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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 352.210: Conduct in mine -- Intoxication, alcoholic beverage or controlled substance

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  1. KRS Chapter 352

prohibited -- Notification to director of violations of substance - or alcohol -

abuse policies.

(1) No person shall knowingly injure any shaft, lamp, instrument, air course, or brattice;

obstruct or throw open airways; disturb any part of the machinery or appliances;

open a door used for directing ventilation without closing it afterwards; enter any

part of a mine against caution; disobey any order given in carrying out any of the

provisions of KRS Chapter 351 or 352; or do any act endangering the life or health

of any person employed in the mine or endangering the security of the mine.

(2) No person shall enter or be on any licensed facility while intoxicated or under the

influence of alcohol or a controlled substance or be in possession of any alcoholic

beverage or controlled substance at any licensed facility; provided, however, this

shall not apply to private vehicles driven to and from the mine.

(3) The licensee shall notify the director, by the close of the next business day, of any

certified persons who have been discharged for violation of the company's

substance-abuse or alcohol -abuse policies or who tested positive and failed to

complete an employee assistance program.

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