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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.11 | Program of Collection, Compilation, and Analysis of Employment Risk Reduction Statistics.

Effective:
September 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly
(A) In order to further the purposes of this chapter, the administrator of workers' compensation shall develop and maintain, for public employers and public employees, an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of employment risk reduction statistics.
(B) To implement and maintain division (A) of this section, the administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that extend to all of the following:
(1) Requiring each public employer to make, keep, and preserve, and make available to the administrator, reports and records regarding the public employer's activities, as determined by the rule that are necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this chapter or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational accidents and illnesses. The rule shall prescribe which of these reports and records shall or may be furnished to public employees and public employee representatives.
(2) Requiring every public employer, through posting of notices or other appropriate means, to keep their public employees informed of public employees' rights and obligations under this chapter, including the provisions of applicable Ohio employment risk reduction standards;
(3) Requiring public employers to maintain accurate records of public employee exposure to potentially toxic materials, carcinogenic materials, and harmful physical agents that are required to be monitored or measured under rules adopted under the guidelines of division (C) of section 4167.07 of the Revised Code. The rule shall provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity to observe the monitoring or measuring, and to have access on request to the records thereof, and may provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity to participate in and to undertake their own monitoring or measuring. The rules also shall permit each current or former public employee to have access to the records that indicate their own exposure to toxic materials, carcinogenic materials, or harmful agents.
(C) The administrator shall obtain any information under division (B) of this section with a minimum burden upon the public employer and shall, to the maximum extent feasible, reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining the information.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.12 | Confidential Trade Secrets.

Effective:
June 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly
All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee in connection with any investigation, inspection, or proceeding under this chapter that reveals a trade secret of any person is confidential, except that the information may be disclosed to other agents or authorized representatives of the administrator concerned with fulfilling the requirements of this chapter, or when relevant, to any proceeding under this chapter. In any proceeding, the administrator or the court shall issue orders as appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.13 | Prohibiting Retaliation by Employer.

Effective:
April 20, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 308 - 119th General Assembly
(A) No public employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any public employee because the public employee, in good faith, files any complaint or institutes any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or testifies or is about to testify in any proceeding, or because of the exercise by the public employee, on his own behalf or on the behalf of others, of any right afforded under this chapter.
(B) Any public employee who believes he has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any public employer in violation of division (A) of this section may elect any one of the following remedies:
(1) File, within sixty days after the violation occurs, a complaint with the state personnel board of review. The state personnel board of review may restrain violations of division (A) of this section and order all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement of the employee to his former position with back pay and reasonable interest thereon.
(2) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code;
(3) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under a municipal or county charter;
(4) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under section 124.34 of the Revised Code;
(5) Pursue any grievance or appeal procedure provided for an action based upon a violation of division (A) of this section under any other grievance or appeal procedure or any other right or remedy provided by law.
(C) An employee may elect only one of the remedies provided for in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section and is barred from asserting an action based upon a violation of division (A) under any other remedy provided in division (B) of this section.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting a public employer's right to take any action as provided in division (C) of section 4167.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.14 | Injunctive Relief.

Effective:
September 10, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Any court of common pleas has jurisdiction, upon petition of the administrator of workers' compensation, to restrain any conditions or practices in any places of employment that present a danger that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious harm or contribute significantly to occupationally related illness immediately or before the imminence of the danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures provided in this chapter. Any order issued under this section may require that steps be taken as necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger and prohibit the employment or presence of any individual in locations or under conditions where the imminent danger exists, except individuals whose presence is necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger.
(B) Upon the filing of a petition under division (A) of this section, the court of common pleas may grant injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order pending the outcome of an enforcement proceeding pursuant to this chapter, except that no temporary restraining order issued without notice is effective for a period longer than five calendar days.
(C) If the administrator or the administrator's designee responsible for inspections determines that the imminent danger as described in division (A) of this section is such that immediate action is necessary, and further determines that there is not sufficient time in light of the nature, severity, and imminence of the danger to seek and obtain a temporary restraining order or injunction, the administrator or the administrator's designee immediately shall file a petition with the court under division (A) of this section and issue an order requiring action to be taken as is necessary to avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger.
The administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to permit a public employer expeditious informal reconsideration of any order issued by the administrator under this division. Unless the administrator reverses an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section. If the administrator modifies an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the administrator shall provide the court with whom the administrator filed the petition under this section with a copy of the modified order. The modified order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.15 | Request for Hearing on Order, Rule or Standard.

