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...aces with the employees at the starting time of the oncoming shift. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... place upon entering it, and shall not commence to mine or load until it is made safe. He shall be very careful to keep his working place in a safe condition.

...When a working place becomes unsafe, the mine foreman shall order the persons working therein to cease mining or loading, and not remain in such working place, until it is safe, except as is necessary to make it safe. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...e shall place some plain warning at the entrance thereto to warn others from entering into the danger. Such miner shall not return until ordered to do so by the mine foreman. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...he division of mineral resources management shall be adopted and set out in printed form on or before January 1, 1977. The plan shall show the type of support and spacing approved by the chief. Such plan shall be reviewed periodically, at least every six months by the chief, taking into consideration any falls of roof or ribs or inadequacy of support of roof or ribs. No person may proceed beyond the last permanent su...

...ormation: (A) Name and address of the company; (B) Name and address of the mine; (C) Names and addresses of the responsible officials; (D) Area of the mine covered by the roof control plan; (E) A columnar section of the mine strata that shall: (1) Show the name and thickness of the coalbed and any persistent partings; (2) Identify by type and show the thickness of each stratum (rock layer) up to and including ...

...our foot centers, are maintained at all times between the workers and the unsupported area. (7) No one may be permitted to enter any area from which supports have been recovered. (8) Entrances to the areas from which supports are being recovered shall be marked with danger signs placed at conspicuous locations. The danger signs shall suffice as long as further support recovery work is being done in the area. If t...

...caused by excessive widths of rooms and entries or faulty pillar recovery methods. (A) The method of mining shall provide widths of openings and pillar dimensions compatible with effective roof control. These widths and dimensions shall be incorporated into the roof control plan submitted for approval. Where excessive widths result from poor mining practices, additional roof support shall be installed before any tr...

...upports knocked out shall be replaced promptly. (B) The operator shall have an adequate supply of roof support material (including temporary supports) as specified in the approved roof control plan for the type of mining being conducted as close as practical to the working face, but not farther away than the first open crosscut outby the working face unless storing of such supplies in this area poses a hazard to the...

...thin fifty feet of accurately surveyed completed workings in the same mine, or within two hundred feet of any other abandoned workings, that cannot be inspected and which may contain dangerous accumulations of water or gas, boreholes shall be drilled at least twenty feet in advance of the face, and forty-five degree angle rib holes shall be drilled at least twenty feet deep and not more than eight feet apart in one o...

...follows: (A) Vertical shafts shall be completely filled with earth or other noncombustible material, or the top of such shaft shall be covered with a substantial reinforced concrete slab, the design of which has been approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. (B) Other openings not potentially usable in later mining operations shall be closed with earth or masonry in a way that may reaso...

...to seal abandoned individual panel or room entries, they shall be constructed of concrete or masonry bulkheads not less than six inches in thickness effectively anchored to the ceiling, ribs, and floor in a manner approved by the deputy mine inspector and the chief. All seals are to be bled or drained of gas in a manner approved by the deputy mine inspector and the chief. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglec...

...r of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... or in the officers of an incorporated company owning or operating such mine; (B) Work is commenced opening a new shaft, slope, or mine; (C) A mine is abandoned, or the working thereof is discontinued; (D) The working of a mine is commenced, after an abandonment or discontinuance thereof for a period of more than three months; (E) The pillars of a mine are about to be removed or robbed; (F) A squeeze, crush, or ...

...The county recorder, when presented with a map of an abandoned mine by the owner, lessee, or agent thereof, as provided for in section 1563.42 of the Revised Code, shall properly label, file, and preserve such map as a part of the records of the land upon which said mine is located.

...in the name of the state, any court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin or restrain the owner, lessee, or agent from operating such mine, until it conforms to such chapters. Such remedy shall be cumulative, and shall not affect any other proceedings authorized against the owner, lessee, or agent for the matter complained of in the action. The attorney general shall represent the chief in all actions under this secti...

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

...Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

...ch 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 ...

...hermometer, 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...

...ing 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...

...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 n...

... No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... 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.