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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A mine owner or operator employing twenty (20) or more miners at any one (1) mine shall provide and maintain in a clean and sanitary condition a bathhouse for the use of the employees if sixty percent (60%) of the employees request it in writing.
(b) The bathhouse shall:
(i) Be convenient to the mine entrance;
(ii) Be equipped with:
(A) Sufficient individual lockers, or baskets or hangers;
(B) Benches or seats;
(C) Proper lights, heat, hot and cold water, and shower baths.
(iii) Be maintained in good order;
(iv) Have sufficient floor space to accommodate the persons using it;
(v) Have concrete, tile or cement flooring in the washroom or bathroom;
(vi) Be constructed of noncombustible material;
(vii) Have steel lockers not less than twelve (12) inches by twelve (12) inches by forty-eight (48) inches in height, or individual hangers of not less than three (3) hooks with a basket of suitable size, attached to a proper chain or wire rope, placed so wearing apparel, when hung thereon, will not be less than seven (7) feet above the floor of the building, and capable of being locked in that position. Lockers, or baskets or hangers shall be sufficient in number to accommodate the employees using the bathhouse;
(viii) Have one (1) shower bath with adequate floor space for every fifteen (15) employees using the bathhouse.
(c) Employees shall:
(i) Furnish their own towels, soap and lock for their lockers, or baskets or hangers;
(ii) Exercise control over, and be responsible for, property they leave in their lockers, or baskets or hangers.
(d) A mine owner or operator violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day there is a violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 30. Mines and Minerals § 30-2-108. Bathhouses; when required; specifications; requirements as to use; penalty for failure to provide - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-30-mines-and-minerals/wy-st-sect-30-2-108/
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