Effective:
June 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly
Any public employer, public employee, or public employee representative affected by an order, rule, or Ohio employment risk reduction standard proposed, adopted, or otherwise issued pursuant to this chapter, may request, within fourteen days after the proposal, adoption, or issuance of the order, rule, or standard, a hearing from the administrator of workers' compensation. The administrator, within fourteen days after receipt of a request for a hearing, shall appoint a hearing officer to make a determination as to the request. The hearing officer, within fourteen days after the hearing officer's appointment, shall hold a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and, within fourteen days after the hearing, render a decision. A public employer, public employee, or public employee representative may appeal the decision of the hearing officer to the administrator, provided that the appeal is made within thirty days after the hearing officer issues the decision. The decision of the hearing officer is final unless appealed to the administrator within the time period set in this section or unless the administrator, on the administrator's own motion, modifies or reverses the decision within that time period. If a party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, the decision of the hearing officer is not, for purposes of section 4167.16 of the Revised Code, a final order of the administrator and is not appealable to court as provided in section 4167.16 of the Revised Code, except that if the party fails to appeal the decision of the hearing officer, and the administrator modifies or reverses the decision under this section, the decision of the administrator is appealable to court pursuant to section 4167.16 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.16 | Appeal to Court of Common Pleas.

Effective:
June 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Any party who is adversely affected by a final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to division (G) of section 4167.10 or section 4167.15 of the Revised Code, and who has exhausted all administrative appeals from such order may appeal the order, within thirty days after the issuance of a final order, to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or to the court of common pleas of the county in which the alleged violation occurred. If the court finds an undue hardship to the appellant will result from the enforcement of the order pending determination of the appeal, the court may grant a suspension of the order and fix the terms thereof.
(B)(1) The court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal filed under division (A) of this section and shall give preference to all proceedings under this section over all other civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. The hearing shall proceed as in the case of a civil action, and the court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with the laws applicable to the action.
(2) The court shall affirm the order of the administrator if it finds, upon consideration of the record as a whole, and additional evidence as the court has admitted, that the order is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. In absence of that finding, the court shall reverse, vacate, or modify the order or make such other ruling as is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. The judgment of the court is final and conclusive, unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal. Any party may appeal as provided in Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.
(C) No person who has failed to exhaust all of the administrative appeals provided in this chapter may file an appeal of a final order of the administrator under division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.17 | Failure to Comply With Order.

Effective:
June 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly
(A) If a public employer, public employee, or public employee representative willfully fails to comply with any final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to this chapter, the administrator may apply to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred, for an injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate relief compelling the public employer, public employee, or public employee representative to comply with such order. The court shall order such relief as it considers appropriate and shall, in addition, impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per day per violation and not to exceed a total of ten thousand dollars per violation.
(B) The administrator shall not seek to enforce this chapter, or any Ohio employment risk reduction standard, rule, or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, in any manner that derogates from the immunity offered to a public employer by variances obtained under this chapter, or by variations, tolerance, or exemption allowed a public employer for reasons of national defense by the United States secretary of labor pursuant to section 16 of the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.25 | Exposure Control Plans for Health Care Workers Definitions.

