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...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 numb...

...s at present for a reasonable length of time until future mine development and ventilation can be changed to permit compliance with this section. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...thdraw or modify such permission at any time and in any manner the inspector deems best. In all cases in which permission has been given by the inspector to stop the ventilating fan, the fan shall be started a sufficient length of time prior to the appointed time for any person working therein to enter, to clear the mine of explosive, poisonous, and noxious gases, and shall be kept in operation a sufficient length of...

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

...reman 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.

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

...ine 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.

... shall see that such doors are closed promptly after the trip passes through. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...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.

...e shall be adequately ventilated at all times. All charging panels shall be equipped with automatic overload circuit breakers and ammeters. All refuse or movable material of an inflammable nature shall be kept out of such stations. (J) All trolley and positive feed wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to travel shall be safely guarded or protected from such persons or animals coming in contact...

...hall be protected by a switch and an automatic overload circuit breaker on each wire of the circuit, except that fuses may be substituted for circuit breakers in the case of lighting circuits and in the case of power circuits transmitting twenty-five kilowatts or less. All wires shall be insulated with a standard insulation and shall be placed between trolley wire and rib or on the rib as close to the roof as practi...

...ables 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.

...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.

...n 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 ...

...d by a shot firer. No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.

...t 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 sectio...

...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.

...p 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 compl...

...ives, 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.

...ee 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...

... time appointed for him to do so, and then only in such rotation as designated.

...al 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.

...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.

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

... 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.