{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-415","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-415","heading":"Dangerous conditions - Additional shafts","body":"The Mine Inspector is hereby authorized, empowered and directed\n\nto thoroughly inspect all underground excavations in all said mines\n\nas often as the Inspector may deem proper, to ascertain the\n\ncondition of said underground excavations with respect to the safety\n\nof all employees working in such underground excavation; and, if\n\nafter such examination the Inspector shall find that the safety of\n\nthe employees engaged in working in such excavations is imperiled by\n\nreason of there being only one shaft or outlet by which a distinct\n\nmeans of ingress and egress is always available to such employees,\n\nit shall be the right and duty of such Inspector to immediately\n\nnotify the operator of such mine, in writing, specifying the\n\nparticular underground excavations so found to be dangerous, and\n\ndirect the operator to, within thirty (30) days after receiving such\n\nnotice, commence to sink another shaft or provide another outlet for\n\nsuch underground excavation and prosecute the sinking of such shaft\n\nor the securing of another outlet with all due diligence until the\n\nsame is completed. And the Mine Inspector aforesaid shall have the\n\npower if he deems it for the safety of the employees, to order the\n\noperator of said mine to withdraw all employees engaged in working\n\nin such underground excavations so found to be unsafe or dangerous,\n\nuntil such other shaft or outlet shall have been completed, or until\n\nfurther notified by such Inspector.","path":["OK Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os45.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fea68456f35275bf8e0a6d38d1b7e5195d7672f64f44b6f24557ab3b9bf9f342","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-414","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-45-45-416"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}