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...At a mine where the firing of shots is restricted to specific times, no miner shall fire a shot until the time appointed for him to do so, and then only in such rotation as designated.

...When a miner drills holes in the face of coal for blasting and such drill hole bottoms in the permanent roof, he shall not charge or fire such drill hole. No miner shall drill a new hole in such a way that any part of it shall be 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 ...

...A miner after 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.

...After each blast, the miner shall exercise great care in examining the roof and coal, and shall secure them safely before beginning to load coal. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...The owner, lessee, or agent of any mine shall not order 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 ...

...No gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel oil, or gas engine shall be used in a mine, except for operating pumping machinery where electric, compressed air, or steam power is not available or cannot be transmitted to the pump, in which case the owner, lessee, or agent shall observe the following: (A) Notice shall be given to the chief of the division of mineral resources management before installing, and the installation...

...At each permanent underground oil storage 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.

...At a mine, or in any part thereof, where a locomotive is detached from a moving train of cars for the purpose of dropping such cars past the locomotive, and the haulageway at such point is designated as the principal traveling way, a traveling way, not less than three feet wide, shall be provided on one side of that portion of the track from where the locomotive will be detached to the switch of the siding. Such trav...

...The operator of an underground coal mine, at which locomotives are used for hauling coal, shall keep a light on the front end of the locomotive when it is in use. When the locomotive is run ahead of the trip, and the trip rider is not required to ride the rear car of the trip, a signal, light, or marker, approved by the deputy mine inspector, shall be carried on the rear end of the trip to indicate when the trip has ...

...No person except those in charge of trips, superintendents, mine foremen, mine electricians, machinists, and blacksmiths, when required by their duty, shall ride on haulage trips, except where by mutual agreement in writing between the owner, lessee, or agent, and the employees, 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, wh...

...The motormen shall 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.

...The person in charge 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 rider in charge of rope haulage trips shall see that the signal light, as required by section 1567.39 of the Revised Code, is in place and in proper condition before starting the trip. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...Drivers shall use care in handling cars, especially going down grade and at junction points. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

...(A) When more than the lawful number of persons get on a cage or elevator to be lowered into a mine, or to be hoisted out of a mine, the person in charge of the lowering or hoisting of such persons shall order a sufficient number to get off such cage or elevator to comply with section 1567.49 of the Revised Code, and shall not lower or raise the cage until such order is complied with. (B) Every hoist used to transpo...

...When the only means of egress is by vertical shaft in which cages or elevators are used as a means of hoisting persons employed in a mine, and the power for operating same is derived from but one source, the owner, lessee, or agent shall provide and keep on hand a suitable windlass capable of hoisting persons from the mine, for use in the event of an accident to the hoisting apparatus or the power by which the same i...

...The owner, lessee, or agent of a mine worked by a shaft or slope, shall put only experienced, competent, and sober persons in charge of an engine used for lowering into or hoisting out of such mine persons employed therein. No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.

...The operator of a mine shall provide and maintain safe appliances, approved by the deputy mine inspector, for the ingress and egress of persons in each shaft, designated by such owner, lessee, or agent as a means of ingress and egress for persons employed therein. When there is but one shaft available for ingress and egress from any unavoidable cause, the appliances therein shall be kept available at all times to per...

...The operator of a mine, at which the only means of ingress and egress for the persons employed therein is by a vertical shaft of fifty feet or more in depth, shall designate one or more persons who shall attend to the lowering and hoisting of persons into and out of such mine, and give and receive the proper signals, governing the movement of the cage while engaged in handling men. At all shaft mines where persons ar...

...The operator of a mine operated by a shaft shall provide and maintain a metal tube, suitable for conversation between persons, connecting the engine room with the top and bottom of such shaft. The cages operated in said shaft shall have an approved safety catch, a sufficient cover, and rings or other adequate handholds for the accommodation of the number of persons permitted on the cage. Such cages shall be protected...

...At each mine operated by a shaft, the means of signaling to and from the bottom man, the top man, and the engineer shall consist of a tube, or tubes, of wire encased in wood or iron pipes, through which signals shall be communicated by electricity, compressed air, or other devices. All proper precautions shall be taken to prevent electric signal and telephone wires from coming into contact with other electric condu...

...The management of any mine may, with the consent of the deputy mine inspector, add to the code of signals to increase 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 instructi...

...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.

...At each mine at which the only means of egress is by vertical shaft, the operator shall provide adequate fire protection to secure the safety of such shaft, and, when but one shaft is the only available means of egress, shall keep in attendance a competent person when persons are inside of such mine. Each underground coal mine shall be provided with suitable firefighting equipment adapted for the size and conditions...

...The operator of any coal mine or the owner of land bearing natural coal deposits immediately upon learning of a fire in any coal seam upon the operator's or owner's property shall report the fire to the chief of the division of mineral resources management. When a coal seam fire is reported to the chief, the chief shall immediately investigate such fire. In the event of a fire in any outcrop of a coal seam or in an ...