West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 36 - Coal Mine Health And Safety › Title 36 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BOARD OF COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY › Series 36-03 - Rules And Regulations Governing The Certification And Statutory Duties Of Shaft And/or Slope Superintendent-Examiner-Foreman And Examiner-Foreman › Section 36-3-5 - Duties - Shaft And/Or Slope Superintendent

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
5.1. The superintendent shall, each day, read
				carefully and countersign with ink or indelible pencil all reports entered in
				the record book of the shaft and/or slope examiner.
5.2. The superintendent shall provide and
				maintain at all shaft and/or slope operations lights of stationary character,
				sufficient to illuminate the surface landing area and all surrounding objects
				distinctly.
5.3. The superintendent
				or other certified person shall give prompt attention to the removal of all
				dangers reported to him by his examiner-foreman or any other person working in
				a shaft and/or slope, and in case it is impracticable to remove the danger at
				once, he shall see that such area is properly dangered off.
5.4. It shall be the duty of the
				superintendent of every shaft and/or slope operation in this state to see that
				all persons employed be furnished a copy of the rules and regulations
				promulgated by the coal mine health and safety board.
5.5. The superintendent shall see that a new
				company employee, regardless of previous experience, receive instructions in a
				particular danger incident in such shaft and/or slope work and be furnished a
				copy of the rules and regulations promulgated by the coal mine health and
				safety board. Each such new employee shall be adequately familiarized with the
				approved roof control plan, ventilation plan and ventilating controls and
				hoisting procedures, location of first-aid equipment and procedures established
				for contacting medical assistance, check-in check-out system, communications,
				fire protection and evacuation. He shall be given a complete tour and
				explanation of the entire construction operation.
5.6. It shall be the duty of the
				superintendent to provide a danger signal (a separate signal for each shift)
				red in color at a conspicuous location on the surface near each shaft and/or
				slope opening.
5.7. The
				superintendent or other certified examiner-foreman designated by him shall, at
				least weekly, search all persons, entering or about to enter a shaft and/or
				slope, to prevent such person from taking or carrying therein any hallucinating
				drugs, matches, pipes, cigars, cigarettes, or any device for making lights or
				fire not authorized or approved. The superintendent or other certified
				examiner-foreman designated by him shall, at least weekly, search all shaft
				and/or slope surface employees for hallucinating drugs and alcoholic beverages.
				Such person being searched may be required to reveal the contents within their
				clothing and material belongings. Results of weekly searches shall be recorded
				in ink or indelible pencil in the shaft and/or slope examiner record book
				prescribed by the Director of the Department of Energy.
5.8. The superintendent shall at least
				monthly examine stored first-aid supplies and first-aid equipment. Should he
				find an inadequate supply to comply with the provisions of these rules and
				regulations, immediate action shall be taken to provide such first-aid
				equipment as required.
5.9. The
				superintendent or other certified person shall not permit unauthorized persons
				around shafts and/or slopes.
5.10.
				The superintendent shall provide a check-in and check-out system which shall
				consist of a check board or time clock record, in the place that will not be
				affected in the event of an explosion.
5.11. The superintendent of the shaft and/or
				slope and in his absence, the examiner-foreman in charge of the shaft and/or
				slope, shall give immediate notice to a representative of the Department of
				Energy and a representative of the miners, the particulars of any
				accident.
5.12. Whenever any
				accident occurs in or about any shaft and/or slope to any employee or person
				connected with the operation resulting in personal injury or death, the
				superintendent shall, within seventy-two (72) hours, report the same in writing
				to the Department of Energy giving full details thereof upon forms furnished by
				the Department of Energy.
5.13.
				Following an accident in a shaft and/or slope resulting in the serious injury
				or death of one (1) or more persons and following any disaster in a shaft
				and/or slope, the evidence surrounding such occurrence shall not be disturbed
				after recovery of bodies or injured persons until an investigation by the
				Department of Energy has been completed.