Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 56-2-7 - Work Areas7.1. Employees shall be spaced and the duties of each employee shall be organized so the actions of 1 employee will not create a hazard for any other employee.7.2. Work areas shall be assigned so that trees cannot fall into an adjacent occupied work area. The distance between adjacent occupied work areas shall be at least 2 tree lengths of the trees being felled. The distance between adjacent occupied work areas shall reflect the degree of slope, the density of the growth, the height of the trees, the soil structure and other hazards reasonably anticipated at that work site. A distance of greater than 2 tree lengths shall be maintained between adjacent occupied work areas on any slope where rolling or sliding of trees is reasonably foreseeable.7.3. Each employee performing land clearing on mine property shall work in a position or location that is within visual or audible contact with another employee.7.4. The employer shall account for each employee at the end of each work shift.