSHA- or FDA-approved devices permitted.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 292
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
292.656. Medical needles, employer use of OSHA- or FDA-approved devices permitted. —
Notwithstanding any provision of section 292.655 to the contrary, employers that use medical needles in the routine course of conducting business in this state may use any Occupational Safety and Health Administration- or Food and Drug Administration-approved device.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1647 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.010 - Definitions.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.010. Definitions. —
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)
"Adit"
, any practically horizontal way in or to a mineral deposit to be used for the same purposes as a shaft;
(2)
"Coal mine"
, any strip mine or underground excavation from which coal or lignite is extracted for commercial purposes and including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground;
(3)
"Director"
, the director of the division of mine inspection of the state of Missouri;
(4)
"Mine inspectors"
, those persons employed by the division of mine inspection, including the director, who are charged with the inspection of coal and noncoal mines in this state;
(5)
"Mineral"
, any metalliferous element or ore, coal or lignite, or any nonmetalliferous element or ore, except barite, marble, limestone, and sand and gravel;
(6)
"Noncoal mine"
, any open pit or underground excavation from which minerals, as defined in this section, except coal are extracted for commercial purposes, including the mining plant and all parts of the property of such mine, on the surface or underground;
(7)
"Operator"
, the person, firm, or body corporate who or which is the immediate proprietor, as owner or lessee, of the mine and, as such, responsible for the condition and management thereof;
(8)
"Shaft"
, any vertical or near-vertical opening through the strata which is to be used for ventilation or escapement, or for the hoisting and lowering of men, ore or material in connection with the mining of minerals;
(9)
"Slope"
, any inclined shaft or way in or to a mineral deposit to be used for the same purposes as a shaft;
(10)
"Strip mine"
, any excavation in which the superincumbent strata are removed, exposing the mineral so that it may be extracted and loaded by hand or mechanical equipment in open working;
(11)
"Working place"
, any room, face, crosscut, or pillar where a mineral is being mined or extracted and where one or more miners per working shift of the mine are regularly employed until the place is stopped.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.020 - Applicability of law.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.020. Applicability of law. —
Unless indicated otherwise, this chapter applies to all mines in this state engaged in the mining or extraction of minerals for commercial purposes, except barite, marble, limestone, and sand and gravel, or the prospecting for or the production of petroleum or natural gas; but does apply insofar as shale is mined or extracted for the purpose of recovering oil.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.040 - Maps of mine, when made, contents.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.040. Maps of mine, when made, contents. —
The operator of each mine in this state shall on request of the director make, or cause to be made by a competent engineer, an accurate map of the underground workings of his mine. The map shall bear the name of the mine, its location, the name of the operator, and such other information requested by the director as is necessary for the administration of this chapter.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.050 - Hours of work — safety rules — posting of law and rules.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.050. Hours of work — safety rules — posting of law and rules. —
1. It is unlawful for any operator engaged in mining or prospecting for minerals to work any employee at such labor longer than eight hours in a day of twenty-four hours, without his consent, and it is declared that eight hours constitute a day for any employee engaged in such labor.
2. It is the duty of operators and employees to comply with the provisions of this chapter and to cooperate with the division of mine inspection in carrying out its provisions. Reasonable safety rules and regulations for the protection of employees and preservation of property that are in harmony with the provisions of this chapter shall be complied with.
3. For the purpose of making known the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations authorized by this chapter, an abstract of the law and rules shall be furnished by the director and posted in conspicuous places at or near mines where they may be conveniently read by the persons there employed. It is unlawful to remove or deface such abstract, and so often as they become obliterated or destroyed, the operator shall cause them to be renewed.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.070 - Limits on visitors.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.070. Limits on visitors. —
Strangers or visitors shall not be allowed underground in any mine, unless accompanied by the operator or his deputy.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.080 - Mine owner to report, when.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.080. Mine owner to report, when. —
Every operator shall submit a report to the director during the month of January of each year, which report shall include the name of the person or firm engaged in mining, the location of the mines, the number of acres of land owned or leased, the number of shafts, adits, slopes or open pits operated, the number of men employed in and about the mines, average wages paid employees, the amount of mineral produced, the number and description of all accidents resulting in serious personal injury and the number and description of all fatal accidents.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.090 - Director's report, contents.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.090. Director's report, contents. —
The director shall compile and make an annual report to the governor on the first day of May setting forth the extent of workable mining lands in the state by counties, the type and manner of mining, the number of mines in operation, the number of men employed therein, and the number and description of fatal mine accidents.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.100 - Washrooms, dressing rooms, first aid equipment.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.100. Washrooms, dressing rooms, first aid equipment. —
1. The operator of every mine employing twenty-five or more men underground, for the purpose of improving the sanitation of his mine and preserving the health of his employees, shall provide and maintain at a convenient point near the principal entrance of his mine an adequate and sanitary washroom and dressing room for the use of the employees, and such other sanitation facilities as may be required by the director.
