{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-73-306","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-73-306","heading":"Operator to give notice of happening of certain occurrences.","body":"Immediate notice must be conveyed to the department by the operator interested:\n(1) when an accident occurs whereby a person receives serious or fatal injury;\n(2) when work is commenced to sink a shaft, slope, or drift either for hoisting or escape purposes;\n(3) when there is intent to abandon a mine or to reopen an abandoned mine;\n(4) upon the appearance of a large body of firedamp in a mine, whether accompanied by explosion or not, and upon the occurrence of a serious fire within the mine or on the surface around the mine;\n(5) when the workings of a mine are approaching near an abandoned mine believed to contain accumulation of water or gas; or\n(6) upon the accidental closing or intended abandonment of a regularly established passageway to an escape outlet.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 73. SAFETY IN COAL MINES","Part 3. Duties of Operator and Employees in Mine Operation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0730/part_0030/section_0060/0500-0730-0030-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:40Z","sha256":"5879ea527b01b042f170716a7c97e4bd9b83cef98dbf97b2f0d1d1462f5ad1a6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-73-305","next":"us-mt/50-73-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}