Arkansas § 11-7-210 Action to enjoin unsafe working conditions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 11-7-210 — Action to enjoin unsafe working conditions

(a)(1) If the inspector shall, after examination of any mine and the works and machinery pertaining thereto, find the mine worked contrary to the provisions of this act or unsafe for the workmen employed therein, the inspector shall file a complaint before the judge of the circuit court in vacation or the circuit court when in session, in the name of the state, without cost or bond, showing that the owner, agent, or operator has failed to comply with the provisions of this act.

(2)The court or judge, after hearing the cause, shall, if satisfied the law has not been complied with, restrain or enjoin the owner, agent, or operator from operating the mine until the law is complied with.

(b)(1) In all proceedings before the court or judge, the owner, agent, or operator shall have two (2) day

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(a) (1) If the inspector shall, after examination of any mine and the works and machinery pertaining thereto, find the mine worked contrary to the provisions of this act or unsafe for the workmen employed therein, the inspector shall file a complaint before the judge of the circuit court in vacation or the circuit court when in session, in the name of the state, without cost or bond, showing that the owner, agent, or operator has failed to comply with the provisions of this act. (2) The court or judge, after hearing the cause, shall, if satisfied the law has not been complied with, restrain or enjoin the owner, agent, or operator from operating the mine until the law is complied with. (b) (1) In all proceedings before the court or judge, the owner, agent, or operator shall have two (2) days' notice of the intended application for restraining order. (2) The judge or the court shall hear the complaint on affidavits or other testimony that may be offered in support, as well as in opposition thereto, and, if sufficient cause appear, the court, or judge in vacation, by order shall prohibit the further working of any mine in which persons may not be safely employed, or which is worked contrary to the provisions of this act, until the mine has been made safe and the requirements of this act shall have been complied with. (3) The court shall award such costs in the proceedings as may be just, but any proceedings so commenced shall be without prejudice to any other remedy permitted by law for enforcing the provisions of this act.

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