What is the highest priority and concern of the Commonwealth?

According to the Commonwealth, the coal industries most valuable resource is:

How many hours f annual retraining is required for all coal miners?

How many hours of training in mine specifics are required for newly hired miners, whether experienced or inexperienced?

All mines shall be classified as gassy or gaseous.

All mine inspectors, mine safety analysts, electrical inspectors, and mine safety instructors shall have a thorough knowledge of first aid and mine rescue and be able to instruct officials and miners in:

How many years of mining experience are required for the qualification of mine inspector, mine safety analyst, electrical inspectors, and mine safety instructors?

A degree in mining engineering from a recognized institution shall be deemed equivalent to how many years of practical experience in coal mines?

An associate degree in mining technology from a recognized institution shall be deemed equivalent to how many years of practical experience in coal mines?

A permit as trainee miner shall be issued by the commissioner to any person who has completed a program of education of a minimum of how many hours?

How many additional hours of training in mine specifics are required by the trainee miner to be administered by the mine licensee?

Trainee miners shall work within the site and sound of a certified miner.

A certified miner may have how many persons working under him and under his direction as a trainee miner?

How many persons are allowed to work under a certified mine foreman, assist mine foreman, or fireboss, as a trainee miner?

A certificate of competency and qualification as an underground miner shall be issued by the commissioner to any person who has in total a minimum of how many working days experience as a trainee miner and demonstrated competence as a miner?

The mining board is composed of how many members?

The board is made up of three members representing management, three members representing labor, the commissioner of the Department of Mines and Minerals, and the director of the Division of Miner Training, Education and Certification.

Which member of the mining board does not have any voting rights?

All certified persons shall receive their regular wages and benefits while they receive required training by the Department.

Who is responsible for paying all certified persons their regular wages and benefits while they receive the required training by the Department?

Willful failure of a working miner to complete annual retraining and re-education requirements shall constitute grounds for revocation, suspension, or probation of his certified.

How many years of practical experience are required for a person seeking electrical certification and qualification?

The person seeking electrical certification and qualification must also complete a series of written tests. A score of at least what percent must be made on each written test in order to successfully complete the program?

How many mine emergency technicians or emergency medical technicians are required for a coal mine with one shift and twelve people working on that shift?

How many emergency medical technicians or mine emergency technicians are required per shift at a coal mine with 52 people working on that shift

One E.M.T. or one M.E.T. shall be employed on every shift with a work force of up to 50 employees.

An additional E.M.T. or M.E.T. shall be employed for every additional fifty, or any portion thereof, employees per shift who are engaged in the extraction, reduction, or preparation of coal.

Employees that are trained as E.M.T.'s or M.E.T.'s shall be paid their regular wages during training by the mine licensee.

Mine inspectors are required to inspect each mine in their district at least once every:

Who must take charge of mine rescue and recovery work whenever a mine fire, mine explosion, or other serious accident occurs within his district, if the commissioner is not present?

The Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals inspector shall be in charge of reopening the mines or portions of the mines that have been sealed on account of fire or any other cause, when directed by the commissioner to do so.

It shall be permissible for a mine inspector to inspect any coal preparation plant or surface facility of any mining operation of coal including overland coal belts.

A mine inspector shall have the express authority to enter upon the premises of and inspect any coal mine, and any overland coal belts:

Preventing mine accidents and fatalities by observing and evaluating the work habits of persons involved in the direct production of coal and to contact, advise, and assist these persons in correcting their unsafe or potentially hazardous actions, is the primary responsibility of:

The mine safety analyst does not have the same powers as a mine inspector of the department.

The underground coal mine fan shall be located outside the mine in a fireproof housing and an offset at least how many feet to one side or above the opening?

The main fan can be operated from the same power circuit as the underground mine.

Each active working section shall be ventilated by a separate split of intake air.

In all mines the quantity of air passing through the last open crosscut between the intake air and return in any power or sets of entries shall not be less than:

The quantity of air reaching the last crosscut in pillar sections may be less than 9,000 cubic feet of air per minute if at least how many cubic feet of air per minute is being delivered to the intake of the pillar line?

When the air from a split has passed through and has ventilated all the working places in an air split of a mine, it shall then be designated as intake air.

As working places advance, breakthroughs for air shall be made not more than how many feet apart?

Brattice cloth and ventilation tubing are not required to be flame resistant.

When doors are used they shall be built in a substantial manner, and shall be hung so as to close automatically when unobstructed.

In a mine where methane can be found to an extent of one percent or more on the return of any one split, the inspector, with the approval of the commissioner may require the mine to be ventilated by:

Every mine, and all portions thereof, shall be ventilated by one or more currents of air, which shall contain not less than:

The ventilation shall be sufficient to prevent methane accumulation, so far as practicable, and to keep the methane percentage in the return of any split to not more than:

A mine fan stoppage plan requires that all miners be brought to the surface when the mine fan has been inoperative for more than:

When mine ventilation has been interrupted for more than 15 minutes, what must be done before the men are permitted to return to the mine?

What percent of noncombustible matter "rock dust" is to be applied to within forty feet of the faces, including last open crosscuts?

Under certain special conditions the Department may require that places be rock dusted to the faces, and that additional rock dust must be added.

Are all coal mines required to have a check in and check out system?

Each employee shall have a positive of means of identification upon his person while inside the mine and a record shall be kept on the surface of all persons underground at all times.

