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Ohio Rev Code § 1567.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.02 | Use of Present Machinery Lawful - Replacement of Appliances and Machinery.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|In the operation of mines, mine owners, lessees, and their agents may continue to use the type of appliance and machinery owned or operated in such mines on September 2, 1941, in the manner permitted by the statutes in force on June 3, 1941, and until the mine in which such appliances or machinery are located is exhausted or abandoned; in the use of such appliances or machinery, they shall comply with the rules of the chief of the division of mineral resources management. In gaseous mines, as parts of such machinery or appliances become worn out and have to be replaced, the chief or the deputy mine inspector shall order that such replacement parts put the machinery or appliance in a condition or state, as far as practicable, to meet the requirements of the United States bureau of mines for permissible machinery or appliances; in case any piece of machinery or appliance is worn out and is not so connected with the use of other machinery and appliances as to make it necessary to replace such worn-out piece with the same type in order to continue the use of the connected appliances and machinery, the machinery or appliance purchased for such replacement shall be of a type made lawful under this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1565. of the Revised Code, which in gaseous mines shall be of permissible or approved type. The chief, in making such rules, shall incorporate therein the statutes in force on June 3, 1941, governing the use of such appliances and machinery. If in the chief's opinion such statutes do not provide the required protection, additional rules to cover such use shall be made by the chief or by the deputy mine inspector, with the chief's approval. The deputy mine inspector and the electrical inspector shall, in their periodic inspection of the mines, report on the condition of all machinery and appliances to see that this section is being complied with.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.03 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No workman or other person shall knowingly injure a water gauge, barometer, thermometer, air course, brattice, equipment, or machinery, obstruct or throw open an airway, handle or disturb any part of the machinery of the hoisting engine of a mine, open a door of a mine and neglect to close it, endanger the mine or those working therein, disobey an order given in pursuance of law, or do a willful act which may endanger the lives and health of persons working therein, the security of a mine, or the machinery connected therewith.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.04 | Machine Runners and Helpers.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Machine runners and helpers shall use care while operating mining machines. They shall warn persons not engaged in the operation of a machine of the danger in going near the machine while it is in operation, and shall not permit such persons to remain near it while such machine is in operation. They shall examine the roof of the working place and see that it is safe before starting to operate the machine. When connecting the power cable to the electric wires, the machine runners and helpers shall make the negative or grounded connections before connecting to the positive, and when disconnecting the power cable, shall disconnect from the positive line before disconnecting the negative or grounded line. When positive feed wires extend into rooms, the machine runners and helpers shall connect such wires to the positive wire on the entry before connecting the power cable, and as soon as the power cable is disconnected, shall disconnect such wire from the wire on the entry. They shall use care that the cable does not make contact with metallic rails on the track, and shall avoid, where possible, leaving the cable in water. If they remove props which have been placed by the miner for the security of the roof, they shall reset such props as promptly as possible.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.05 | Trespassing.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No person, except employees of the mine and those permitted by law, shall enter any mine or go upon the property connected therewith, unless the consent of the owner, lessee, or agent has been secured, and then only when accompanied by a guide furnished by such owner, lessee, or agent. This does not prohibit persons seeking employment at such mine, or the authorized representatives of the employees, from entering upon the property as is necessary to make such application to the proper authority or to transact business, if such persons do not enter the mine until given permission to do so, and do not stand on the tracks or go near the machinery or other places of danger.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.06 | Examination of Mine Generating Firedamp - Posting or Report.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No person shall enter a mine generating firedamp, which can be detected by an approved flame safety lamp, until it has been reported safe by the person making the fire boss examination as prescribed by section 1563.24 of the Revised Code. This report shall be posted on a blackboard provided for that purpose at the main entrance to the mine. This section does not apply to the mine superintendent and mine foreman.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.07 | Entry Beyond Danger Signal.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|In gaseous and nongaseous mines, no person other than a mine foreman or fire boss, or owner, lessee, agent, or operator of the mine, or a representative of either accompanied by a mine foreman or fire boss, shall remove or go beyond any caution board or danger signal placed at the entrance to any working place or old workings in a mine, unless permitted to do so by either a mine foreman or a fire boss after such mine foreman or fire boss has acquainted himself with the danger lying beyond such caution board or danger signal.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.08 | Book of Reports of Mine Condition and Air Measurements.