Effective:
June 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 4167.27 and 4767.28 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Bloodborne pathogen" means a microorganism present in human blood that can cause disease in humans, including the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and other pathogenic microorganisms.
(B) "Engineered sharps injury protection" means either of the following:
(1) A physical attribute built into a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction, or any other effective mechanism;
(2) A physical attribute built into a type of needle device not included in division (B)(1) of this section, or built into a non-needle sharp, that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.
(C) "Exposure incident" means an occurrence of occupational exposure to blood or other material potentially containing bloodborne pathogens, including exposure that occurs through a sharps injury.
(D) "Needleless system" means a device that does not utilize needles for the following:
(1) Withdrawing body fluids after initial venous or arterial access is established;
(2) Administering medication or fluids;
(3) Performing any other procedure involving potential exposure incidents.
(E) "Public health care worker" means a person who is employed by a public employer to provide health services that carry with them the potential for exposure incidents, including a person employed by a public hospital or other public health care facility, a person employed by a public employer to provide home health care, and a person employed by a public employer as a firefighter, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic. "Public health care worker" does not include a person who is employed by a public employer to provide dental services, treatment, or training or a dental student who is receiving training from a public employer.
(F) "Sharp" means an object used in or encountered when providing health care services that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body and result in an exposure incident, including objects such as needle devices, scalpels, lancets, and broken glass.
(G) "Sharps injury" means an injury caused by a sharp, including such injuries as cuts, abrasions, and needlesticks.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4167 | Public Employment Risk Reduction Program › Section 4167.27 | Adoption of Rule and Standard for Prevention of Exposure Incidents.

