Mining Code Of The State Of Arizona - Chapter VI - Liability of Employers for Injuries to Workmen in Dangerous Occupations

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Arizona mining code chapter focuses on employer liability for death or injury to workers employed in hazardous occupations. It defines the scope and purpose of liability as established by the state constitution, emphasizing protection of employee safety where accidents arise from dangerous conditions. The chapter classifies specific mining-related and industrial activities as hazardous, including railroads, blasting operations, construction and demolition involving structural steel, high-elevation work, electrical-current work, and operations in quarries, mines, tunnels, and power-driven industrial premises. It also sets duties for informing workers and explains compensation pathways for injuries or fatalities caused without employee negligence.

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MINING CODE 308

Liability of Employers for Injuries to Workmen in Dangerous Occupations

97-84141-3Arizona.Laws,statutes, etc. Mining code of the State ofArizona Phoenix,Ariz. [1925?] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 308Z Box 198Arizona.Laus,statutes,etc.Mining code of the state of Arizona.]Issued by Tom C.Foster,state inspector of mines.Phoenix,Ariz.Press of Tombstone epitaph,1925124 p.21=. 1.Mining law—Arizona.I.Arizona.Office of state mine inspector.26-6429Library of CongressTN224.A6A4192521 Reproductions may nof be made without permission hom Coiumbia Universily LIbrarnes ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: # TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: 35mmREDUCTION RATIO: 1/:/ IB IIB MAGE PLACEMENT:IA INITIALS: 业 DATE FILMED: -9-93 . TRACKING\#: 23440 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. 事 ## MINING CODE 308 OF THE 198 ## STATE OF ARIZONA ISSUED BY TOM C.FOSTER,State Inspector of MinesPHOENIX,ARIZONA TITLE XIV. ## Chapter VI. Liability of Employers for Injuries to Workmen in Dangerous Occupations.3153.This chapter is and shall be declared to be an employer's liabilitylaw as prescribed in seetion 7 ot article XVIII of the state constitution.3154.That to protect the snfety of employees in all hazardous occupa-tions in mining,smelting,manufacturing.railroad,or street ral1way transpor-tation,or any other industry,as provided in said section 7 of article XVIII ofthe state constitution,any employer,whether individual,aBBociation.or cor-poration,shal be liable for the death or injury,caused by any aceident dueto a condition or conditions of such oceupation,of any employee ln the ser.vice of such employer in such hazardous oceupation,in all cases in whichsuch death or injury of such employee shall not have been caused by thenegligence of the employee killed or injured. 3155.The labor and services of workmen at manual and mechanicallabor,in the employment of any person.firm,asBociation,company or cor-poration,in the occupations enumerated in the next section hereof,arehereby declared and determined to be servlce in a hazardous occupationwithin the meaning of the terms of the preceding section. By reason of the nature and conditions otand the means used andprovided for doing the work in,said occupations,such service is especiallydangerou8 and hazardous to the workmen therein,because of risks andhazards which are inherent in such occupations and which are unavoidableby the workmen therein. 3156.The occupations hereby declared and determined to be hazard-ous within the meaning of this chapter are as follows; (1)The operation of steam rallroads,electrieal ralilroads,streetrailrouds,by locomotives,engines,trains,motors,or cars of any kind pro-pelled by steam,electricity,cable or other mechanieal power,including theconstruction,use or repair of machinery,plants,tracks,switches,bridges,roadbeds,upon,over and by which such rallway buslness is operated. (2)All work when making,using or necessitating dangerous proxi-mity to gunpowder,blasting powder,dynamfte,compressed afr,or any otherexploslve. (3)The erection or demolition of any bridge,bullding or strueturein which there isor in which the plans and specifications requfre,fron orsteel frame work. (4)The operation of all elevators,elevating machines or derricksor holsting apparatus used within or on the outside of any bridge,bulldinger other structure for conveying materials in connection with the erectionor demolition of such bridge,building or structure. (5)All work on ladders or seaffolds of any kind elevated twentyfeet or more above the ground or floor beneathin the erection,construction,repalr,painting or alteration of any buflding,brldge,strueture or other workin which the same are used. (6)All work of construction,operation,alteration or repalr

FAQs

What is the core rule for employer liability in this chapter?

Employers are liable for death or injury caused by accidents arising from hazardous occupational conditions, when the harm is not caused by the negligence of the employee involved.

Which types of work are declared hazardous under this chapter?

Hazardous occupations include operation of steam/electric/cable railroads, blasting and explosive-related work, certain bridge or structure erection/demolition involving steel framing, work on elevators/derricks/hoisting apparatus, and elevated ladder/scaffold work above a specified height, among others.

Who receives damages when a worker is injured or dies without the worker’s negligence?

In injury cases, damages go to the injured employee; in death cases, damages go to the employee’s personal representative for the benefit of surviving spouse and children, or if none, to parents, next of kin dependent on the employee, or then the personal representative for the estate.

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