Legislative History: Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act |
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... fire suppression , on preventing ignition and fires in welding ; - -Require that each mine have an accurate and up - to - date detailed map of the mine ; -Provide that every underground mine furnish at a minimum two separate escapeways ...
... fire suppression , on preventing ignition and fires in welding ; - -Require that each mine have an accurate and up - to - date detailed map of the mine ; -Provide that every underground mine furnish at a minimum two separate escapeways ...
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... fires , explosions , and day - to - day accidents in coal mines has focused attention on the importance of maintaining ... fire or explosion . It would require the operator to institute a program to prevent anyone from carrying smoking ...
... fires , explosions , and day - to - day accidents in coal mines has focused attention on the importance of maintaining ... fire or explosion . It would require the operator to institute a program to prevent anyone from carrying smoking ...
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... fire or explosion occurs , an accurate record will give the probable location and number of men in the mine . In an inundation ( water ) accident in West Virginia in 1968 , where 4 miners were killed , the check - in and check - out ...
... fire or explosion occurs , an accurate record will give the probable location and number of men in the mine . In an inundation ( water ) accident in West Virginia in 1968 , where 4 miners were killed , the check - in and check - out ...
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... fire or explosion in one area from being carried to other working areas . Section 204 ( 8 ) This section requires that an operator cause examinations for methane by qualified persons before each shot or group of shots is fired . If ...
... fire or explosion in one area from being carried to other working areas . Section 204 ( 8 ) This section requires that an operator cause examinations for methane by qualified persons before each shot or group of shots is fired . If ...
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... fires , many of which originate along the haulageways . Rapid intake air currents also carry products o the fire to the working places quickly before the men know of the fire and lessen their time for escape . If they use the return ...
... fires , many of which originate along the haulageways . Rapid intake air currents also carry products o the fire to the working places quickly before the men know of the fire and lessen their time for escape . If they use the return ...
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Page 749 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 527 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
Page 514 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 294 - Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the real property of associations from either State, county or municipal taxes, to the same extent, according to its value, as other real property is taxed...
Page 294 - That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent all the shares in any of said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation, in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority, at the place where such bank is located and not elsewhere...
Page 463 - Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.
Page 525 - Act shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workmen's compensation law or to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of employers and employees under any law with respect to injuries, diseases, or death of employees arising out of, or in the course of, employment.
Page 758 - I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Mexico?
Page 253 - Record. (There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows : ) SEPTEMBER 25, 1970.
Page 495 - For the purposes of this section — (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.