Effective:
June 21, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 67 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall adopt a rule and Ohio employment risk reduction standard for the prevention of exposure incidents. The initial rule and standard shall be adopted not later than one hundred eighty days after October 5, 2000.
(B) The administrator shall provide advice to public employers with regard to their implementation of the requirements established by the rule and standard adopted under this section and the requirements of section 4167.28 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.02 | Duties of Division of Industrial Compliance.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall be responsible for regulating the construction, maintenance, mechanical operation, and inspection of passenger tramways that are associated with ski areas and for registering operators of passenger tramways in this state.
(B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the division shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules relating to public safety in the construction, maintenance, mechanical operation, and inspection of passenger tramways. The rules shall be in accordance with established standards in the business of ski area operation, if any, and shall not discriminate in their application to ski area operators.
No person shall violate the rules of the division.
(C) The authority of the division shall not extend to any matter relative to the operation of a ski area other than the construction, maintenance, mechanical operation, and inspection of passenger tramways.
Last updated April 9, 2021 at 4:38 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.03 | Registration of Passenger Tramway Operators - Application and Fees.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Before a passenger tramway operator may operate any passenger tramway in the state, the operator shall apply to the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce, on forms prepared by it, for registration by the division. The application shall contain an inventory of the passenger tramways that the applicant intends to operate and other information as the division may reasonably require and shall be accompanied by the following annual fees:
(1) Each aerial passenger tramway, five hundred dollars;
(2) Each skimobile, two hundred dollars;
(3) Each chair lift, two hundred dollars;
(4) Each J bar, T bar, or platter pull, one hundred dollars;
(5) Each rope tow, fifty dollars;
(6) Each wire rope tow, seventy-five dollars;
(7) Each conveyor, one hundred dollars.
When an operator operates an aerial passenger tramway, a skimobile, or a chair lift during both a winter and summer season, the annual fee shall be one and one-half the above amount for the respective passenger tramway.
(B) Upon payment of the appropriate annual fees in accordance with division (A) of this section and successful completion of the inspection described in section 4169.04 of the Revised Code, the division shall issue a registration certificate to the operator. Each certificate shall remain in force until the thirtieth day of September next ensuing. The division shall renew an operator's certificate in accordance with the standard renewal procedure in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code upon payment of the appropriate annual fees.
(C) Money received from the registration fees and from the fines collected pursuant to section 4169.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person shall operate a passenger tramway in this state unless the person has been registered by the division.
(E) The division shall issue a registration certificate in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an operator if either of the following applies:
(1) The operator is licensed or registered in another state.
(2) The operator has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a passenger tramway operator in a state that does not issue that license or registration.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:47 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.04 | Division to Require Inspections - Report of Violation.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall require inspection of the construction, maintenance, and mechanical operation of passenger tramways annually or more often as the division may reasonably require. Each inspection shall be performed by a qualified inspector of an insurance company authorized to insure passenger tramways in this state.
(B) If, as the result of an inspection, an employee of the division or other agent with whom the division has contracted finds that a violation of the division's rules exists or a condition in passenger tramway construction, maintenance, or mechanical operation exists that endangers public safety, the employee or agent shall make an immediate report to the division for appropriate investigation and order.
Last updated April 9, 2021 at 4:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.05 | Written Complaint to Division Alleging Violation.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly
Any person may make a written complaint to the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce setting forth an alleged violation of the division's rules by a registered passenger tramway operator or a condition in passenger tramway construction, maintenance, or mechanical operation that allegedly endangers public safety. The division shall forward a copy of the complaint to the operator named in it and may accompany it with an order that requires the operator to answer the complaint in writing within a specified period of time. The division may investigate the complaint if it determines that there are reasonable grounds for such an investigation.
Last updated April 9, 2021 at 4:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.06 | Emergency Order to Cease Using Tramway.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) When facts are presented to the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce that indicate that immediate danger exists in the continued operation of a passenger tramway, the division, after such verification of the facts as is practical under the circumstances and consistent with immediate public safety, may by an emergency written order require the operator of the tramway to cease using the tramway immediately for the transportation of passengers. Any person may serve notice on the operator or the operator's agent who is in immediate control of the tramway by delivering a true and attested copy of the order, and the operator or the operator's agent shall furnish proof of receipt of such notice by signing an affidavit on the back of the copy of the order. The emergency order shall be effective for a period not to exceed forty-eight hours from the time of notification.
(B) Immediately after the issuance of an emergency order pursuant to this section, the division shall investigate the facts of the case. If the division finds that a violation of any of its rules exists or that a condition in passenger tramway construction, maintenance, or mechanical operation exists that endangers public safety, it shall issue a written order setting forth its findings and the corrective action to be taken and fixing a reasonable time for compliance.
(C) After an investigation pursuant to division (B) of this section, if the division determines that danger to public safety exists in the continued operation of a passenger tramway, it shall so state in the order, describe in detail the basis for its findings, and in the order may require the operator not to operate the tramway until the operator has taken the corrective action ordered pursuant to this section. If the operator continues to use the tramway following receipt of such order, the division may request the court of common pleas having jurisdiction in the county where the tramway is located to issue an injunction forbidding operation of the tramway.
(D) An operator of a passenger tramway may request a hearing by the division on any order issued pursuant to this chapter and may appeal the results of such a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. An operator may appeal an order suspending the operation of the operator's tramway without first requesting a hearing.
(E) If an operator fails to comply with an order of the division issued pursuant to this chapter within the specified time, the division may suspend the registration certificate of the operator for such time as it considers necessary to gain compliance with its order.
No operator shall operate a passenger tramway while the operator's registration certificate is under suspension by the division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.07 | Responsibilities of Ski Area Operator and Tramway Passengers.

Effective:
November 20, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 535 - 121st General Assembly
(A) A ski area operator shall be responsible for any construction that the operator actually performs or has actually performed and for the maintenance and operation of any passenger tramway in the operator's ski area.
(B) A passenger shall be responsible for not embarking upon or disembarking from a passenger tramway except at an area that is designated for such purpose; not throwing or expelling any object from a passenger tramway; not performing any action that interferes with the running or operation of a passenger tramway; learning how to use a passenger tramway safely before the time that the passenger desires to embark upon it; not using such a tramway unless the passenger has the ability to use it safely without any on-the-spot instruction from the ski area operator; not engaging willfully or negligently in any type of conduct that contributes to or causes injury to another person; and not embarking upon a passenger tramway without the authority of the ski area operator.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.09 | Liability for Losses and Damages.

Effective:
September 26, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 61 - 126th General Assembly
A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the operator's, passenger's, freestyler's, competitor's, or skier's failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required by this chapter. A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is not liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by another's failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required of another by this chapter. A ski area operator, a tramway passenger, freestyler, competitor, or skier is not entitled to recover for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the operator's, passenger's, freestyler's, competitor's, or skier's failure to fulfill any of the responsibilities required by this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.10 | No Liability to Violators of Theft Statute.

