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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.01 | Chapter Does Not Apply to Chapter 1514 Activities.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.02 | Mine Foreman - Duties - Delegation of Duties.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Under the direction of the superintendent in charge of a mine, the mine foreman shall carry out this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1567. of the Revised Code, see that the regulations prescribed for each class of workmen under his charge are carried out, and see that any deviations from any of them are promptly adjusted. This section does not prohibit the mine foreman from delegating any of his duties, except those which are subject to the limitations of such chapters, to men who in his judgment are competent to perform them, but such delegation shall not relieve the mine foreman from the responsibility of having these duties properly performed.
No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.03 | Supervision of Miner or Loader.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Unless the miner or loader has the required qualifications, the mine foreman, or the person whom he delegates as overseer, shall supervise the work of such miner or loader as to the manner in which he performs his duties, and shall instruct him concerning all things relating to his safety, and shall further instruct such miner or loader not to handle or use any explosives, except in the mine foreman's or overseer's presence, until such time as he is competent to handle and use the same with safety. The mine foreman shall have the work of such inexperienced person supervised so long as such person is not working with an experienced miner or loader, until such person is competent to work alone.
No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.04 | Employment of Certified Mine Foreperson - Examinations for Hazardous Conditions.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
The operator of each mine who is an employer as defined in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, or any mine with three or more workers, shall employ a certified mine foreperson. In gaseous underground mines, only a holder of a mine foreperson of gaseous mines certificate that contains a notation by the chief of the division of mineral resources management showing the holder to be at least twenty-three years of age and have at least five years' actual practical experience in gaseous mines shall be employed as the mine foreperson. In other underground mines, the mine foreperson shall be a holder of a mine foreperson of nongaseous mines certificate that contains a notation by the chief showing the holder to be at least twenty-one years of age and have at least three years' actual practical experience in mines. All such underground mines shall have at least one certified foreperson on duty at all times when workers are employed in the loading or mining of coal underground. Each active working area of a surface coal mine and each active surface installation of an underground coal mine shall be examined for hazardous conditions, at least once during each working shift or more often if necessary for safety, by a certified mine foreperson who is designated by the operator to conduct such examinations. Any hazardous conditions noted during the examinations shall be reported to the operator and shall be corrected by the operator. A certified mine foreperson may conduct the examination that is required during each shift at multiple mine sites, provided that the sites are within a ten-mile radius.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.05 | Copy of Certificate to Be Filed and Exhibited.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
The operator of a mine shall keep on file a copy of the certificate of each mine foreperson, foreperson, and fire boss in the operator's employ or under the operator's control. Such certificate shall be exhibited to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, or any deputy mine inspector, upon demand.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.06 | Appointment of Noncertificate Persons for Emergency - Temporary Certificates.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) In emergencies arising at a mine because of accident, death, illness, or any other cause, an operator may appoint noncertificate persons as forepersons and fire bosses to act until certified forepersons and fire bosses satisfactory to the operator can be secured. Such appointee may not serve in such capacity for a period longer than six months or until such time thereafter as an examination is held for such certified persons under section 1561.13 of the Revised Code. The employer of such noncertificate person shall, upon appointment of such noncertificate person in this capacity, forward the name of such noncertificate person to the chief of the division of mineral resources management.
(B) An operator may appoint as a temporary foreperson or fire boss a noncertificate person who is within six months of possessing the necessary actual practical experience to qualify to take the examination for certification for the position to which the person is temporarily appointed. Upon appointment of a noncertificate person, the operator shall forward the name, social security number, and brief summary of the person's actual practical experience to the chief, and the chief shall issue the person a temporary certificate for the position to which the person has been temporarily appointed. A temporary certificate issued under this division is valid for six months or until such time thereafter as an examination is held under section 1561.13 of the Revised Code for the position to which the person has been temporarily appointed.
(C) A nonresident person who possesses a valid certificate issued by another state for a position for which the chief issues a certificate shall be eligible for a temporary certificate from the chief upon presentation to the chief of a copy of the certificate from that other state. Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code does not apply to a certificate issued under this section. A temporary certificate issued under this division shall be valid for six months.
No operator of a mine shall violate or fail to comply with this section.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:38 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.07 | Superintendent in Charge of Mine - Qualifications and Duties.

