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the vision of mine started in 1912 had
an appointed chief and one additional
inspector in 1940 the General Assembly
passed a law that was requiring
record-keeping at the mind sighs now
this enhanced or helped Mine Safety by
being able to examine what was going on
in the mines from day to day in 1972
division of mines began enforcing the
health and safety of miners working in
the coal mines in Virginia this was
following the 1969 federal mine Act and
we began looking everything in the mines
we looked at roof control the
ventilation safety aspects and the mines
checking equipment
1985 the division of mine started the
training program which was really
designed because we had so many small
mines that we're now working and they
didn't have safety program so we began
putting inspectors out there and
specialists that could help with this
part to develop their safety programs at
the mines
in 1985 the vision of mine scarred their
technical specialist program at
different specialists going in the mines
during this time to help with even
beyond the inspectors that we're doing
the enforcing of the mining law Virginia
today the division of minds does
inspections training certifications
safety talks right on down the line were
a multi-faceted agency that does
everything we can to help protect the
safety of the minor
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