Thayer v. Kitchen

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Hobson

Affirming.

Section 2731, Kentucky Statutes, among other things provides:

“The owner, agent or lessee of every coal mine, whether slope, shaft or drift, to which this act applies, shall provide and maintain for every such mine an amount of ventilation of not less than one hundred cubic feet of air per minute per person employed in such mine, which shall be circulated and distributed throughout the mine in such a manner as to dilute, render harmless and expel the poisonous and noxious gases from each and every working place in the mine; and no working…