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...(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 ad...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each public employer of public health care workers shall do all of the following: (1) Include, as part of the employer's engineering and work practice controls, needleless systems, sharps that are manufactured with engineered sharps injury protection, and other devices that comply with the United States occupational safety and health administration's bloodborne...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Skier" means any person who is using the facilities of a ski area, including, but not limited to, the ski slopes and ski trails, for the purpose of skiing, which includes, without limitation, sliding or jumping on snow or ice on skis, a snowboard, sled, tube, snowbike, toboggan, or any other device. (B) "Passenger" means any person who is being transported or conveyed by a passenger tr...

...(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 relat...

...(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 shal...

...(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 inspectio...

...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 a...

...(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 t...

...(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 ...

...(A)(1) The general assembly recognizes that skiing as a recreational sport is hazardous to skiers regardless of all feasible safety measures that can be taken. It further recognizes that a skier expressly assumes the risk of and legal responsibility for injury, death, or loss to person or property that results from the inherent risks of skiing, which include, but are not limited to, injury, death, or loss to person o...

...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 proper...

...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.

...A ski area operator shall maintain liability insurance in an amount determined by the superintendent of industrial compliance.

...(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.

...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 o...

...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 standa...

...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 con...

...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...

...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 a...

...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 fro...

...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...

...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 gen...

...ed 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.

...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.

...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) "C...