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...A substantial compliance with the applicable sections of sections 4101.01 to 4101.16, inclusive, and 4121.01 to 4121.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is sufficient to give effect to orders, and such orders shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto.

...No employer, employee, or other person shall violate this chapter or Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, do any act prohibited by such chapters, fail to perform any duty lawfully enjoined, within the time prescribed by the bureau of workers' compensation, for which violation no penalty has been specifically provided, or fail to obey any lawful order given or made by the bureau, or any judgment or decree made by ...

...Every day during which any person, or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof fails to observe and comply with any order of the bureau of workers' compensation, or to perform any duty enjoined by this chapter and Chapter 4121. of the Revised Code, constitutes a separate violation of the order or chapters.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4101.15 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.

...ode. (D) "The practice of occupational safety" means the preservation of human and material resources through the systematic application of education, chemistry, physics, biological, ergonomic, psychological, physiological, and management principles for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazardous systems, conditions, and practices in the workplace and developing, implementing, and administering programs to a...

...ciate Industrial Hygienist," "Certified Safety Professional," or "Associate Safety Professional," or any of the abbreviations "CIH," "CAIH," "CSP," or "ASP," unless the person has been awarded the title by the American board of industrial hygiene or the board of certified safety professionals as specified in section 4777.03 of the Revised Code.

...C) In order to use the title "Certified Safety Professional" or the abbreviation "CSP," a person shall possess a valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety professionals. (D) In order to use the title "Associate Safety Professional" or the abbreviation "ASP," a person shall possess a valid, unexpired certification from the board of certified safety professionals.

...ygiene and the practice of occupational safety: (A) A person working as an apprentice under the supervision of a Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional, or Associate Safety Professional; (B) A person engaging in the supervised practice of industrial hygiene or the practice of occupational safety through a course of study in that practice; (C) A pers...

...Whoever violates section 4777.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Aggrieved person" means a person with duties and obligations under sections 153.64, 3781.27, and 3781.28 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code and divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26 of the Revised Code and who is directly involved with or impacted by the alleged compliance failure, as identified in the request for inquiry, of another person with duties and obligations under sections 153....

...e public utilities commission and pay a safety registration not to exceed fifty dollars annually, which the commission may lower if the commission determines lowering the registration to be necessary. The commission shall administer and oversee the registration process. Failure to register shall result in a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. (B) The commission shall deposit all safety registrat...

...(A) Beginning January 1, 2016, an aggrieved person may request an inquiry with the staff of the public utilities commission seeking the imposition, in accordance with this chapter, of a fine or penalty on the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure described in division (A) of section 4913.01 of the Revised Code. The person shall make the request not later than ninety days after discovering the alleged ...

...If a request for an inquiry is made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code, the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure may, not later than thirty days after being notified under that section, respond to the request, providing any information that the person considers relevant to the request. The response may include an admission of the compliance failure.

...(A) The staff of the public utilities commission shall conduct an inquiry upon receiving a request made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code. The inquiry shall be limited to whether there was a compliance failure. (B) During an inquiry conducted under this section, the staff shall examine relevant facts regarding the alleged compliance failure and may request records verification, informal meetings, teleconfere...

...a fine or penalty or as to whether no enforcement action should be taken.

...Revised Code; (2) Determine that no enforcement action should be taken and notify the commission in writing of the determination; (3) Request a hearing under section 4913.19 of the Revised Code. (C) There shall be a majority vote of the full committee, except as provided by section 3781.361 of the Revised Code, with at least one of the commercial-excavator stakeholders voting with the majority, for the committe...

...ion shall be appropriately related to enforcement of the provisions enumerated in division (A) of section 4905.041 of the Revised Code.

...The underground technical committee may communicate with persons who have knowledge or information concerning the alleged compliance failure as part of the committee's review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code and to assist the committee in making recommendations under that section and section 4913.16 of the Revised Code.

...d in division (C) of that section, no enforcement action shall be taken. (2) If the committee, during the ninety-day time period, fails to vote on any action as required under division (B) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code, the staff of the public utilities commission shall make a recommendation as to a fine or penalty or no enforcement. The staff shall cause the initial report made available under section 4913...

...(A) Based upon the number and type of compliance failures committed by a person, the underground technical committee may find, as part of the committee's review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code, that the person is a persistent noncomplier. (B) The committee shall report a finding made under division (A) of this section to the staff of the public utilities commission. (C) There shall be a majority vote of...

...If the underground technical committee reports that a person responsible for a compliance failure has been found to be a persistent noncomplier under section 4913.17 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may impose a fine on the person not exceeding ten thousand dollars. A penalty recommended by the committee under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code may also be imposed by the commission.

...endation of a fine or penalty or a no-enforcement determination, the underground technical committee may request an administrative hearing with the public utilities commission if the committee believes that any person responsible for a compliance failure should be subject to a fine or penalty exceeding those described in section 4913.151 of the Revised Code. As a result of the hearing, the commission shall impose a f...

...ment, or a significant threat to public safety; (C) The organizational size of the responsible person; (D) The prospective effect of a fine on the person's ability to pay business obligations and otherwise conduct business; (E) The history or number of compliance failures by the person; (F) The good faith effort on the person's part in attempting to achieve compliance after the compliance failure was identified.

...Except as provided in sections 4913.171 and 4913.19 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall impose every recommendation made under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code by the underground technical committee.

...A person subject to a fine imposed under section 4913.171, 4913.19, or 4913.21 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2) of section 4913.16 of the Revised Code shall pay the fine not later than sixty days after the fine or penalty is imposed. A person subject to a penalty imposed under any of those sections or that division shall begin compliance with the penalty not later than thirty days after the penalty is imposed.