When abandoned workings are necessary to be sealed, the sealing shall be done immediately in an effective manner with noncombustible material. In every sealed area, how many seals shall be fitted with a pipe and cap or valve to permit the gases behind the seals to be sampled and also to provide a means of determining any existing hydrostatic pressure?

Every seam of coal worked must have how many separate outlets?

The openings in shaft mines and slope mines shall not be less than:

The openings in drift mines shall be separated by a pillar of natural strata of not less than:

How often shall all shaft or passageway escape outlets be examined by the mine foreman or person designated by him?

The date and findings of the examination shall be entered in a book at the mine and for that purpose.

The height of the escape way outlets shall be maintained to at least the height of the coal seam and at least how many feet in width where practicable?

All underground miners shall be provided with an approved self-rescuer device and shall have the device within how many feet of them at all times?

In a mine worked by shaft, slope, or incline, what is the maximum number of person that are allowed to ride in any cage or car at one time without the approval of the mine inspector or the commissioner?

The man-trips shall be operated at safe speeds consistent with the condition of roads and type of equipment used and shall be so controlled that they can be stopped within the limits of visibility and in no event at a speed in excess f how many miles per hour?

If a man-trip consists of more than one mine car of men, it shall be under the charge of a:

Where belts are used for transporting men, what is the minimum clearance in inches that shall be maintained between the belt and the roof or crossbars or any projecting equipment?

Where the height of the coal bed permits, the clearance shall not be less than:

When the minimum overhead clearance on the beltline is 18 inches, the belt speed shall not exceed:

What is the space required between men when riding a belt line?

It is not necessary to illuminate loading and unloading stations on beltlines.

Who is required to supervise all mantrips?

What must be available on all underground sections where men are present to transport injured workers to the surface?

All mines must have a contract for providing ambulance service or they must have a four-wheel drive vehicle or some other vehicle suitable to the terrain equipped with sufficient first aid equipment and supplies available to the mines or preparation facilities for the transportation of injured workers.

At those mines that have a contract or other arrangement for providing ambulance service, the access road to the mine or preparation facility shall be kept in a condition which is passable by the ambulance vehicle.

All miners shall wear safety glasses as needed. The safety glasses shall be supplied to the miners by:

How many temporary splices may be made in any trailing cable?

No temporary splice shall be made in a trailing cable within 25 feet of the machine except cable reel equipment.

High voltage lines shall be at least how many feet above the ground where there is a possibility of contact by traffic passing underneath?

Surface transformer stations shall be housed or fenced in when lower than how many feet above the earth?

If the surface transformer stations are lower than 15 feet above the earth a fence shall be installed around the transformer station which shall be at a minimum of how many feet in height?

Buildings used for the storage of oils or similar flammable material shall not be located within how many feet of any hoisting or escape shaft or mine opening?

Oil, grease or similar flammable material shall not be stored within 100 feet of any hoisting or escape shaft or mine opening.

Oil and grease used in mines shall be taken into the mine from day to day with how many days supply being the maximum?

The fireboss or other properly certified persons shall examine carefully every working place, all places adjacent to live workings, every roadway where persons are required to work or travel, all abandoned panels on the intake, every seal on the intake, and all roof falls near active workings on the intake and on the working sections. When must this examination take place?

A suitable record book shall be kept at the mine office of every mine within firebosses are employed, and immediately after the examination of the mine or any portion thereof, who shall enter and sign a record of the examination in the book with ink or indelible pencil.

The records shall clearly show the time taking and making the examination, the nature and location of any danger discovered in the mine, and what has been done to correct dangerous conditions.

If any danger is discovered, the fireboss shall immediately report its location to the:

If a danger sign has been installed by a mine foreman or fireboss, no person, except the mine foreman, and in case of necessity other person as are designated by him, and under his direct supervision for the purpose of correcting the dangerous condition, shall pass a danger signal "board" until the dangerous condition has been corrected?

The mine foreman or his assistants shall visit and carefully examine each working place in the mine within how many hours or often while the mine employees are at work?

What shall be the size of hinged mandoors?

When the height of the coal seam is below 48 inches, hinged mandoors shall be installed at intervals not to exceed:

Where it is necessary to cross a conveyor belt to reach an escapeway mandoor, unless another safe mean is provided, what shall be provided?

If a stop-start switch is provided, it shall be located in such a manner that it may be reached from each side of the belt.

If an abandoned area of a mine that is being approached by the mine workings cannot be inspected how close may active workings advance?

When boreholes are drilled how far in advance of the working face must they be drilled?

Boreholes shall also be drilled not more than 8 feet apart in the rib of the working place to a distance of at least 20 feet at an angle of 45 degrees before additional cuts are taken.

Ribholes shall be drilled in one or both ribs of the working place as may be necessary for adequate protection of miners in such place.

Each superintendent shall keep on hand a sufficient quantity of all materials and supplies required to preserve the safety of employees, at the expense of the operator, within convenient distance of the mine, or not to exceed a distance of:

Mine workings are not to extend within how many feet of the property line?

Each owner, tenant or occupant on land on which a mine is opened and worked or his superintendent shall permit any person interested in or having title to any land adjoining the mined property to have ingress or egress with surveyors and assistants to explore and survey the mine at his own expense once a month for the purpose of making sure that the 25 foot rule is not being violated.

How close are you allowed to mine near oil or gas wells according to state law?

How close can mine workings be driven near abandoned mine workings as shown by surveys made and certified by a registered engineer?