§ 30-2-108 — Bathhouses; when required; specifications; requirements as to use; penalty for failure to provide

(a) A mine owner or operator employing twenty (20) or more
miners at any one (1) mine shall provide and maintain in a clean
and sanitary condition a bathhouse for the use of the employees
if sixty percent (60%) of the employees request it in writing.
(b) The bathhouse shall:
(i) Be convenient to the mine entrance;
(ii) Be equipped with:
(A) Sufficient individual lockers, or baskets or
hangers;
(B) Benches or seats;
(C) Proper lights, heat, hot and cold water, and
shower baths.
(iii) Be maintained in good order;
(iv) Have sufficient floor space to accommodate the
persons using it;
(v) Have concrete, tile or cement flooring in the
washroom or bathroom;
(vi) Be constructed of noncombustible material;
(vii) Have steel lockers not less than twelve (12)
inches by twelve (12) inches by forty-eight (48) inches in
height, or individual hangers of not less than three (3) hooks
with a basket of suitable size, attached to a proper chain or
wire rope, placed so wearing apparel, when hung thereon, will
not be less than seven (7) feet above the floor of the building,
and capable of being locked in that position. Lockers, or
baskets or hangers shall be sufficient in number to accommodate
the employees using the bathhouse;
(viii) Have one (1) shower bath with adequate floor
space for every fifteen (15) employees using the bathhouse.
(c) Employees shall:
(i) Furnish their own towels, soap and lock for their
lockers, or baskets or hangers;
(ii) Exercise control over, and be responsible for,
property they leave in their lockers, or baskets or hangers.
(d) A mine owner or operator violating this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hundred dollars
($100.00). Each day there is a violation of this section
constitutes a separate offense.