2. Every mine shall have an adequate supply of first aid equipment to be used in case of injury to employees, and such supplies shall be located on the surface and at other strategic places within the mine. The first aid supplies shall be encased in suitable sanitary receptacles designed to be reasonably dusttight and moistureproof.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.110 - Working places, shafts — drinking devices.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.110. Working places, shafts — drinking devices. —
1. All working places shall be secured sufficiently to protect employees working at the face from falls of roof, ribs, or face. Loose top and overhanging or loose faces and ribs shall be supported adequately or taken down.
2. The bottom of every shaft shall be supplied with a traveling way, to enable men to pass from one side of the shaft to the other, and without passing under or over the cages.
3. Every owner, agent or operator of any mine in this state, employing ten or more men, shall provide sanitary drinking devices for the use of their employees.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.120 - Air safety requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.120. Air safety requirements. —
Air in which men work or travel in mines shall be improved when:
(1) It contains less than nineteen and five-tenths percent oxygen;
(2) It contains more than one-hundredth percent carbon monoxide;
(3) It contains more than five-tenths percent carbon dioxide;
(4) It contains more than one percent methane; or
(5) Is contaminated with dust or with noxious or poisonous gases in excess of accepted limits as established by the director of the division of mine inspection.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.130 - Mine railroad equipment and operating requirements — gasoline engines limited.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.130. Mine railroad equipment and operating requirements — gasoline engines limited. —
1. The roadbed, rails, and all other elements of the track of all haulage roads in mines shall be constructed, installed, and maintained in a manner consistent with speed and type of haulage operations being conducted to insure safe operation. Mine locomotives must be maintained so that brakes are adequate and in good order, sand riggings are operative and locomotives in safe operating condition. An audible warning device and headlights shall be provided on each locomotive and shuttle car and truck. A trip-light or reflecting signal shall be used on the rear of trips pushed or pulled by a locomotive and on the front of trips lowered into slopes. Other rolling stock must be maintained so that its condition does not entail undue hazards to transportation crews or to workmen whose duties require them to work around the haulage.
2. Gasoline engines shall not be used underground unless equipped with proper safeguards to prevent the emission of gases that cause a contamination of the air beyond the limits set forth in section 293.120.
3. Other than the motorman and trip rider, no person shall ride on a locomotive unless authorized by the mine foreman, and no person shall ride on loaded cars or between cars of any trip, except that the trip rider may ride on the last car.
4. Man trips shall not be run in excess of the speed determined by the director nor shall more men ride in any one car than the number ordered by the director.
5. Uniform haulage signals and a traffic control system shall be adopted for each mine or mines operated, and shall be complied with by all haulage crews.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.140 - Escapement shafts, how equipped.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.140. Escapement shafts, how equipped. —
Any new escapement shaft constructed or opened for operation after the effective date of this chapter, shall be equipped with a substantial hoist or stairway. Such stairway shall be constructed at an angle not greater than forty-five degrees, and shall be provided with handrails and platform or landing at each turn of stairway.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.150 - Electrical wiring and equipment requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.150. Electrical wiring and equipment requirements. —
1. Surface overhead high-potential power lines shall be placed at least fifteen feet above the ground and twenty feet above driveways and haulageways. The power lines shall be installed on insulators, and shall be supported and guarded to prevent contact with other circuits.
