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Title 15, Conservation of Natural Resources

31 chapters · 1,005 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 151,005 Ch 1533, Hunting; Fishing127 Ch 1547, Watercraft And Waterways85 Ch 1567, Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions77 Ch 1509, Division Of Oil And Gas Resources Ma…73 Ch 1513, Coal Surface Mining51 Ch 1563, Mine Construction, Maintenance, Aban…45 Ch 1531, Division Of Wildlife43 Ch 1561, Division Of Mineral Resources Manage…41 Ch 1521, Division Of Water Resources40 Ch 1545, Park Districts40 Ch 1503, Division Of Forestry37 Ch 1514, Other Surface Mining35 Ch 1506, Coastal Management34 Ch 1546, Division Of Parks And Watercraft34

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.14 Lien for labor
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Each person who performs labor in opening or developing any mine, mining, or labor connected therewith, has a lien upon all the property of the person, firm, or corporation owning, constructing, or operating such mine, for the full value of such labor, upon the same terms as mech…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.15 Emergency medical personnel, services and training to be provided for mine employees
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "EMT-basic," "EMT-I," "paramedic," and "emergency medical service organization" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "First aid provider" includes a mine medical responder, an EMT-basic, an EMT-I, a paramedic, or a…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.16 Motormen and trip riders
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Motormen and trip riders shall use care in handling the locomotive and cars, and shall see that the signal or marker is used for the purpose as provided. Motormen and trip riders shall be governed by the speed provided for in sections 1567.39, 1567.40, and 1567.41 of the Revised …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.24 Miner working alone - unqualified miners

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No person shall work by himself as a miner in a coal mine without having produced satisfactory evidence to the mine foreman of such mine that he has worked at least one year with, or as, a practical coal miner. This section applies only to mines generating methane, other gas, or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.25 Effect of child support default on certificate

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On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with resp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1565.99 Penalty

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Whoever knowingly violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.01 Chapter does not apply to chapter 1514 activities

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Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.02 Use of present machinery lawful - replacement of appliances and machinery

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In the operation of mines, mine owners, lessees, and their agents may continue to use the type of appliance and machinery owned or operated in such mines on September 2, 1941, in the manner permitted by the statutes in force on June 3, 1941, and until the mine in which such appli…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.03 Prohibited acts

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No workman or other person shall knowingly injure a water gauge, barometer, thermometer, air course, brattice, equipment, or machinery, obstruct or throw open an airway, handle or disturb any part of the machinery of the hoisting engine of a mine, open a door of a mine and neglec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.04 Machine runners and helpers

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Machine runners and helpers shall use care while operating mining machines. They shall warn persons not engaged in the operation of a machine of the danger in going near the machine while it is in operation, and shall not permit such persons to remain near it while such machine i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.05 Trespassing

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No person, except employees of the mine and those permitted by law, shall enter any mine or go upon the property connected therewith, unless the consent of the owner, lessee, or agent has been secured, and then only when accompanied by a guide furnished by such owner, lessee, or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.06 Examination of mine generating firedamp - posting or report

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No person shall enter a mine generating firedamp, which can be detected by an approved flame safety lamp, until it has been reported safe by the person making the fire boss examination as prescribed by section 1563.24 of the Revised Code. This report shall be posted on a blackboa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.07 Entry beyond danger signal

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In gaseous and nongaseous mines, no person other than a mine foreman or fire boss, or owner, lessee, agent, or operator of the mine, or a representative of either accompanied by a mine foreman or fire boss, shall remove or go beyond any caution board or danger signal placed at th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.08 Book of reports of mine condition and air measurements

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The mine foreperson shall each day enter plainly or have entered in ink, in a book provided for that purpose, a report of the condition of the mine, which report shall clearly state any danger that such mine foreperson has observed during the day, or any danger reported to the mi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.09 Ventilation of mines

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The operator of a mine shall provide and maintain the necessary artificial means of capacity and power capable of supplying the required ventilation, and shall maintain a sufficient volume of air, not less per minute than one hundred fifty cubic feet for each person measured at t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.10 Ventilating fans

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Every outside fan installed after September 2, 1941, at any coal mine shall be placed at least twenty feet from the side or mouth of the shaft entry or slope with which it is connected for ventilating purposes and shall be of fireproof construction. Explosion doors shall be provi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.11 Booster and blower fans

