Pennsylvania Act 1945-206 — COAL MINES - ELECTRIC MACHINE USE

Act text

COAL MINES - ELECTRIC MACHINE USE
                  Act of May 15, 1945, P.L. 526, No. 206              Cl. 52
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the use of trailing cables on portable electric
        machinery in coal mines; providing for the health and safety
        of persons employed therein, and for the protection and
        preservation of property connected therewith, and for the
        inspection of such equipment by the Department of Mines.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 1404(b) of Act 346 of 1965 provided
            that Act 206 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            anthracite coal mines.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 705(b) of Act 339 of 1961 provided
            that Act 206 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            bituminous coal mines.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  This act shall apply to all coal mines operating
     in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in which five (5) or more
     persons are employed at any one time.
        Section 2.  It shall be unlawful to operate any portable
     electrical machine by means of a trailing cable, unless such
     cable is safely and efficiently insulated by flame resisting
     material, and approved by the Secretary of Mines.
        Section 3.  This act shall become effective one year
     following its final passage, and its provisions shall be
     enforced by the Department of Mines; provided, however, on
     written request from an operator, the time may be extended by
     the Secretary of Mines for a period of not more than six (6)
     months: Provided, further, That any operator, who may at the
     time of passage of this act have in use a trailing cable, which
     does not meet the specifications required by this act, may
     continue to use such cable until replacement is necessary, or
     until the department shall order a cable replaced, but in no
     event later than the first day of April, one thousand nine
     hundred forty-nine. In either such case the new cable shall meet
     the specifications fixed by this act. The action of the
     Department of Mines in permitting the continued use of trailing
     cables not conforming to this act, as originally enacted,
     because flame resisting trailing cables were not available in
     sufficient number to replace existing cables, is hereby
     ratified, confirmed and validated.
        (3 amended May 9, 1947, P.L.195, No.89)
        Section 4.  Any operator or other person violating the
     provisions of this act shall, upon conviction in a summary
     proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty-
     five dollars ($25) and costs, nor more than one hundred dollars
     ($100) and costs, and in default of the payment of such fine and
     costs, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of ten (10)
     days.