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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 25. Department of Energy
Chapter 40. Safety and Health Regulations for Mineral Mining
11/21/2024

4VAC25-40-2550. Confined space hazard.

A safety harness attached to an attended life line shall be worn by persons before they enter confined spaces. No person shall enter any confined space until the supply and discharge of materials has ceased and the supply and discharge equipment has been locked out and tagged out. No person shall enter an area where they are exposed to entrapment by the caving or sliding of loose, unconsolidated material. No person shall enter a confined space unless the area is provided with adequate ventilation.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3, 45.1-161.294, and 45.1-161.305 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-05-1.2 § 13.4, eff. July 19, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 17, eff. July 1, 1998; Volume 35, Issue 4, eff. November 30, 2018.

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