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...rease its efficiency, or to promote the safety of the workers in such mine, but whatever code is established and in use at any mine shall be approved by the division of mineral resources management, and conspicuously posted at the top, at the bottom, and in the engine room, for the information and instruction of all persons concerned. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...At each mine where persons are hoisted in a vertical shaft, an emergency signal shall be provided in such manner that persons can give signals from the cage if the cage is stopped between the top and bottom landings. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...nt shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules establishing minimum requirements for the type, quality, and quantity of such equipment. The rules shall include the following minimum firefighting equipment at each underground coal mine, regardless of its size or condition, except where indicated: waterlines shall be capable of delivering fifty gallons of water a minute at a nozzle pressure of fifty pounds per square in...

... not be governed by civil service laws, rules, or regulations. Materials purchased for immediate use in extinguishing a fire shall be emergency purchases and shall be paid for out of state funds appropriated for such purpose upon vouchers issued by the chief certifying to the emergency nature of the purchase, notwithstanding the fact that there has been no compliance with other laws governing the making of purchases ...

...Every operator of a mine shall install and maintain in efficient working condition a system of two-way communications approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management connecting the surface and each landing of main shafts and slopes between the surface and each working section of any coal mine that is more than one hundred feet from a portal. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comp...

...The operator of each mine shall provide an enclosed lard or signal oil lamp or lantern approved by the deputy mine inspector, or incandescent electric light, at such points in the mine as are necessary, including at the top of extreme grades and in underground stations where machinery is installed. No open light shall be used for fixed or stationary purposes, and no coal oil or kerosene lamp or lanterns shall be used...

...or use not less than one approved flame safety lamp, other approved methane detector, or other approved device capable of detecting methane gas in equivalent quantities as a flame safety lamp, for each fifty men employed in said mine, and upon the order of the deputy mine inspector, shall provide such additional flame safety lamps or approved methane detectors as are required to meet probable emergency. This sectio...

...The operator of any underground mine shall have a U tube or recording pressure gauge for the purpose of recording pressure or vacuum of the main air current installed in such mine. A record of the readings of such gauge shall be kept in a book which shall be accessible to the deputy mine inspector and all of such records of readings shall be kept so accessible for not less than one year. No operator of a mine shall ...

...As used in this section, "emergency medical service organization" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. The operator at all mines and quarries shall keep first aid and emergency medical equipment in a dry and sanitary condition in accessible places. Each operator shall report to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the name, title, and address of each emergency medica...

...No person shall place refuse in or obstruct any airway or break-through used as an airway.

...Each employee of a mine shall go to and from his place of duty by the traveling ways provided. He shall not travel around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, where duty does not require, and when not on duty, he shall not loiter at, in, or around the mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...off lines" have the same meanings as in rules adopted under this section. (B) The operator of an underground coal mine shall provide tag lines or tie-off lines for each miner at the mine. The operator shall provide and employees of the mine shall use tag lines or tie-off lines in accordance with requirements and procedures established in rules adopted under this section. (C) The chief of the division of miner...

...No person shall smoke or carry smoking materials or matches or lighters for smoking material in an underground coal mine or any underground gaseous metal or nonmetal mine. Smoking in nongaseous metal and nonmetal underground mines or in or about surface structures of any mine shall be restricted to places where it will not cause a fire or hazard.

...No person shall go into, to, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith, while under the influence of intoxicants. No person shall use, carry, or have in his possession any intoxicants at, in, or around a mine, or the buildings, tracks, or machinery connected therewith.

...Each man working in and about a mine shall exercise discretion in wearing such clothes as will protect him from injury and minimize the danger of getting clothing caught in machinery or other places.

...Coal spilled beneath belt conveyor drives or tail pieces shall not be removed while the conveyor is in motion, except where such coal can be removed without endangering persons. Mobile and stationary machinery and equipment shall be maintained in safe operating condition and machinery or equipment in unsafe condition shall be removed from service immediately. Machinery and equipment shall be operated only by person...

...be of a design and type established in rules adopted under this section. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall inspect the fire detection devices after the operator of the mine has installed the devices on the conveyor belts that are used in the operation of the mine. The chief shall approve or disapprove the installation of the fire detection devices and shall notify the operator of ...

...le provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan, revision, or portion thereof does not meet the requi...

...le provisions of the "Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 742, 30 U.S.C.A. 801, as amended or reenacted, or regulations adopted thereunder, shall be a sufficient basis for approval of the plan or revision, or portion thereof, by the chief unless the chief makes a specific written explanation and findings as to why the federally approved plan or revision, or portion thereof, does not meet the re...

...(A) An operator conducting longwall mining shall provide two-way communication facilities, approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, at the headgate and tailgate and across each longwall working face that, during the production of coal, are a separate system from the mine communication facilities. Longwall working section communication facilities shall be located at points not more than o...

...(A) An operator conducting longwall mining shall provide all longwall working face conveyors installed on and after the effective date of this section with lock-out type de-energizing devices to de-energize the electrical power on the longwall working face conveyor. The de-energizing devices shall be provided at intervals of not more than fifty feet when the average height of the coal seam is at or below forty-eight ...

...tablished under regulations of the mine safety and health administration in the United States department of labor. If the methane monitor on a longwall working section malfunctions, the operator shall have the monitor repaired within twelve hours. During the period of time the methane monitor is inoperative, the operator shall not permit electric equipment to be operated for longer than ten minutes without an examin...

...(A) No person shall cross the longwall working face conveyor while it is in operation unless a safe crossover is provided. (B) The operator shall provide telephone pager communications or other means of providing an effective warning signal in a longwall working section. Prior to starting a longwall working face conveyor, the person who is going to activate the conveyor shall sound the telephone pager communications...

...(A) Prior to cutting and welding being performed on a longwall working section, methane gas examinations shall be made by a certified foreman or a person qualified to make the examinations designated by a certified foreman. No person shall perform cutting and welding when the methane gas concentration is one per cent or more. A certified foreman or person qualified to make examinations for gas shall be continuously p...

...(A) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic line repairs are performed in accordance with maintaining the functioning of the line at a level consistent with that at the time of initial installation of the line. (B) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic roof support units and associated apparatus on a longwall working face are visually inspected at least once each day, at any time of the day, by a qualified...