Effective:
July 1, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 775 - 113th General Assembly
A ski area operator is not liable for any losses or damages suffered by a person who was in violation of section 2913.02 of the Revised Code at the time that the losses or damages occurred.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4169 | Ski Tramways › Section 4169.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 775 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4169.02 or division (D) of section 4169.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(B) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4169.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined fifty dollars for every day that the violation continues.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.01 | Roller Skating Rink Definitions.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
As used in Chapter 4171. of the Revised Code:
(A) "Operator" means a person that owns, manages, controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a roller skating rink.
(B) "Roller skater" means a person wearing roller skates while in a roller skating rink for the purpose of recreational or competitive roller skating. "Roller skater" includes any person entering a roller skating rink as an invitee, whether or not the person pays consideration to enter.
(C) "Roller skating rink" means a building, facility, or premises that provides an area specifically designed to be used by the public for recreational or competitive roller skating.
(D) "Spectator" means a person who is present in a roller skating rink only for the purpose of observing recreational or competitive roller skating.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.05 | Minimum Safety Standards in Interest of Public.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
The general assembly acknowledges that the recreational sport of roller skating is practiced by a large number of citizens of Ohio, provides a wholesome and healthy family activity which should be encouraged, and significantly contributes to the economy of this state. The general assembly further acknowledges that roller skating as a recreational sport can be hazardous to roller skaters and that minimal safety standards for, and duties and responsibilities of, operators and roller skaters are in the public interest.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.06 | Rink Operator - Duties.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
Each operator shall:
(A) Post the responsibilities of roller skaters and spectators and the duties and liabilities of the operator as prescribed in this chapter, in conspicuous places in at least three locations in the roller skating rink;
(B) Maintain the stability and legibility of all signs, symbols, and posted notices required by this chapter;
(C) Maintain the skating surface in a reasonably safe and clean condition and inspect the skating surface before each session;
(D) Maintain the railings, kickboard risers, and walls surrounding the skating surface in good condition;
(E) Install fire extinguishers and inspect fire extinguishers at recommended intervals;
(F) Inspect emergency lighting units periodically to ensure the lights are in proper order;
(G) Keep exit lights and service area lights on when skating surface lights are turned off during special numbers;
(H) Check rental skates on a regular basis to ensure the skates are in good mechanical condition;
(I) Comply with all applicable state and local safety codes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.07 | Floor Supervisors - Duties, Training.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
Each operator shall maintain at least one floor supervisor on duty for every one hundred seventy-five roller skaters when the roller skating rink is open for sessions. The floor supervisor shall be in a position to observe the skate floor and shall monitor activity on the skate floor and be available to assist skaters in understanding and adhering to the responsibilities of roller skaters set forth in section 4171.08 of the Revised Code. The floor supervisor shall comply with the duties of a floor supervisor as defined by the roller skating rink operators of America or its successor organization, including directing traffic and assisting roller skaters who may fall or sustain injuries. The floor supervisor also shall issue warnings, reprimands, or penalties to roller skaters upon their violation of the responsibilities set forth in section 4171.08 of the Revised Code.
No person shall act as a floor supervisor unless he has received the training appropriate for such duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.08 | Roller Skater - Duties.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
Each roller skater shall:
(A) Maintain reasonable control of his speed and course at all times;
(B) Heed all posted signs and warnings;
(C) Maintain a proper outlook to avoid other roller skaters and objects;
(D) Accept the responsibility for knowing the range of his own ability to negotiate the intended direction of travel while on roller skates and to skate within the limits of that ability;
(E) Refrain from action in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of himself or any other person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.09 | Roller Skater - Assumption of Risks.

