Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 1565 | Mine Employees
Section 1565.24 | Miner Working Alone - Unqualified Miners.

Effective: October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
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 combustible matter.
No mine foreman of a coal mine shall permit anyone to mine coal in such mine until such person is qualified, unless he is accompanied by a competent coal miner.