1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cxviiwriting, of such adjourned inquest, and the time and place of holdingthe same, at least three (3) days previous thereto.Section 4. Due notice of an intended inquest to be held by thecoroner, shall be given by the coroner to the inspector, and at anysuch inquest the inspector shall have the right to examine witnesses.Section 5. If, at any inquest held over the body or bodies of personswhose death was caused by an accident inor about a mine orcolliery, the inspector be not present, and it is shown by the evidencegiven at the inquest that the accident was caused by neglector by any defect in or about the mine or colliery, which in the judgmentof the jury, requires a remedy, the coroner shall send noticein writing to said inspector of such neglect or default.Section 6. No person who is interested personally, nor a personemf>loyed in the mine or at a colliery in or at which loss of life hasoccurred by accident, shall be qualified to serve on a jury empaneledon the inquest, and a constable or other officer shall not summonssuch a person so qualified as juror, but the coroner shall empanel amajorit}^ of the jury from miners who are qualifiedto judge of thenature of the accident; every person who fails to comply with theprovisions of this article shall be guilty of an offense against thisact.Section 1.ARTICLE XIV.Returns, Notices, Et Cetera.Notices of death or serious injuries resulting from accidentsin or about mines or collieries, shall be made to the inspectorof mines, inwritng, and shall specify the name, age and occupationof the person killed or injured, and also the nature and characterof the accident and of the injury caused thereby.Section 2. The owner, operator or superintendent of a mine or colliery,shall, without delay, give notice to the inspector of the districtin which said mine or colliery is situated in any or all of the followingcases:First. \Vhere any working is commenced for the purpose of openinga new slope or mine to which this act applies.Second. Where any mine is abandoned or the workings thereofdiscontinued.Third, ^^^here the working of any mine is recommenced after anyabandonment or discontinuance for a period exceeding three months.Fourth. Where any new coal breaker is completed and work commencedtherein for the purpose of preparing coal for market.Fifth. Where the pillars of a mine are to be removed or robbed.Sixth. Where a squeeze or crush or any other cause or changemay seem to affect the safety of persons employed in any mine,or where fire occurs or a dangerous body of gas is found in anymine.