2. Surface overhead power circuits shall be protected against lightning and voltage surges, and high-potential power lines shall be protected adequately by circuit breakers, fuses, or both.
3. Electric wiring, electrical stationary machinery, and electric lights, in mines and surface buildings, shall be installed and maintained so as to present minimum fire and contact hazards.
4. Systematic, periodic examinations and reports of the conditions of all wiring and electrical equipment and apparatus shall be required by the division of mine inspection, to be made by the operator, in all mines.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.160 - Electrical equipment requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.160. Electrical equipment requirements. —
1. Metal conduit and metallic coverings and armor of cables shall be grounded and shall be electrically continuous to afford a conductor path for the ground circuit.
2. Metallic frames, casings, and other electrical equipment that can become "alive" through failure of insulation by contact with energized parts shall be grounded.
3. Casings of transformers shall be grounded unless protected by isolation or freedom from contact hazard by position.
4. Mining equipment mounted on rubber tires or caterpillar treads receiving power through a trailing cable shall be grounded effectively.
5. All trolley and positive feed wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to travel shall be safely guarded or protected.
6. Dry wooden platforms, rubber mats, or other electrically nonconductive material shall be kept in place at each switchboard and power control switch, and at stationary machinery where shock hazards exist.
7. Readily accessible fuses or equivalent protective devices of the correct type and capacity shall be installed on electric equipment to protect against excessive overload. Wires or other conducting materials shall not be used as a substitute for properly designed fuses, and where circuit breakers are used, they shall be maintained in good operating condition and adjusted so that equipment cannot be overloaded.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.170 - Fire safety requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.170. Fire safety requirements. —
1. Each mine shall be provided with suitable firefighting equipment, adequate for the size of the mine and the type of operations conducted.
2. Underground storage places for highly combustible material, lubricating oil and grease shall be of fireproof construction. Lubricating oil and grease kept in face regions or other working places shall be in portable, closed, metal containers.
3. Underground structures, transformer stations, battery-charging stations, substations, and permanent pumprooms shall be of fireproof construction.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.180 - Protective clothing and devices to be worn.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.180. Protective clothing and devices to be worn. —
1. All persons shall wear protective hats while underground and also while on the surface where falling objects may cause injury, except where conditions are such that the wearer would be subjected to physical hardship.
2. Protective footwear shall be worn by employees, officials, and others while on duty in and around a mine where falling objects may cause injury, except where conditions are such that the wearer would be subjected to physical hardship.
3. All employees in or around the mines shall wear approved type goggles where there is a hazard from flying particles.
4. Welders and helpers shall use proper shields or goggles to protect their eyes.
5. Men exposed for short periods to gas, dust, fumes, 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.190 - Accident reports, investigation, powers of inspector — failure to report, penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.190. Accident reports, investigation, powers of inspector — failure to report, penalty. —
Whenever loss of life or serious personal injury shall occur by reason of any explosion or of any accident whatsoever, in or about any mine, it shall be the duty of the person having charge of such mine to report the facts thereof without delay to the director or an inspector of the division of mine inspection, and if any person is killed thereby, to notify the coroner of the county also, or in his absence or inability to act, any associate circuit judge of said county; and the said director or inspector shall, if he deem it necessary from the facts reported, immediately go to the scene of said accident and make suggestions and render such assistance as he may deem necessary for the safety of the men; and the director or inspector shall investigate and ascertain the cause of such explosion or accident and make a report thereof, which he shall preserve with the other records of his office; and to enable him to make such investigation, he shall have the power to take depositions, compel the attendance of witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations to them; and the cost of such investigation shall be paid by the county commission of the county in which such accident shall have occurred, in the same manner as costs of coroners' inquests are now paid. And a failure on the part of the person having charge of any mine in which any such accident may have occurred to give notice to the director or inspector or coroner, as provided for in this section, shall subject such person to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, to be recovered of him in the name of the state of Missouri, before any associate circuit judge of such county wherein the mine is situate and the accident occurred.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 19)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Workers' compensation law, Chap. 287
Wrongful death actions, generally, 537.080 to 537.100
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.200 - Shaft coal mine outlets and escapement shaft requirements — penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.200. Shaft coal mine outlets and escapement shaft requirements — penalty. —
1. It is unlawful for any owner, agent or operator of any coal mine worked by shaft to employ or permit any person to work therein unless there are to every seam of coal worked in each mine at least two separate outlets, separated by natural strata of not less than three hundred feet in breadth, by which shafts or outlets distinct means of ingress and egress are always available to the persons employed in the mine; but it is not necessary for the two outlets to belong to the same mine if the persons employed therein have safe, ready and available means of ingress and egress by not less than two openings; the communication or roadway between the two openings, or the two openings furnished by a connection between two distinct mines, shall at all times be kept clean and of such width and height as to make the same safe and available for a speedy exit in case of accident.