Effective:
June 30, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 128th General Assembly
The superintendent in charge of a mine shall direct the mine foreperson in such manner as is necessary to secure compliance with this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1567. and section 1509.18 of the Revised Code. The superintendent may act as mine foreperson, but if the superintendent does so act regularly, the superintendent shall obtain a certificate from the chief of the division of mineral resources management in the same manner as the certification of mine foreperson is obtained.
A person designated as a superintendent of an underground coal mine after January 1, 1977, shall, within six months after being so designated, demonstrate to the chief that the person has knowledge of the mining laws of this state governing the operation of underground coal mines either by presenting evidence that the person has passed a mine foreperson examination given by the chief or an examination given by the chief concerning the laws of this state governing the operation of underground coal mines.
No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.08 | Revocation or Suspension of Certificate.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
If a person certified by the chief of the division of mineral resources management purposely violates the mining laws, the person's certificate may be revoked by the chief after investigation and a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
No person whose license, certificate, or similar authority to perform any certifiable mining duties in another state is suspended or revoked by that state shall be certified for an equivalent mining certificate in this state during the period of the suspension or revocation in the other state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.09 | Employment of Minors - Complaint.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
A deputy mine inspector shall investigate the employment of miners in and about the mines in his district, and if he finds any minors employed in violation of section 1565.10 of the Revised Code, he shall make a complaint thereof to the juvenile court, or any other court having competent jurisdiction, against the employer of such minors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.10 | Employees Must Be at Least Eighteen Years of Age.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall be employed in or around a mine until he has attained the age of eighteen years.
No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.11 | Miners' Safety Committee - Duties.

Effective:
June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
The miners employed in a mine may appoint two of their number to act as a safety committee to inspect, not more often than once each month, the mine and the machinery connected therewith, and to measure the ventilating current. The operator may accompany such committee, or appoint two or more persons for that purpose. The operator shall afford every necessary facility for making such inspection and measurement, but the committee shall not interrupt or impede the work in the mine, at the time of such inspection and measurement. After such inspection and measurement, such committee shall forthwith make a report thereof to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, on a blank furnished by the chief.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section, and no such person shall violate this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.12 | Notice and Report of Accident Resulting in Loss of Life.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
When a loss of life is occasioned by accident in any mine, the operator thereof shall forthwith give notice thereof to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and to the deputy mine inspector in charge of the district. Such notice shall be given by telephone or electronic format. The operator of such mine shall, within twenty-four hours after such accident causing loss of life, send a written report of the accident to the chief. Such written report shall specify the character and cause of the accident, the names of the persons killed, and the nature of the injuries that caused death. In the case of injury thereafter resulting in death, the operator shall send a written notice thereof to the chief, and to the deputy mine inspector of such district, at such time as such death comes to the operator's knowledge.
No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Last updated August 9, 2023 at 1:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.13 | Right of Action for Injury.

Effective:
June 30, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 165 - 128th General Assembly
In case of an injury to person or property, occasioned by a violation of this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1567., and section 1509.18 of the Revised Code, or any failure to comply with those chapters or that section, by any operator of a mine, a right of action shall accrue to the person injured, for any direct damage the person injured has sustained thereby. In case of loss of life by reason of such failure or neglect, a right of action shall accrue to the widow, and children, or if there are none, then to the parents and next of kin, of the person whose death was so caused, for like recovery of damages for the injury they have sustained. Any operator of a mine who has complied with Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code is exempt as provided in section 4123.74 of the Revised Code, and not liable for damages at common law or by statute for injury or death of any employee.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.14 | Lien for Labor.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Each person who performs labor in opening or developing any mine, mining, or labor connected therewith, has a lien upon all the property of the person, firm, or corporation owning, constructing, or operating such mine, for the full value of such labor, upon the same terms as mechanics' liens are secured and enforced.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.16 | Motormen and Trip Riders.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Motormen and trip riders shall use care in handling the locomotive and cars, and shall see that the signal or marker is used for the purpose as provided. Motormen and trip riders shall be governed by the speed provided for in sections 1567.39, 1567.40, and 1567.41 of the Revised Code in handling cars.
No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.24 | Miner Working Alone - Unqualified Miners.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No person shall work by himself as a miner in a coal mine without having produced satisfactory evidence to the mine foreman of such mine that he has worked at least one year with, or as, a practical coal miner. This section applies only to mines generating methane, other gas, or combustible matter.
No mine foreman of a coal mine shall permit anyone to mine coal in such mine until such person is qualified, unless he is accompanied by a competent coal miner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees › Section 1565.25 | Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources › Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions › Section 1567.01 | Chapter Does Not Apply to Chapter 1514 Activities.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly
Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.