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...No person shall place refuse in or obstruct any airway or break-through used as an airway.

...Each employee of a mine shall go to and from his place of duty by the traveling ways provided. He shall not travel around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, where duty does not require, and when not on duty, he shall not loiter at, in, or around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...(A) As used in this section, "tag lines" and "tie-off lines" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under this section. (B) The operator of an underground coal mine shall provide tag lines or tie-off lines for each miner at the mine. The operator shall provide and employees of the mine shall use tag lines or tie-off lines in accordance with requirements and procedures established in rules adopted under th...

...No person shall smoke or carry smoking materials or matches or lighters for smoking material in an underground coal mine or any underground gaseous metal or nonmetal mine. Smoking in nongaseous metal and nonmetal underground mines or in or about surface structures of any mine shall be restricted to places where it will not cause a fire or hazard.

...No person shall go into, to, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, while under the influence of intoxicants. No person shall use, carry, or have in his possession any intoxicants at, in, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...Each man working in and about a mine shall exercise discretion in wearing such clothes as will protect him from injury and minimize the danger of getting clothing caught in machinery or other places.

...s. Mobile and stationary machinery and equipment shall be maintained in safe operating condition and machinery or equipment in unsafe condition shall be removed from service immediately. Machinery and equipment shall be operated only by persons authorized to operate such machinery or equipment. Repairs or maintenance shall not be performed on machinery until the power is off and the machinery is blocked against mo...

...(A) The operator of an underground coal mine that uses conveyor belts in the operation of the mine shall install fire detection devices on each conveyor belt that is used in the mine. The fire detection devices shall be of a design and type established in rules adopted under this section. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall inspect the fire detection devices after the operator of the...

...(A) On and after July 20, 1984, no operator shall begin longwall mining in any coal mine until plans for the longwall mining have been filed with and approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. All revisions to approved plans shall also be submitted for approval to the chief. The chief shall not approve any plan or revision unless it meets the requirements of this section and shall approve...

...An operator conducting longwall mining shall develop a plan for recovery of chocks and shields or other longwall roof support and shall not initiate recovery until the recovery plan is approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. An operator shall also submit all revisions of an approved recovery plan for approval to the chief. Approval of a plan or revision, or portion thereof, under compa...

...(A) An operator conducting longwall mining shall provide two-way communication facilities, approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, at the headgate and tailgate and across each longwall working face that, during the production of coal, are a separate system from the mine communication facilities. Longwall working section communication facilities shall be located at points not more than o...

...e immediately the longwall working face equipment. (D) At the beginning of each coal producing shift, all emergency de-energizing devices shall be checked for proper functioning and, if an emergency de-energizing device is found malfunctioning, mining operations shall not begin until all de-energizing devices within the intervals required by division (A) of this section are functioning properly or until a designated...

... the operator shall not permit electric equipment to be operated for longer than ten minutes without an examination for methane gas, shall require that the examinations required in division (B) of this section be conducted on one-hour intervals, and shall require an air reading on the intake side of the longwall working face to be collected on one-hour intervals. If parts are unavailable to correct the malfunction o...

...(A) No person shall cross the longwall working face conveyor while it is in operation unless a safe crossover is provided. (B) The operator shall provide telephone pager communications or other means of providing an effective warning signal in a longwall working section. Prior to starting a longwall working face conveyor, the person who is going to activate the conveyor shall sound the telephone pager communications...

...(A) Prior to cutting and welding being performed on a longwall working section, methane gas examinations shall be made by a certified foreman or a person qualified to make the examinations designated by a certified foreman. No person shall perform cutting and welding when the methane gas concentration is one per cent or more. A certified foreman or person qualified to make examinations for gas shall be continuously p...

...(A) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic line repairs are performed in accordance with maintaining the functioning of the line at a level consistent with that at the time of initial installation of the line. (B) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic roof support units and associated apparatus on a longwall working face are visually inspected at least once each day, at any time of the day, by a qualified...

...An operator shall maintain first aid equipment required on each working section by section 1567.61 of the Revised Code in the headgate entry at a point not to exceed one hundred fifty feet outby the longwall working face. No operator shall fail to comply with this section.

...An operator shall maintain an accessible travel route at all times off the tailgate end of the longwall working face unless the operator develops and the chief of the division of mineral resources management approves a plan to continue operation of the longwall working section in the event the tailgate route becomes impassable. Such a plan shall include necessary provisions to be taken to provide additional protectiv...

...and signals; (F) Location of first aid equipment; (G) Safety rules for longwall mining.

...Whoever knowingly violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...re is hereby created the northeast Ohio medical university. The government of northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section. (1) Until December 22, 2008, the government of the northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a nine-member board of trustees consisti...

...board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university shall annually elect from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The board may also appoint a secretary of the board, a treasurer, and such other officers of the university as the interest of the university requires, who may be members of the board. The board may also appoint boards or commissions to assist the officers of the university with its o...

...oard of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university shall employ, fix the compensation of, and remove, the president and such number of professors, teachers, officers, and other employees as are considered necessary. The board shall do all things necessary for the creation, proper maintenance, and successful and continuous operation of the university and may adopt and from time to time amend bylaws, rule...

...oard of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university may receive and hold in trust, for the use and benefit of the university, any grant or devise of land, and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property, to be applied to the general or special use of the university, unless otherwise directed in the donation or bequest. The board may make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessar...

...embly shall support the northeast Ohio medical university by such sums and in such manner as it may provide, but support may come from other sources. No state funds shall be provided under this section unless the university meets the requirements of section 3333.11 of the Revised Code.