§819 Posting of Orders and Decisions

Summary

Each coal or other mine must have an office with a sign and a bulletin board at the office or near a main entrance. Any orders, citations, notices, or decisions that must be posted by law must be put on that board where people can easily read them and where they are protected from weather and being taken down. A copy of any such document given to the operator must be delivered to the mine office and posted on the board right away by the operator or their agent. The Secretary must mail a copy of those documents to the miners’ representative at the mine and to the state official or agency in charge of mine health or safety. The documents must be available for the public to see. A Secretary’s representative may hand a notice directly to an operator’s agent, and that agent must act immediately to comply. Operators must file and keep current the mine’s name and address and the name and address of the person who runs the mine. Operators must also name one official at the mine who is in charge of health and safety and who will receive copies of notices. If someone not involved in daily work controls the mine, that person and a top safety official must be listed and given copies. Naming a safety official does not make them subject to penalties.