Effective:
April 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 347 - 119th General Assembly
The general assembly recognizes that roller skating as a recreational sport can be hazardous to roller skaters regardless of all feasible safety measures that can be taken. Therefore, roller skaters are deemed to have knowledge of and to expressly assume the risks of and legal responsibility for any losses, damages, or injuries that result from contact with other roller skaters or spectators, injuries that result from falls caused by loss of balance, and injuries that involve objects or artificial structures properly within the intended path of travel of the roller skater, which are not otherwise attributable to an operator's breach of his duties pursuant to sections 4171.06 and 4171.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4171 | Roller Skating Rinks › Section 4171.10 | Assumption of Risk Is Complete Defense.

Effective:
April 9, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly
The express assumption of risk set forth in section 4171.09 of the Revised Code shall serve as a complete defense in a tort or other civil action against an operator by a roller skater for injuries resulting from the assumed risks of roller skating. The comparative negligence or other tort provisions of sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code shall not apply unless the operator has breached the operator's duties pursuant to sections 4171.06 and 4171.07 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4173 | Retail Establishment Restrooms › Section 4173.01 | Retail Establishment Restrooms Definitions.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 150 - 127th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Customer" means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment.
(B) "Eligible medical condition" means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility.
(C) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. "Retail establishment" does not include a filling station or service station, with a structure of eight hundred square feet or less, that has an employee toilet facility located within that structure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4173 | Retail Establishment Restrooms › Section 4173.02 | Use by Certain Customers of Employee Restrooms.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Any retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees is encouraged to permit a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if the toilet facility is reasonably safe and all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The customer requesting the use of the employee toilet facility has an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device.
(2) The employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer or an obvious security risk to the retail establishment.
(3) A public restroom or employee restroom normally available to the public is not immediately accessible to the customer.
(B) This section does not require a retail establishment to make any physical changes to an employee toilet facility.
(C) No restroom facility, by reason of being made available to a customer pursuant to this section, shall be considered a public facility for the purpose of laws or regulations that generally govern facilities available to the public. That restroom facility shall be governed by the laws and regulations that otherwise would govern the facility if it were not made available to a customer pursuant to this section.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4173 | Retail Establishment Restrooms › Section 4173.03 | Immunity Regarding Customer Use of Employee Restrooms.