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Booster and blower fans may be installed only with the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management, following the submission by the owner, lessee, or agent of a definite plan of ventilation in which it is proposed to use such fans and the reason therefor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.12 Accident to ventilating fan

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In case of an accident to a ventilating fan, or its machinery, whereby the ventilation of the mine may be seriously interrupted, the electric power shall be shut off. The mine foreman shall order the men to withdraw from the mine immediately, and he shall not allow them to return…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.13 Supervision of ventilating apparatus and airways

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The mine foreperson shall see that careful watch is kept over the ventilating apparatus and airways, and that the volume of the ventilating current is measured at least once each week at the inlet and outlet, at or near the face of all entries, and at that point in the mine where…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.14 Entry into mine after interruption of ventilation

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Any person ordered by the mine foreman to withdraw from the mine because of the interruption of the ventilation shall not re-enter the mine until permission to do so has been granted after a thorough inspection has been made and the mine is found to be in a good and safe conditio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.15 Closing of ventilating doors

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Motormen, trip riders, and drivers in charge of haulage trips, passing through doors used as a means of directing the ventilation, shall see that such doors are closed promptly after the trip passes through. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.16 Electrical system - prohibited activities

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No person shall damage or without authority alter, or make connection to, any portion of an electrical system of any mine location in this state.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.17 Rules for use of direct current

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Where direct current is used underground in mines, the following rules shall govern: (A) In determining the voltage limit the difference in potential shall not exceed three hundred twenty-five volts measured by a meter at the nearest switchboard except with the written approval o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.18 Rules for use of alternating current

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When alternating current is used 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 break…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.19 Grounding of machines and armored cable using alternating current

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At all stripping mines where alternating current is used to operate shovels or to convert alternating current to direct current, and where the machines used for this purpose are installed on the shovel or building attached thereto, or where armored cables are used to conduct the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.20 Electrical equipment to be grounded

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The frame and bed plates of generators, transformers, motors other than low voltage mobile motors, and all metallic cable covering other than trailing cables, shall be efficiently grounded. No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.21 Employment of shot firers

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In gaseous mines or portions of mines as defined by section 1563.02 of the Revised Code, a sufficient number of shot firers shall be employed. The shot firer shall charge, tamp, and fire all holes properly placed, and refuse to charge any holes not properly placed. Whenever such …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.22 Use of black powder

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In all gaseous mines, as defined in section 1563.02 of the Revised Code, no black powder shall be used for blasting coal and all shots shall be fired by a shot firer. No owner, lessee, agent, or operator of a mine shall violate this section.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.23 Handling explosives in mines

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No employee, worker, or miner shall have in the employee's, worker's, or miner's possession inside of an underground mine more than one twenty-five pound keg or box of blasting powder or other explosives. Every person who has powder or other explosives in an underground mine shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.24 Conveyance of explosives

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Blasting powder or explosives shall not be taken into or out of a mine, or moved from place to place in a mine, along 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, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.25 Explosives to be protected from contact with fire

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Whenever a workman is about to open a box, package, or keg, containing 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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.26 Explosives and tools on cages or stairways

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Powder, explosives, and working tools shall not be taken down or up a hoisting shaft in a cage when men are 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 sha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.27 Use of squibs and fuses - tamping

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No employee in a mine, who is about to fire a shot with a squib, shall shorten the fuse, saturate it with oil, or ignite it, except at the extreme end; he shall see that all persons are out of danger from the probable effects of such shot, and if it is a rib shot, he shall notify…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.30 Firing of shots - appointed times

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.31 Drill holes

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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 dril…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.32 Misfired shots

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.33 Examination after each blast

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.34 Solid shooting

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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 jud…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.35 Use of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel oil or gas engine

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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 th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.36 Fire extinguishers

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.38 Use of locomotive and haulage equipment

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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, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.39 Lights and signals for locomotives and cars - riding on locomotive - protection against runaway or self-propelled equipment

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.40 Riding on haulage trips

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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, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.41 Operation of trolley ahead of locomotive

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.42 Riding on locomotive or cars

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.43 Signal light

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.44 Handling cars

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.45 Limitation on number of persons in cage or elevator - hoisting equipment safety examination

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(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 se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.46 Windlass required

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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 windla…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1567.47 Qualifications of persons in charge of hoisting engine

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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 vio…