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...ceives notice of the occurrence of a fatal or serious accident occurring at any mine in the deputy mine inspector's district, the deputy mine inspector shall go immediately to such mine, to investigate fully into the cause of the accident, and shall make a report thereon to the chief of the division of mineral resources management in writing. A copy of such report shall be mailed to the owner, operator, lessee, or ag...

...counsel, the deputy mine inspector may call upon the chief of the division of mineral resources management for such assistance and counsel as is necessary.

... 1565., and 1567. of the Revised Code shall be paid to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and by the chief paid into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.

...ed by the chief of the division of mineral resources management under sections 1561.16 to 1561.20 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the chief into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.

... representative of the division of mineral resources management finds any violation of law, or any other conditions that constitute an imminent and substantial threat to miners' health or safety, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may issue, modify, or revoke reasonable orders requiring the operator to abate the violation or condition within a reasonable period of time. No operator shall violat...

...All money collected under sections 1561.14, 1561.16, 1561.17, 1561.19, 1561.20, 1561.45, and 1561.46 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. The department of natural resources shall use the money in the fund to pay the operating expenses of the division of mineral resources management.

...The chief of the division of mineral resources management may designate not more than thirty deputy mine inspectors, at least one of whom shall be classified and appointed as electrical inspector provided for in division (B) of section 1561.12 of the Revised Code; one superintendent of rescue stations; three assistant superintendents of rescue stations; three chemists; and such clerks, stenographers, and other ...

...s of neglect of duty, incompetency, or malfeasance in office against any deputy mine inspector are made and filed with the chief of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or an owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, the chief shall promptly investigate such charges and advise in writing the complainant whose name appears first in the charges, the result of such investigat...

...s of neglect of duty, incompetency, or malfeasance in office against the deputy mine inspector are filed with the chief of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or otherwise as provided in section 1561.50 of the Revised Code, or the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, and the signers of the charges are dissatisfied with the result of the investigation made by the chie...

...ode, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...er of the chief of the division of mineral resources management is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...Except for section 1563.11 of the Revised Code, nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

...any of the open workings thereof upon analysis thereof by the mine laboratory provided for by section 1561.27 of the Revised Code. If such sample of air contains less than one half of one per cent of methane and if no other sample of air, taken in any of the open workings of such mine within twenty-four hours of the time such first-mentioned sample was taken, is, upon analysis by said laboratory, found to contain on...

...The operator of each underground mine shall, in opening a new mine, cause a map of such mine to be made at such time as the second opening required by section 1563.14 of the Revised Code is completed in such mine. Such map shall be made on a scale not less than two hundred feet per inch and shall show: (A) The boundary lines and the names of the owners of the surface of each tract under which excavation is made, and...

...The operator of each underground mine shall have a survey made whenever the workings of the mine have extended four hundred feet in any direction from the point shown on the map by the last survey of such mine, but not more often than once every six months, or whenever such mine is to be abandoned or shut down for a sufficient period of time to make it impossible to survey the working faces as prescribed by this sect...

...Upon the refusal or neglect of the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine to make and file a map or any addition thereto, as required by sections 1563.03, 1563.04, and 1563.42 of the Revised Code, within sixty days after being directed to do so by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the chief may cause such map or addition thereto to be made in duplicate at the expense of such owner, lessee, or ag...

...ode, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and each deputy mine inspector, may enter any mine at a reasonable time, by day or by night, but in such manner as will not necessarily impede the working of the mine, and the owner, lessee, or agent thereof shall furnish the means necessary for such entry and examination.

...g a mine worked for the production of coal, and each person interested in such mine, who has reason to believe that the protection of his interests therein or in the coal on his adjoining land requires it, upon making affidavit to that effect before a judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court or other proper officer, may enter such mine and have an examination or survey of it made, after giving three days...

...ice, the person in charge of the mine shall transport, by the ordinary method for entrance and exit in use at such mine, a surveying party of not more than three persons, furnish them with a competent guide, and supply them with necessary and proper lamps. The person requesting the survey shall pay the person in charge of the mine fifty cents for such persons transported, and five dollars per day for the guide; but i...

...The person owning or operating a mine shall not hinder or obstruct an examination or survey under section 1563.07 of the Revised Code, if made at a reasonable time, in a reasonable manner, and as provided by law. If the owner or lessee of a mine sustains damage for which compensation should be made because such examination or survey was made at an unreasonable time, or in an improper or unwarranted manner, the perso...

... he believes to be justly due him for coal belonging to him taken by the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine without his permission. The statute of limitations shall not run against such claim, but the demand, and refusal of permission to enter such mine, must be proven to the satisfaction of the court or jury.

...tenance of a public road, and the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management has been obtained, no person, firm, or corporation, engaged in mining or quarrying any mineral, coal, stone, or clay, shall: (1) Extend any part of an open pit excavation closer than fifty feet of horizontal distance to any part of a public road; (2) Deposit mine refuse or removed overburden: (a) Closer to a pub...

...No owner, lessee, or agent shall conduct mining operations within twenty-five feet of any known well, or locate a mine opening within three hundred feet of any well that produces oil or gas unless the owner, lessee, or agent obtains permission in writing from the chief of the division of mineral resources management.

...rty upon which such mine is located, shall notify the chief of the division of mineral resources management, and observe the following in the construction of such mine: (A) If the opening is a slope or vertical shaft, no explosive used therein shall be fired by means of a squib or fuse after the same is extended more than twenty-five feet from the surface, and thereafter and until the slope or shaft reaches t...

...n the mine, the deputy mine inspector shall give notice in writing to the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine of the particular in which the deputy mine inspector considers the conditions dangerous, recommending any changes that the conditions require, and forthwith shall mail a copy of the deputy mine inspector's recommendations to the chief of the division of mineral resources management. Upon receipt of the recom...