{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-352.170","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 352.170","heading":"Approved electric lamps and multigas detectors required -- Unauthorized","body":"devices for making lights and fires forbidden.\n(1) All underground mines shall be worked exclusively by the use of approved electric\nlamps for personal lighting.\n(2) A mine operator shall provide an MSHA-approved, handheld, multigas detector that\ncan measure methane, oxygen, and carbon monoxide to each group of two (2) or\nmore miners working in close proximity of each other underground, the foreman,\nfireboss, and to each per son who works alone, such as pumpers, examiners, and\noutby miners. The mine operator shall make available one (1) multigas detector at\nthe working face for use by any miner working on the section. Miners shall be\ntrained in the proper use and calibration o f the multigas detectors and shall\ndocument that the training has been provided. Signs shall be prominently posted at\nplaces miners gather with instructions on the proper use of multi-gas detectors.\n(3) No person shall at any time carry into any mine any i ntoxicants. No person shall at\nany time enter any underground mine with matches, lighters, pipes, cigars,\ncigarettes, or any device for making lights or fire not authorized or approved,\nincluding but not limited to electronic cigarettes, cigars, or any com ponent that\nheats liquids or other material to produce vapor. The licensee shall at frequent\nintervals search, or cause to be searched, any person entering or about to enter the\nmine or inside the mine, to prevent the person from taking, carrying, or using  the\narticles therein.","path":["KRS Chapter 352"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47737","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:38Z","sha256":"485f11351b9574e46372015699dafe8691269b44df2506c7314a8fb3ee4c70ef","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-352.161","next":"us-ky/krs-352.175"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}