2. The escapement shaft shall be fitted with safe and available appliances by which the persons employed in the mine may readily escape in case an accident occurs deranging the hoisting machinery at the main outlets, and such means or appliances for escape shall always be kept in a safe condition, and in no case shall an air shaft with a ventilating furnace at the bottom be construed to be an escapement shaft within the meaning of this section. The cage or cages and other means of egress shall at all times be available for the persons employed when there is no second outlet.
3. To all other coal mines, whether slopes or drifts, two such openings or outlets must be provided within twelve months after shipments of coal have commenced from such mine, and in case such outlets are not provided as herein stipulated, it shall not be lawful for the owner, agent or operator of such slope or drift to permit more than five persons to work therein at any one time.
4. Any owner, agent or operator of a coal mine in this state violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense, on conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 20, 21)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.210 - Shaft coal mines, ventilation requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.210. Shaft coal mines, ventilation requirements. —
1. The owner, agent or operator of every coal mine, whether operated by shaft, slope or drift, shall provide and maintain for every such mine a good and sufficient amount of ventilation for such men as may be employed therein, the amount of air in circulation to be in no case less than one hundred cubic feet for each man per minute, measured at the foot of the downcast, and the same to be increased at the discretion of the director of the division according to the character and extent of the workings, or to the amount of powder used in blasting and said volume of air shall be forced and circulated to the face of every working place throughout the mine, so that such mine shall be free from standing powder smoke and gases of every kind.
2. All doors set on main entries for the purpose of conducting the ventilation shall be so constructed and hung as to close of themselves when opened, and shall be made sufficiently tight to effectually obstruct the air currents. In all mines employing fifty or more men a trapper shall be kept in attendance upon such doors to see that they are kept securely closed and the air currents properly controlled.
3. Whenever the director shall find men working without sufficient air, or under any unsafe conditions, he shall first give the operator a reasonable notice to rectify the same, and upon his refusal to do so, may himself order them out until said portions of said mine shall be put in proper condition.
4. The ventilation required by this section may be produced by any suitable appliances, but in case a furnace shall be used for ventilating purposes, it shall be built in such a manner as to prevent the communication of fire to any part of the works, by lining the upcast with incombustible material for a sufficient distance up from said furnace.
5. The currents of air in coal mines shall be so split as to give a separate current to at least every fifty men at work, and the director shall have discretion to order a separate current for a smaller number of men, if special conditions render it necessary.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 22, 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.220 - Daily examination of coal mines generating explosive gas, record.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.220. Daily examination of coal mines generating explosive gas, record. —
All coal mines generating explosive gas in which men are employed shall be examined every morning by a practical and duly authorized agent of the proprietor, to determine whether there are any dangerous accumulations of gas, or lack of proper ventilation, or obstructions to roadways, or any other dangerous conditions and no person shall be allowed to enter the mine until the examiner shall have reported all of the conditions safe for beginning work. Such examiner shall make a daily record of the condition of the mine, in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be open at all times to the examination of the director of the division of mine inspection.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 24)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.230 - Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.230. Experienced coal miner to handle explosives or gases. —
It shall be unlawful for any operator or agent of a coal mine to employ persons underground whose duties may involve contact with inflammable gases, or the handling of explosives, who have not had experience in such duties, unless all such employees are placed under the immediate charge and control of some competent and experienced miner, so as to secure the safety of other persons employed in the same mine.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 25)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.240 - Blasting cartridge requirements.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.240. Blasting cartridge requirements. —
It shall be unlawful for coal miners in any mine to charge a blasting hole with loose powder, or otherwise than with a properly constructed cartridge; and in dry and dusty mines, it shall be unlawful to load cartridges in the mines except with a powder can constructed for the purpose.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 26)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.250 - Violation of coal mining safety laws, penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.250. Violation of coal mining safety laws, penalty. —
Every owner, agent or operator of any coal mine in this state, employing five or more persons, violating any of the provisions of sections 293.210 to 293.240, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined for each offense not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 27)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.260 - Explosive strongbox required — employment of shot firers, duties — penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.260. Explosive strongbox required — employment of shot firers, duties — penalty. —
1. All owners, agents or operators of coal mines shall require of all miners or other persons employed in and about a mine, using gun or blasting powder or other explosives, to have and keep a strongbox in which all surplus gun and blasting powder or other explosives in the mine shall be kept, excepting so much as is necessary for immediate use. These boxes shall be kept locked and not opened unless it be to put in or take out powder. Nor must these strong (or powder) boxes be kept nearer than one hundred feet to the place of blasting.
