Ohio Revised Code Search

...st open crosscut outby the working face unless storing of such supplies in this area poses a hazard to the miner. In such cases supplies shall be stored at an alternate location approved by an authorized representative of the chief. Where mining equipment such as roof drilling machines or timbering machines are required to install the supports, such support material may be transported from place to place on the equip...

...rkings 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 or both ribs as may be necessary for adequate protec...

...her openings are abandoned after August 26, 1949, shall be closed within ninety days after abandonment as 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 p...

... the chief, shall be constructed of not less than eighteen-inch concrete or masonry bulkheads effectively anchored to the ceiling, ribs, and floor, except where seals are used 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 in...

...nt of such mine, in the office of the county recorder of the county where such mine is located, and with the chief of the division of mineral resources management. Such map shall have attached the usual certificate of the mining engineer making it, and the mine foreperson in charge of the underground workings of the mine, and such operator shall pay to the recorder for filing such map, a base fee of five dollars for ...

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

... 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.

...see, 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 section.

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

...vities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

... permitted by the statutes in force on June 3, 1941, and until the mine in which such appliances or machinery are located is exhausted or abandoned; in the use of such 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 ins...

..., 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 the machinery connected therewith.

...g machines. They shall warn persons not engaged in the operation of a machine of the danger in going near the machine while it is in operation, and shall not permit such persons to remain near it while such machine is in operation. They shall examine the roof of the working place and see that it is safe before starting to operate the machine. When connecting the power cable to the electric wires, the machine runners...

...pon the property connected therewith, unless the consent of the owner, lessee, or agent 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 b...

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

...orking 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.

...dition of the mine, which report shall clearly state any danger that such mine foreperson has observed during the day, or any danger reported to the mine foreperson by the mine foreperson's assistants, the fire bosses, or the shot firers when employed. The report shall also state whether or not there is a proper supply of material on hand for the safe working of the mine, and whether or not the requirements of the l...

...e of air, not less per minute than one hundred fifty cubic feet for each person measured at the point in the mine where distribution to the various working sections begins and distributed to the working faces so as to expel or dilute and render harmless, explosive, poisonous, and noxious gases. The air shall be measured at the last entry break-through in each working section to see that a sufficient volume of air, no...

... reversed while workers are in the mine unless authority to do so is given, preferably in writing, by the mine foreperson, superintendent, state inspector, or other responsible person. The fan shall be inspected at least daily. Every main ventilating fan at nongaseous mines shall be kept in operation continuously day and night, unless operations are definitely suspended, except when written permission is given by th...

...he division of mineral resources management, following the submission by the owner, lessee, or agent of a definite plan of ventilation in which it is proposed to use such fans and the reason therefor. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... 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.

... the ventilating current is measured at least once each week at the inlet and outlet, at or near the face of all entries, and at that point in the mine where distribution to the various working sections begins. Such measurements shall be noted in duplicate on blanks furnished by the division of mineral resources management. On the first day of each month, the mine foreperson shall forward such blanks with the mine f...

...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.

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

... make connection to, any portion of an electrical system of any mine location in this state.