Effective:
September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 150 - 127th General Assembly
No retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment shall be liable in any civil action for an injury or death of a customer resulting from any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee toilet facility pursuant to section 4173.02 of the Revised Code if the act or omission is not willful or grossly negligent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4175 | Climbing Facilities › Section 4175.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Climbing facility operator" means a person who owns, manages, controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a climbing facility.
(B) "Climber" means a person in a climbing facility for the purpose of recreational or competitive climbing. "Climber" includes any person entering a climbing facility as an invitee, whether or not the person pays consideration to enter.
(C) "Climbing facility" means a facility or premises used by the public not located in an amusement park, carnival, or on public land designed and built for the sport of rock climbing, recreational climbing, or competitive climbing, including ascending, descending, and traversing over simulated rock surfaces that use belay systems in their normal operation.
(D) "Floor supervisor" means an employee of the climbing facility who has responsibility for all of the following:
(1) Observing, supervising, or monitoring activity in the climbing facility;
(2) Instructing or assisting climbers in the climbing facility;
(3) Enforcing the climbing facility's rules.
(E) "Personal protective equipment" means clothing, garments, harnesses, or other items designed to protect a climber from injury while rock climbing.
(F) "Spectator" means a person who is present in a climbing facility only for the purpose of observing recreational or competitive climbing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4175 | Climbing Facilities › Section 4175.02 | Legislative Findings.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
The general assembly finds that the sport of rock climbing is practiced by a large number of Ohio citizens, provides a wholesome and healthy family activity that should be encouraged, promotes physical fitness, and significantly contributes to the economy of this state. The general assembly further finds that the sport of rock climbing contains both inherent and other risks that can be hazardous to climbers and that those other risks should be managed. Therefore, defining the duties and responsibilities of climbing facility operators and climbers is in the public interest.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4175 | Climbing Facilities › Section 4175.03 | Requirements for Facilities.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
Each climbing facility operator shall do all of the following:
(A) Maintain a policy of liability insurance in accordance with section 4175.08 of the Revised Code;
(B) Comply with all manufacturer instructions and requirements regarding the manufactured climbing wall, including the operation, inspection, repair, modification, or replacement o f the wall or a component of the wall;
(C) Comply with all manufacturer instructions and requirements for use of climbing facility-owned personal protective equipment, including the operation, inspection, repair, modification, or replacement of the personal protective equipment;
(D) Post rules and warnings for climbers and spectators. The rules and warnings must be clearly legible and be in a conspicuous location in the climbing facility.
(E) Conduct an orientation of the climbing facility for all climbers. The orientation shall contain a notice of climber responsibility as described in section 4175.05 of the Revised Code.
(F) Maintain the walls, flooring, anchors, holds, ropes, connectors, and facility-owned personal protective equipment in serviceable condition;
(G) Conduct criminal history inquiries of all individuals eighteen years of age or older who seek employment for the positions of manager, assistant manager, instructor, route setter, coach, assistant coach, or similar positions. The climbing facility owner shall require each applicant for employment in these positions who are eighteen years of age or older to provide consent to a criminal records check, in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code, as part of the applicant's application for employment. The bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall comply with a criminal records check made pursuant to this section.
(H) Maintain sufficient staffing to control access to the facility, supervise the facility during its hours of operation, a nd provide emergency assistance as needed;
(I) Maintain sufficient records for the operation of the climbing facility, including:
(1) A record of all purchases of facility-owned personal protective equipment;
(2) A record of all inspections, maintenance, or repairs conducted on the manufactured climbing wall, excluding holds;
(3) A record of all inspections on facility-owned personal protective equipment.
(J) Comply with all applicable state and local building, fire, and zoning requirements ;
(K)(1) Conduct inspections of the manufactured climbing wall per the manufacturer's instructions or every four years, whichever is sooner;
(2) The inspection shall be conducted by either of the following:
(a) The manufacturer or the manufacturer's representative;
(b) A licensed professional engineer.
(3) Evidence of such an inspection shall be filed with the department of commerce.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4175 | Climbing Facilities › Section 4175.04 | Requirements for Employees.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Climbing facility employees shall have adequate knowledge of the following:
(1) The manufactured climbing wall, including any requirements of the climbing wall manufacturer or the climbing facility owner or operator;
(2) The facility-owned personal protective equipment prior to use, including the equipment manufacturer's instructions ;
(3) The location of all safety equipment, such as first aid kits, fire extinguishers, and the nearest telephone for routine or emergency service ;
(4) The climbing facility's emergency procedures.
(B) Climbing facility employees shall perform a daily pre- use visual inspection of the climbing facility.
(C) The climbing facility floor supervisor shall do all of the following while on duty:
(1) Be in a position to observe the facility;
(2) Monitor activity in the facility;
(3) Assist climbers in meeting the responsibilities for climbers established in section 4175.05 of the Revised Code;
(4) Issue warnings, reprimands, or penalties to climbers for violations of section 4175.05 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person shall act as a floor supervisor unless the person has received the training appropriate for the duties established in division (C) of this section.
(E) No climbing facility employee shall work at the facility while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 41 | Labor and Industry › Chapter 4175 | Climbing Facilities › Section 4175.05 | Acknowledgment of Risks; Requirements for Climbers.

Effective:
March 28, 2017
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 235 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Each climber acknowledges that there are inherent and other risks associated with participation in the sport of rock climbing. Each climber accepts the inherent and other risks of climbing, of which a reasonably prudent person is aware.
(B) Each climber shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Read all warnings and obey all rules of the climbing facility;
(2) Obey all written and oral warnings and instructions of facility staff;
(3) Read and follow the manufacturer's instructions for use of personal protective equipment;
(4) Prior to each use, inspect any personal protective equipment used by the climber, and replace the equipment as needed and according to the manufacturer's instructions;
(5) Refrain from acting in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of the climber or any other person;
(6) Exercise good judgment and act in a responsible manner while climbing.
(C) No climber shall climb while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.