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Ohio Rev Code § 1567.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.34 | Solid Shooting.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The owner, lessee, or agent of any mine shall not order or permit solid shooting in a mine unless the owner, lessee, or agent has obtained written permission to do so from the chief of the division of mineral resources management, who may issue such permit when in the chief's judgment such solid shooting is necessary for the just and reasonably profitable operation of such mine.No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.36 | Fire Extinguishers.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|At each permanent underground oil storage station there shall be two portable fire extinguishers and two hundred forty pounds of rock dust. One portable fire extinguisher shall be provided at each working section where twenty-five gallons or more of oil are stored in addition to extinguishers required under other sections of this chapter.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.40 | Riding on Haulage Trips.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No person except those in charge of trips, superintendents, mine foremen, mine electricians, machinists, and blacksmiths, when required by their duty, shall ride on haulage trips, except where by mutual agreement in writing between the owner, lessee, or agent, and the employees, a special trip of empty cars is run for the purpose of taking employees into and out of the mine, or empty cars attached to loaded trips, which shall not be run at a speed exceeding eight miles per hour. No person except a trip rider shall ride on a loaded car, and he shall ride only the front or rear end of the trip.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.41 | Operation of Trolley Ahead of Locomotive.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The motormen shall not run the locomotive with the trolley ahead of the locomotive, except in cases where they cannot do otherwise. In such case, the locomotive shall be run only at a speed of two miles per hour.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.42 | Riding on Locomotive or Cars.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The person in charge of trips shall warn persons forbidden to ride on the locomotive or cars, and shall not permit such persons to ride on locomotives or cars contrary to this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1565. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.43 | Signal Light.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The trip rider in charge of rope haulage trips shall see that the signal light, as required by section 1567.39 of the Revised Code, is in place and in proper condition before starting the trip.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.44 | Handling Cars.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Drivers shall use care in handling cars, especially going down grade and at junction points.No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.46 | Windlass Required.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|When the only means of egress is by vertical shaft in which cages or elevators are used as a means of hoisting persons employed in a mine, and the power for operating same is derived from but one source, the owner, lessee, or agent shall provide and keep on hand a suitable windlass capable of hoisting persons from the mine, for use in the event of an accident to the hoisting apparatus or the power by which the same is operated.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.47 | Qualifications of Persons in Charge of Hoisting Engine.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The owner, lessee, or agent of a mine worked by a shaft or slope, shall put only experienced, competent, and sober persons in charge of an engine used for lowering into or hoisting out of such mine persons employed therein.No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.48 | Safe Appliances for Ingress and Egress in Shaft.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of a mine shall provide and maintain safe appliances, approved by the deputy mine inspector, for the ingress and egress of persons in each shaft, designated by such owner, lessee, or agent as a means of ingress and egress for persons employed therein. When there is but one shaft available for ingress and egress from any unavoidable cause, the appliances therein shall be kept available at all times to persons employed in such mine. When such appliances in any shaft are rendered unavailable, the same shall be restored without delay.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.49 | Lowering and Hoisting of Persons by Vertical Shaft.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of a mine, at which the only means of ingress and egress for the persons employed therein is by a vertical shaft of fifty feet or more in depth, shall designate one or more persons who shall attend to the lowering and hoisting of persons into and out of such mine, and give and receive the proper signals, governing the movement of the cage while engaged in handling men. At all shaft mines where persons are lowered into or hoisted out of the mine, the number of men to be carried on the cage or skip at any one time shall be determined by the area of the cage or skip in use, allowing not less than four hundred square inches for each person on the cage or skip. The lowering of persons shall begin in time for persons to reach their working places by the hour appointed for such mine to commence work and continue until starting time. Hoisting of persons shall commence at the time for such mine to cease work, and continue until all have had time to be hoisted. Persons may be hoisted at such other times as will not interfere with the hoisting of coal or other products. No person shall be lowered into or hoisted out of a mine with powder, explosives, tools, or other material on any cage, in the same shaft, and no person shall be lowered or hoisted in a vertical shaft in a mine car. When the vertical shaft is less than fifty feet in depth and a stairway, approved by the deputy mine inspector, is not provided, the operator shall be required to lower or hoist persons, as prescribed in this section, but when such stairway is provided, the hoisting of persons shall not be required.