Quantities of Air Measured Weekly with Anemometer by Mine Foreman Recorded in Report Book; Report of Measurement Sent to Inspectors before Twelfth of the Month for Preceding Month

Act 346 of 1965, § 521, under PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE COAL MINE ACT.

Act 346 of 1965, § 521

Section 521. Quantities of Air Measured Weekly with Anemometer by Mine Foreman Recorded in Report Book; Report of Measurement Sent to Inspectors before Twelfth of the Month for Preceding Month.--The quantities of air in circulation shall be ascertained with an anemometer or other efficient instrument; such measurements shall be made by the inside foreman or his assistant once every week at the intake and return airways, also at or near the face of each gangway and at the nearest crosscut to the face of the inside and outside chamber or breast where men are employed. The quantities of air in circulation shall be entered in the colliery report book. A report of these air measurements shall be sent to the inspector before the twelfth day of each month, for the preceding month, together with a statement of the number of persons employed in each district.

Compiler's Note: Section 9(b) of Act 173 of 1978 provided that section 521 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with 1 Pa.C.S. § 2301(d) (relating to equality of rights based on sex).