KRS 352.330: General duties of mine foreman -- Duty of licensee.

The mine foreman shall exercise general supervision over the ventilating apparatus and

the airways, traveling ways, working places, pumps and drainage, and shall see that as the

miners advance their excavations proper breakthroughs are made as required by law to

properly ventilate the mine. He shall see that employees are provided with sufficient

props, cap pieces, and timbers of suitable size, which shall be delivered to the working

place and shall see that the props are cut as square as practicable at bot h ends and as near

as practicable to the proper length required or designated for the places where they are to

be used. The mine foreman shall see that the water is drained as nearly as practicable out

of the working places, and that the working places are kept as free from water as

practicable during working hours. He shall see that every person employed to work in the

mine is, before beginning to work, instructed in the particular danger incident to his work

in the mine and furnished a copy of the rules o f the mine. He shall immediately report all

violations of the mining laws to the operator or superintendent, who shall report the

violations to the mine inspector.