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The mine foreperson shall each day enter plainly or have entered in ink, in a book provided for that purpose, a report of the condition of the mine, which report shall clearly state any danger that such mine foreperson has observed during the day, or any danger reported to the mine foreperson by the mine foreperson's assistants, the fire bosses, or the shot firers when employed. The report shall also state whether or not there is a proper supply of material on hand for the safe working of the mine, and whether or not the requirements of the law are complied with. The mine foreperson shall also, once each week, enter plainly or have entered in ink, in the book, a true report of all air measurements required by this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1565. of the Revised Code, designating the place, the area of each break-through and entry separately, the velocity of the air in each break-through and entry, and the number of workers employed in each separate split of air, with the date when the measurements were taken. The book shall be kept in the mine office at the mine, for examination by the deputy mine inspector, and by any person working in the mine, in the presence of the mine foreperson. The mine foreperson shall each day personally sign and certify to all facts entered and recorded in such book.The mine foreperson shall each day read carefully and personally sign in ink, and certify to such facts, all reports entered in the record book of the fire bosses.The record books shall be prescribed and supplied by the division of mineral resources management and purchased by the operator.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.11 | Booster and Blower Fans.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|Booster and blower fans may be installed only with the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management, following the submission by the owner, lessee, or agent of a definite plan of ventilation in which it is proposed to use such fans and the reason therefor.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.12 | Accident to Ventilating Fan.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|In case of an accident to a ventilating fan, or its machinery, whereby the ventilation of the mine may be seriously interrupted, the electric power shall be shut off. The mine foreman shall order the men to withdraw from the mine immediately, and he shall not allow them to return to their work until the ventilation has been restored and the mine has been thoroughly examined by him, or by a foreman or fire boss, and reported safe.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.13 | Supervision of Ventilating Apparatus and Airways.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The mine foreperson shall see that careful watch is kept over the ventilating apparatus and airways, and that the volume of the ventilating current is measured at least once each week at the inlet and outlet, at or near the face of all entries, and at that point in the mine where distribution to the various working sections begins. Such measurements shall be noted in duplicate on blanks furnished by the division of mineral resources management. On the first day of each month, the mine foreperson shall forward such blanks with the mine foreperson's signature thereon to the deputy mine inspector in the district in which the mine is located, and such blanks shall be properly filled in with the actual measurements so taken as prescribed in this section. On all examinations that the mine foreperson makes of the old workings, the mine foreperson shall mark on a conspicuous place with chalk the mine foreperson's initials and the date of the month of such examination.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.14 | Entry Into Mine After Interruption of Ventilation.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Any person ordered by the mine foreman to withdraw from the mine because of the interruption of the ventilation shall not re-enter the mine until permission to do so has been granted after a thorough inspection has been made and the mine is found to be in a good and safe condition by the mine foreman.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.15 | Closing of Ventilating Doors.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Motormen, trip riders, and drivers in charge of haulage trips, passing through doors used as a means of directing the ventilation, shall see that such doors are closed promptly after the trip passes through.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.16 | Electrical System - Prohibited Activities.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No person shall damage or without authority alter, or make connection to, any portion of an electrical system of any mine location in this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.19 | Grounding of Machines and Armored Cable Using Alternating Current.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|At all stripping mines where alternating current is used to operate shovels or to convert alternating current to direct current, and where the machines used for this purpose are installed on the shovel or building attached thereto, or where armored cables are used to conduct the current from the main transmission line to the shovel, all machines and armored cables so installed or used shall be grounded in a manner approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management.No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.20 | Electrical Equipment to Be Grounded.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The frame and bed plates of generators, transformers, motors other than low voltage mobile motors, and all metallic cable covering other than trailing cables, shall be efficiently grounded.No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.21 | Employment of Shot Firers.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|In gaseous mines or portions of mines as defined by section 1563.02 of the Revised Code, a sufficient number of shot firers shall be employed. The shot firer shall charge, tamp, and fire all holes properly placed, and refuse to charge any holes not properly placed. Whenever such shot firers are required to be employed, it shall be unlawful for any one other than a shot firer to charge, tamp, or fire any blast within such mine.No owner, lessee, or agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.22 | Use of Black Powder.