Chapter 4101:4-10 Operators

(A) In accordance with section 4104.05 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a low pressure steam boiler operating at more than thirty horsepower, a power steam boiler operating at more than thirty horsepower, or a stationary steam engine operating at more than thirty horsepower, unless one of the following applies to that person:

(1) The person holds the required license as specified in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code, or

(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a person holding the required license as specified in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code.

(B) The operator described in paragraph (A) of this rule shall maintain continuous, manned attendance during all times of operation of a steam boiler or stationary steam engine operating at more than thirty horsepower, except as follows:

(1) When the steam boiler or stationary steam engine can be monitored, controlled, and shut down from a central control room and is equipped with manual operational resets, the continuous, manned attendance may occur from the central control room during all times of operation of such steam boiler or stationary steam engine.

(2) A steam boiler of more than thirty horsepower may be operated without manned attendance for a maximum length of time equal to the time it takes for the boiler to go into a low water condition when subjected to an annual evaporation test conducted in accordance with the “ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VI, 7.05 (H)” referenced in rule 4101:4-3-01 of the Administrative Code.

(C) For the purposes of this rule, a horsepower means twelve square feet of boiler heating surface.

Replaces: 4101:4-3-40

Effective: 07/01/2007

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4104.02(A)

Rule Amplifies: 4104.05

Prior Effective Dates: 9/6/05