2. And in all dry and dusty coal mines discharging light carbonated hydrogen gas, or in mines where the coal is blasted off the solid, shot firers must be employed by the operator of said mine or mines, to fire all shots after the employees and other persons have retired from the mine.
3. And all shots prepared by the miner for the extraction of coal from off the solid must be so placed, drilled and charged that the same, when fired, shall perform safely the duty required of such shots; but if the shot firers find or discover that a drill hole is gripping too much, or that it is drilled too much into what the miners term "the tight", and as may in the judgment of the shot firers prove a windy, blown-out or otherwise dangerous shot, said shot firers shall there and then condemn such shot as too dangerous to fire and pass the same without firing it.
4. It shall also be the duty of the shot firers to notify the mine foreman as soon as practicable, when a shot is condemned, who shall in turn attract the attention of the miner or miners responsible for the preparation of said condemned shot, and said miner or miners shall immediately after returning to work provide the necessary remedy to render the said condemned shot harmless.
5. Any agent, owner or operator of any coal mine in this state violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty 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, proceedings to be instituted in any court having competent jurisdiction.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 §§ 28, 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.270 - Storage of over daily supply of explosives in mine prohibited.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.270. Storage of over daily supply of explosives in mine prohibited. —
No person, partnership or corporation, nor any agent of any such person, partnership or corporation, engaged in mining for coal, shall permit any blasting powder or any high explosive containing nitroglycerine, to be stored in any such mine; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the storing in any such mine of sufficient blasting powder or other high explosive to meet the estimated requirements of such mine during the succeeding twenty-four hours; and provided further, that such temporary supply shall not be kept at any place within such mine, where its accidental discharge would cut off the escape of miners working therein.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 30)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.280 - Location of explosive storage magazines, ventilation.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.280. Location of explosive storage magazines, ventilation. —
All blasting powder, or other high explosive, in excess of the temporary supply required in such mine as designated in section 293.270, shall be stored in a magazine, placed not less than three hundred feet distant from any shaft, habitation, public highway, public railway, or from the boundary line of any mining property; provided, however, that in cases where the location of any mining property makes it impossible to comply with the provisions of this section, the director of the division of mine inspection may grant permission, in writing, to the operator of such mining property, or such operator's agent, to place such magazine in some other place on such mining property, if, in the opinion of such director, such location shall not be dangerous to the safety of those employed within such mine; and provided further, that every magazine, where powder or other high explosive is stored, as provided in this section, shall be ventilated.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.290 - Detonators or caps not kept in magazine in coal mine.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959, 2 histories
293.290. Detonators or caps not kept in magazine in coal mine. —
No detonators or explosive caps shall be kept in the same magazine in a coal mine with any blasting powder or other high explosive.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 32)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.300 - Explosives not to be prepared in storage magazine.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 33)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.310 - Violations of law as to explosive storage, penalty.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations › Chapter 293 - Mining Regulations › Section 293.320 - Bore holes required, when, where.

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 293
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 35)