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|In all gaseous mines, as defined in section 1563.02 of the Revised Code, no black powder shall be used for blasting coal and all shots shall be fired by a shot firer.No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.23 | Handling Explosives in Mines.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|No employee, worker, or miner shall have in the employee's, worker's, or miner's possession inside of an underground mine more than one twenty-five pound keg or box of blasting powder or other explosives. Every person who has powder or other explosives in an underground mine shall keep the same in a wooden box suitable to contain the original container of such explosive. Such box shall be kept at all times at least twenty-five feet from the track and electric wire, no two of such boxes shall be kept within twenty-five feet of each other, nor shall blasting powder and high explosives be kept in the same box, and in no case shall detonating caps be kept in a box with blasting powder or high explosives.Where systems of mining are such that it is impracticable to comply with the first paragraph of this section, those requirements may be modified in writing by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, upon the request of the owner, lessee, or agent of such mine. No operator shall maintain or have a magazine for the storage of blasting powder or high explosives, including detonating caps, in the underground workings of any mine, except with the written permission of the chief.No employee or operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.24 | Conveyance of Explosives.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Blasting powder or explosives shall not be taken into or out of a mine, or moved from place to place in a mine, along any entry or haulway where there are electric wires, while the power is on such wires, except when such powder or explosive is conveyed in insulated cars, boxes, or packages.No operator, or miner shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.25 | Explosives to Be Protected From Contact With Fire.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Whenever a workman is about to open a box, package, or keg, containing powder or other explosives, and while handling the same, he shall place and keep his lamp at least five feet distant from such explosives, and in such a position that the air current cannot convey sparks to it. No person shall approach nearer than five feet to any box, keg, or package, containing powder or other explosives, or within five feet of another person handling such explosives, with a naked lamp, lighted pipe, or other thing containing fire.No workman shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.26 | Explosives and Tools on Cages or Stairways.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Powder, explosives, and working tools shall not be taken down or up a hoisting shaft in a cage when men are going down or up, nor shall such articles be taken down or up a stairway used for ingress and egress of persons.No miner or owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.27 | Use of Squibs and Fuses - Tamping.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No employee in a mine, who is about to fire a shot with a squib, shall shorten the fuse, saturate it with oil, or ignite it, except at the extreme end; he shall see that all persons are out of danger from the probable effects of such shot, and if it is a rib shot, he shall notify the persons working next to him on said rib before firing said shot, and shall take measures to prevent anyone approaching by shouting "fire" immediately before lighting the fuse. When a squib is used and a shot misses fire, no person shall return until five minutes have elapsed.When a fuse is used and a shot misses fire, no person shall return until one hour has elapsed for each foot of fuse used.The needle used in preparing a blast shall be made of copper, and the tamping bar shall be made of wood, or shall be tipped with at least five inches of solid copper.No inflammable material, explosive in its nature, or any material that may create a spark, shall be used for tamping, and some soft material must always be placed next to the cartridge or explosive. When it is necessary to tamp dynamite, nothing but a wooden tamper shall be used.Two or more shots shall not be fired in the same face, unless all fuses used are at least twelve inches different in length, or unless the shots are fired simultaneously by electric caps or electric squibs.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.30 | Firing of Shots - Appointed Times.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|At a mine where the firing of shots is restricted to specific times, no miner shall fire a shot until the time appointed for him to do so, and then only in such rotation as designated.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.31 | Drill Holes.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|When a miner drills holes in the face of coal for blasting and such drill hole bottoms in the permanent roof, he shall not charge or fire such drill hole. No miner shall drill a new hole in such a way that any part of it shall be within twelve inches of any part of an unused drill hole or one in which there has been a misfired shot. No miner shall drill out or attempt to drill out the charge or tamping in a misfired shot.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.32 | Misfired Shots.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|A miner after firing a shot shall not leave the mine until he has determined whether or not such shot has misfired. If a shot misfires, such miner shall so report to the foreman in charge of the section in which he works before he leaves the mine.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.33 | Examination After Each Blast.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|After each blast, the miner shall exercise great care in examining the roof and coal, and shall secure them safely before beginning to load coal.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.