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...d feed wires shall be placed on the opposite side of the track from refuge holes or necks of room. All lines except telephone, shot firing, and signal lines shall be on the same side as the trolley lines. (E) All terminal ends of feed and trolley wires shall be guarded to prevent persons from inadvertently coming in contact with them. (F) No locomotive shall be operated by means of a person holding and sliding upo...

...d underground in mines, the following rules apply: (A) On all low voltage circuits all wires shall 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 insulatio...

...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.

...railing cables, shall be efficiently grounded. No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.

...re 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 mine shall violate this section.

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

...all keep the same in a wooden box suitable to contain the original container of such explosive. Such box shall be kept at 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 ...

...g 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.

...ning powder or other explosives, and while handling the same, he shall place and keep 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, lighte...

...e 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.

...hot misses fire, no person shall return until five minutes have elapsed. When a fuse is used and a shot misses fire, no person shall return until one hour has elapsed for each foot of fuse used. The needle used in preparing a blast shall be made of copper, and the tamping bar shall be made of wood, or shall be tipped with at least five inches of solid copper. No inflammable material, explosive in its nature, or an...

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

... 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.

... 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.

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

...rder or permit solid shooting in a mine unless the owner, lessee, or agent has 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.

... kerosene, or fuel oil, shall be opened until ready to make the transfer from the package or can to the supply tank, and in transferring, a funnel shall be used so as to avoid spilling the gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, or fuel oil, and the cap on the supply tank shall be immediately closed. (I) In no case shall the package, can, or supply tank be opened when an open light or other thing containing fire is within twen...

...torage station there shall be two portable fire extinguishers and two hundred forty pounds of rock dust. One portable fire extinguisher shall be provided at each working section where twenty-five gallons or more of oil are stored in addition to extinguishers required under other sections of this chapter. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

... a sealed-beam headlight, or its equivalent, on each end, and reflectors on both ends and sides. In addition, each track mounted self-propelled piece of mobile equipment shall be provided with a suitable lifting jack and bar that shall be secured or carried in a tool compartment, two separate and independent braking systems properly installed and well maintained, and properly installed and well-maintained sanding dev...

...be moved at a speed greater than four miles per hour. When rope haulage is used, an enclosed light shall be carried on the front end of each train so hauled. A trip light, reflectors, or other devices approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall be used on the rear of trips pulled and on the front of trips pushed or lowered in slopes. However, trip lights or other approved devices need...

...oyees, a special trip of empty cars is run for the purpose of taking employees into and out of the mine, or empty cars attached to loaded trips, which shall not be run at a speed exceeding eight miles per hour. No person except a trip rider shall ride on a loaded car, and he shall ride only the front or rear end of the trip.

...all not run the locomotive with the trolley ahead of the locomotive, except in cases where they cannot do otherwise. In such case, the locomotive shall be run only at a speed of two miles per hour.

...arge of trips shall warn persons forbidden to ride on the locomotive or cars, and shall not permit such persons to ride on locomotives or cars contrary to this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1565. of the Revised Code.

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

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