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.50 | Regulations for Speaking Tube, Cages, and Safety Gate.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of a mine operated by a shaft shall provide and maintain a metal tube, suitable for conversation between persons, connecting the engine room with the top and bottom of such shaft. The cages operated in said shaft shall have an approved safety catch, a sufficient cover, and rings or other adequate handholds for the accommodation of the number of persons permitted on the cage. Such cages shall be protected on each side by a boiler plate not less than one-fourth inch in thickness and not less than three feet high, and a gate or other secure device, approved by the deputy mine inspector, not less than forty-two inches high shall be fastened across the open ends of such cage when men are being regularly lowered and hoisted. There shall be provided an approved safety gate at the top of each shaft, an adequate brake to control the drum used for lowering or hoisting persons in shafts or slopes, and an indicator on all machines used for such purposes to show the location of cages in the shaft or slope. No cage having an unstable or self-dumping platform shall be used for the carriage of persons unless such platform is securely locked.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.51 | Signal Code.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|At each mine operated by a shaft, the means of signaling to and from the bottom man, the top man, and the engineer shall consist of a tube, or tubes, of wire encased in wood or iron pipes, through which signals shall be communicated by electricity, compressed air, or other devices.All proper precautions shall be taken to prevent electric signal and telephone wires from coming into contact with other electric conductors, whether insulated or not.Bells, wires, insulators, contact-makers, and other apparatus used in connection with electric signaling underground, shall be of substantial and reliable construction, and be erected in such a manner as to reduce failures or false signals to a minimum.In any mine, signal circuits for operating lamps or other signal devices at potentials exceeding twenty-five volts shall be adequately insulated and considered as power circuits and shall be installed as such.The following signals are provided for use at mines where signals are required:(A) From the bottom to the top:(1) One ring or whistle from the bottom to the top shall signify to hoist coal or the empty cage, and also to stop either when in motion.(2) Two rings or whistles shall signify to lower cage.(3) Three rings or whistles shall signify that men are coming up; when return signal is received from the engineer, men will get on the cage, and cager shall ring or whistle one to start.(4) Four rings or whistles shall signify to hoist slowly, implying danger.(5) Five rings or whistles shall signify accident in the mine and a call for a stretcher.(B) From the top to the bottom:(1) One ring or whistle from the top to the bottom shall signify: "All ready, get on cage."(2) Two rings or whistles shall signify: "Send away empty cage."No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.52 | Additions to Code of Signals - Posting.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The management of any mine may, with the consent of the deputy mine inspector, add to the code of signals to increase its efficiency, or to promote the safety of the workers in such mine, but whatever code is established and in use at any mine shall be approved by the division of mineral resources management, and conspicuously posted at the top, at the bottom, and in the engine room, for the information and instruction of all persons concerned.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.53 | Emergency Signal in Vertical Shaft.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|At each mine where persons are hoisted in a vertical shaft, an emergency signal shall be provided in such manner that persons can give signals from the cage if the cage is stopped between the top and bottom landings.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.55 | Report of Coal Seam Fire - Covering of Exposed Surface to Prevent Fire.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|The operator of any coal mine or the owner of land bearing natural coal deposits immediately upon learning of a fire in any coal seam upon the operator's or owner's property shall report the fire to the chief of the division of mineral resources management.When a coal seam fire is reported to the chief, the chief shall immediately investigate such fire. In the event of a fire in any outcrop of a coal seam or in an abandoned mine, the chief shall extinguish such fire, and the chief may employ such persons and purchase such materials as are necessary to extinguish such fire. Persons so employed shall serve at the pleasure of the chief and their employment shall not be governed by civil service laws, rules, or regulations. Materials purchased for immediate use in extinguishing a fire shall be emergency purchases and shall be paid for out of state funds appropriated for such purpose upon vouchers issued by the chief certifying to the emergency nature of the purchase, notwithstanding the fact that there has been no compliance with other laws governing the making of purchases by the state.Whenever, after August 26, 1949, the surface of a natural deposit of coal is exposed by mining operations, the chief may order the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine at which such exposure occurs to cover such exposed surface with earth or other noncombustible material if, in the judgment of the chief, such covering is necessary to prevent a fire in the coal that would endanger life or property. Such order shall be in writing and shall fix a reasonable time for compliance therewith. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with such order for a period of fifteen days after the expiration of the time fixed in such order for compliance therewith. Each period of fifteen days after the expiration of the time fixed in such order for compliance therewith, during which any such operator refuses or neglects to comply with such order, constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.57 | Two-Way Communication System.