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...ment of the coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund as are delegated and imposed upon him pursuant to Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, except that the powers and duties of the administrator are limited to, and exercised pursuant to those specifically authorized in sections 4131.01 to 4131.06 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrator shall employ the employees necessary to the discharge of its duties and respo...

...tablished a coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund, which shall be separate from the funds established and administered pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The fund shall consist of premiums and other payments thereto by subscribers who elect to subscribe to the fund to insure the payment of benefits required by the federal act. (B) The coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer ...

...stent with the maintenance of a solvent fund and the creation and maintenance of a reasonable surplus after providing for payment to maturity of all liabilities insured pursuant to the federal act. (C) The administrator may adjust the rates of premium at any time. Each adjustment order shall become effective on the date prescribed by the administrator. (D) The administrator, by rule, may prescribe procedures f...

...se from the coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund the amounts to the persons as the order directs with respect to any claims insured by a subscriber. (B) No payment shall be made with respect to or from the fund in excess of the amount of the fund on hand at the time of any payment.

...ent of the coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund, and the payment of benefits therefrom shall not create any liability upon the state. (B) Except for a gross abuse of discretion, the industrial commission and the individual members thereof, the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and the individual members thereof, and the administrator of workers' compensation shall not incur any obligation or liabi...

...33 U.S.C.A. 901. (B) "Marine industry fund" means the fund created and administered pursuant to sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code and does not refer, directly or indirectly, to any fund created and administered pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. (C) "Premium" means payment to the marine industry fund by or on behalf of a marine industry employer to secure the payment of benefits und...

...and disbursement of the marine industry fund as are delegated and imposed upon him pursuant to Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, except that the powers and duties of the administrator shall be limited to, and exercised pursuant to those specifically authorized in sections 4131.11 to 4131.16 of the Revised Code. (B) The administrator shall employ the employees necessary to the discharge of his duties and...

...s hereby established a marine industry fund, which shall be separate from the funds established and administered pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The marine industry fund shall consist of premiums and other payments thereto by marine industry employers who apply to the bureau of workers' compensation for permission to subscribe to the fund to insure the payment of benefits required by the federal...

...stent with the maintenance of a solvent fund and the creation and maintenance of a reasonable surplus after providing for payment to maturity of all liabilities insured pursuant to the federal act. The administrator, by rule, may provide for merit rating of subscribers. (C) The administrator, with the advice and consent of the board, may adjust the rates of premium at any time. Each adjustment order is effecti...

...shall disburse from the marine industry fund the amounts to the persons as said order directs with respect to any claims insured by the marine industry fund. (B) The bureau shall disburse from the marine industry fund amounts necessary to pay the costs of any additional requirements of the federal act.

...n and investment of the marine industry fund, and the payment of benefits therefrom shall not create any liability upon the state. (B) Except for a gross abuse of discretion, the industrial commission and the individual members thereof, the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and the individual members thereof, and the administrator of workers' compensation shall not incur any obligation or liab...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Public employer" means any of the following: (1) The state and its instrumentalities; (2) Any political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, including any county, county hospital, municipal corporation, city, village, township, park district, school district, state institution of higher learning, public or special district, state agency, authority, commission, or board; (3) Any ...

...pensation shall operate and enforce the public employment risk reduction program created by this chapter. (B) The administrator shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The administrator shall include both of the...

...utory rights, duties, or liabilities of public employers or public employees under any law with respect to injuries, diseases, or death of public employees arising out of, or in the course of, employment. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights of public employers, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or enforce in...

...(A) Each public employer shall: (1) Furnish to each of his public employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his public employees; (2) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding this section or any other provision in ...

...Each public employee shall: (A) Comply with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, and orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to the public employee's actions and conduct; (B) Comply with safety rules the public employer establishes for the purpose of fulfilling compliance with Ohio employment risk reduction standards, rules, or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this cha...

...(A) A public employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the public employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee, provided that such conditions are not such as normally exist for or reasonably might be expected to occur in the occupation of the public employee. A public employer shall not discriminate against a public e...

...of the best available evidence, that no public employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity as a result of the hazards dealt with by the rule or Ohio employment risk reduction standard for the period of the public employee's working life; (2) Base the development of these rules and Ohio employment risk reduction standards on research, demonstrations, experiments, and other information ...

...standard to take immediate effect upon publication in newspapers of general circulation in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo if the administrator finds both of the following: (1) Public employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards; (2) The emergency temporary Ohio employment risk reduction standard is neces...

...(A) Any public employer affected by a proposed rule or Ohio employment risk reduction standard or any provision of a standard proposed under section 4167.07 or 4167.08 of the Revised Code may apply to the administrator of workers' compensation for an order granting a temporary variance from the standard or provision. The application for the order and any extension of the order shall contain a reasonable applica...

...ment where work is being performed by a public employee of a public employer, and any place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials therein, and question privately any public employer, administrator, department head, operator, agent, or public employee. The authority to inspect and investigate includes the taking of environmental samples, the taki...

...sation shall develop and maintain, for public employers and public employees, an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of employment risk reduction statistics. (B) To implement and maintain division (A) of this section, the administrator, with the advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised C...

...All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the administrator of workers' compensation or the administrator's designee in connection with any investigation, inspection, or proceeding under this chapter that reveals a trade secret of any person is confidential, except that the information may be disclosed to other agents or authorized representatives of the administrator concerned with fulfilling the require...

...(A) No public employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any public employee because the public employee, in good faith, files any complaint or institutes any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or testifies or is about to testify in any proceeding, or because of the exercise by the public employee, on his own behalf or on the behalf of others, of any right afforded under this chapter. (...

... 119. of the Revised Code, to permit a public employer expeditious informal reconsideration of any order issued by the administrator under this division. Unless the administrator reverses an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the order remains in effect pending the court's determination under this section. If the administrator modifies an order pursuant to the informal reconsideration, the admin...