# KRS § 351.025: 351.025 Duties of department relating to mine safety -- Administrative regulations > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.025 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 351.025 - **Heading:** 351.025 Duties of department relating to mine safety -- Administrative regulations - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 351 / Section 351.025 ## Text 351.025 Duties of department relating to mine safety -- Administrative regulations. The department shall: (1) Promulgate administrative regulations that establish comprehensive criteria for the imposition and enforcement of sanctions against certified and noncertified personnel and owners and part-owners of licensed premises whose intentional violation of, or order to violate, mine safety laws places miners in imminent danger of serious injury or death. These criteria shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) In the case of individuals that are certified miners, the Mine Safety Review Commission may revoke or suspend an individual's certification, or probate an individual's certification for first offenses, and the Mine Safety Review Commission shall establish a maximum penalty for subsequent offenses; (b) In the case of individuals that are owners or part-owners of licensed premises, the Mine Safety Review Commission may impose civil monetary penalties against individuals not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (c) In the case of noncertified personnel, the Mine Safety Review Commission may impose civil monetary fines equivalent to the value of the wages they receive for up to ten (10) working days for first offenses and the commission shall establish maximum penalties for subsequent offenses; (2) Notwithstanding KRS 351.070(15), promulgate administrative regulations that establish comprehensive criteria for the Mine Safety Review Commission's imposition of penalties against licensed premises for violations of mine safety laws that place miners in imminent danger of serious injury or death. These penalties shall include but not be limited to the revocation or suspension of the mine's license, the probation of a mine's license, or the imposition of a penalty against the licensee not to exceed the gross value of the production of the licensed premise for up to ten (10) working days; (3) Direct that an employer shall not directly or indirectly reimburse a sanctioned miner or mine supervisor for days of work lost as a result of sanctions imposed by the Mine Safety Review Commission; (4) Establish procedures by which the department shall communicate with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) concerning allegations of mine safety violations against Kentucky coal operators and miners and for reports made to the division under KRS 351.193; (5) Jointly with the Mine Safety Review Commission establish a process for referring allegations of mine safety violations to the Mine Safety Review Commission for adjudication and for the hearing of appeals from penalties imposed by the division, and the underlying violation, authorized under KRS 351.070(15); and (6) Establish procedures to distribute quarterly reports to every licensed entity describing mine fatalities, serious mine accidents, and penalties imposed on certified and noncertified personnel and licensed premises and to require the report to be distributed to every certified working miner employed by the licensed entity, posted at work sites, and reviewed at regular mine safety meetings. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 351.010 351.010 Definitions for chapter -- Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.010.md) - [KRS § 351.020 351.020 Commissioner of Department for Natural Resources -- Functions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.020.md) - [KRS § 351.025 351.025 Duties of department relating to mine safety -- Administrative regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.025.md) - [KRS § 351.030 351.030 Hearings before department -- Petition for intervention](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.030.md) - [KRS § 351.040 351.040 Action to vacate order of department -- Appeal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.040.md) - [KRS § 351.060 351.060 Qualifications of director of Division of Mine Safety](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.060.md) - [KRS § 351.070 351.070 Duties of the commissioner -- Division of Mine Safety -- Secretary may promulgate administrative regulations -- Family liaison -- Civil monetary penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.070.md) - [KRS § 351.075 351.075 Exceptions to mandatory mine safety standards](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.075.md) - [KRS § 351.080 351.080 Offices of mine inspectors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.080.md) - [KRS § 351.090 351.090 Mine safety specialists -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Oath and bond -- Background check](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.090.md) - [KRS § 351.101 351.101 Declaration of legislative finding of fact](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.101.md) - [KRS § 351.102 351.102 Certificate of competency and qualification or permit as trainee required -- Proof of drug- and alcohol-free status to be submitted -- Examinations -- Hearing -- Appeals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.102.md) - [KRS § 351.103 351.103 Eligibility of mining specialists to work as miners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.103.md) - [KRS § 351.106 351.106 Education and training program -- Alcohol and substance abuse training and education -- Retraining and reeducation requirements -- Administrative regulations -- Implementation of program for training and examination -- Records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.106.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXVIII_C351_S351.025. 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