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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Whenever and wherever a coal mine in this state becomes dangerous from high water or overflow of streams adjacent thereto, whereby the lives of miners employed therein are jeopardized by reason of the high water, it shall be the duty of the managers of the coal mine to call the miners out of the mine and forbid their working therein until the danger is past.
(b)(1) Failure to act as required in subsection (a) of this section is made a misdemeanor.
(2) Upon conviction, the manager shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations § 11-7-316. High water - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-11-labor-and-industrial-relations/ar-code-sect-11-7-316/
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