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|Every operator of a mine shall install and maintain in efficient working condition a system of two-way communications approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management connecting the surface and each landing of main shafts and slopes between the surface and each working section of any coal mine that is more than one hundred feet from a portal.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.58 | Lights in Mines.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of each mine shall provide an enclosed lard or signal oil lamp or lantern approved by the deputy mine inspector, or incandescent electric light, at such points in the mine as are necessary, including at the top of extreme grades and in underground stations where machinery is installed. No open light shall be used for fixed or stationary purposes, and no coal oil or kerosene lamp or lanterns shall be used in a mine.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.59 | Flame Safety Lamps.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of an underground coal mine shall keep on hand in proper condition for use not less than one approved flame safety lamp, other approved methane detector, or other approved device capable of detecting methane gas in equivalent quantities as a flame safety lamp, for each fifty men employed in said mine, and upon the order of the deputy mine inspector, shall provide such additional flame safety lamps or approved methane detectors as are required to meet probable emergency.This section does not apply to clay mines, except when such equipment is deemed necessary by the deputy mine inspector.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.60 | Recording Pressure Gauge.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|The operator of any underground mine shall have a U tube or recording pressure gauge for the purpose of recording pressure or vacuum of the main air current installed in such mine. A record of the readings of such gauge shall be kept in a book which shall be accessible to the deputy mine inspector and all of such records of readings shall be kept so accessible for not less than one year.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.61 | First Aid and Emergency Medical Equipment - Report of Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance and Transportation.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly|As used in this section, "emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.The operator at all mines and quarries shall keep first aid and emergency medical equipment in a dry and sanitary condition in accessible places.Each operator shall report to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the name, title, and address of each emergency medical service organization with which arrangements have been made or otherwise provided. Each operator shall, within ten days after any change of the arrangements, report such changes to the chief. If such changes involve a substitution of persons, the operator shall report the name, title, and address of the person substituted together with the name and address of the emergency medical service organization with which such person is associated. Each operator shall, immediately after making such an arrangement or any change of such arrangement, post at appropriate places at the mine the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons or organizations currently available under such arrangements to provide medical assistance and transportation at the mine. The operator of an underground mine shall provide a vehicular mode of transportation that is equipped to handle stretchers to transport injured miners underground in a manner that minimizes shock. Such vehicle shall be accessible within the lesser of thirty minutes or the time needed to render first aid and medical attention, secure the injured person to a stretcher or broken-back board or other device, and transport the injured person to the vehicle.No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.62 | Obstruction of Airway.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|No person shall place refuse in or obstruct any airway or break-through used as an airway.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.63 | Use of Traveling Ways - Loitering Prohibited.

Effective: October 29, 1995|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly|Each employee of a mine shall go to and from his place of duty by the traveling ways provided. He shall not travel around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, where duty does not require, and when not on duty, he shall not loiter at, in, or around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.
Ohio Rev Code § 1567.64 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions|Section 1567.64 | Operator to Provide Tag Lines or Tie-Off Lines for Miners.

Effective: June 11, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "tag lines" and "tie-off lines" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under this section. (B) The operator of an underground coal mine shall provide tag lines or tie-off lines for each miner at the mine. The operator shall provide and employees of the mine shall use tag lines or tie-off lines in accordance with requirements and procedures established in rules adopted under this section.(C) The chief of the division of mineral resources management, in consultation with a statewide association representing the coal mining industry and a statewide association representing employees of coal mines, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code concerning the use of tag lines or tie-off lines in an underground coal mine. The rules shall include all of the following:(1) A definition of "tag line" and of "tie-off line";(2) A description or list of acceptable tag lines and tie-off lines;(3) Procedures and requirements for the use of tag lines and tie-off lines;(4) Procedures for the approval and inspection of the use of tag lines and tie-off lines in a mine;(5) Any other requirements concerning tag lines or tie-off lines that the chief determines are necessary.(D) No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section or rules adopted under it.