N.Y. Labor Law Section 414
Ways around shafts

At necessary points traveling ways shall be cut out around the sides and bottom of each mine shaft to afford passage from side to side without crossing the shaft under or above the cage or hoist. Each such traveling way shall be at least five feet high and three feet wide.

Source: Section 414 — Ways around shafts, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LAB/414 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 31, 2026).

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