CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES AND MINORS IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 3 ANTHRACITE COAL MINE ACT OF 1965
CHAPTER 4. ANTHRACITE COAL MINES IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 5. BITUMINOUS COAL MINE ACT OF 1961
CHAPTER 6. BITUMINOUS COAL MINES IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 7. MINERS' HOME
CHAPTER 8. REPORTS OF MINERALS MINED AND TRANSPORTED; ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER 9. COAL STRIPPING
CHAPTER 10 COAL UNDER STATE LANDS, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
Whenever any workman or workmen shall heretofore have been, or shall hereafter be enclosed, entombed or buried in any coal mine in the Commonwealth, it shall be the duty of the court, sitting in equity, in the county wherein such workman or workmen are enclosed, entombed or buried, upon the petition of the Department of Mines and Mineral Industries brought whenever any of the relatives of those enclosed, entombed or buried so request in writing, to make an order of court for the petitioner to take testimony, in order that the court may ascertain whether such workman or workmen, or the body or boides of such workman or workmen, can be recovered or taken out of said mine, and further empowering the court to make a finding and decree that the person enclosed, entombed or buried is legally dead, together with such findings of fact including the date of death as is necessary or proper. If, after full hearing, it shall appear to the court that such undertaking is feasible or practicable, said court may forthwith issue a peremptory mandamus to the owner or owners, lessee or lessees, operator or operators of such coal company, to forthwith proceed to work for and recover and take out the body or bodies of such workman or workmen, and said court shall have full authority to enforce such peremptory mandamus in the manner provided for the enforcement of such process.
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The Secretary of Mines shall have the right at any time to modify his order embodying such action. Any official whose certificate has been revoked shall have the right after one (1) year to appear before the proper Mine ForemenŐs Examining Board and be re-examined, and if he satisfies the board that he is then qualified to perform his duties and passes a satisfactory examination, he shall be given another certificate of qualification.
As used in this act:
"Emergency medical technician " means a coal mine employee who has successfully completed the course on emergency first-aid care and transportation of the sick and injured recommended by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons or the equivalent thereof, and has been certified by the Department of Health to provide emergency care.
"Emergency medical technician paramedic " means a person who has been certified by the Department of Health to provide emergency medical treatment.
"Mine " means any surface or underground coal mine as defined in the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, Public Law 91-173, section 3(h), 30 U.S.C. section 802(h)
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