Effective: June 14, 2000
Latest Legislation: House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly
(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 or other effective warning signal to alert all persons across the longwall working face.
(C) No person shall ride the longwall working face conveyor. However, an operator may submit a plan to the chief of the division of mineral resources management, as part of the plan required by section 1567.69 of the Revised Code or later, for approval for the removal of injured persons on the longwall working face conveyor if it is necessary to transport injured persons on a stretcher or backboard.
(D) On and after July 20, 1984, an operator shall equip all newly installed face roof support units with adjacent unit controls unless the units have a wide single canopy over each unit that protects the workers from falling material when operating unit controls from within the support of the shield unit being removed.
(E) On and after July 20, 1984, all newly installed face roof support units shall be equipped with an outlet to facilitate measurement of the interior prop pressure and an outlet to facilitate measurement of the yield pressure. Any yield valves of face roof support units that do not maintain at least eighty-five per cent of the yield pressure specified in the approved roof control plan shall be promptly repaired or replaced. The valves of face roof support units shall be tested at least annually, and a legible record of the date of the test, the person performing the test, and the valves repaired or replaced shall be kept in an appropriate mine record.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources
Chapter 1567 | Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions
Section 1567.01 | Chapter Does Not Apply to Chapter 1514 Activities.
Section 1567.02 | Use of Present Machinery Lawful - Replacement of Appliances and Machinery.
Section 1567.03 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 1567.04 | Machine Runners and Helpers.
Section 1567.05 | Trespassing.
Section 1567.06 | Examination of Mine Generating Firedamp - Posting or Report.
Section 1567.07 | Entry Beyond Danger Signal.
Section 1567.08 | Book of Reports of Mine Condition and Air Measurements.
Section 1567.09 | Ventilation of Mines.
Section 1567.10 | Ventilating Fans.
Section 1567.11 | Booster and Blower Fans.
Section 1567.12 | Accident to Ventilating Fan.
Section 1567.13 | Supervision of Ventilating Apparatus and Airways.
Section 1567.14 | Entry Into Mine After Interruption of Ventilation.
Section 1567.15 | Closing of Ventilating Doors.
Section 1567.16 | Electrical System - Prohibited Activities.
Section 1567.17 | Rules for Use of Direct Current.
Section 1567.18 | Rules for Use of Alternating Current.
Section 1567.19 | Grounding of Machines and Armored Cable Using Alternating Current.
Section 1567.20 | Electrical Equipment to Be Grounded.
Section 1567.21 | Employment of Shot Firers.
Section 1567.22 | Use of Black Powder.
Section 1567.23 | Handling Explosives in Mines.
Section 1567.24 | Conveyance of Explosives.
Section 1567.25 | Explosives to Be Protected From Contact With Fire.
Section 1567.26 | Explosives and Tools on Cages or Stairways.
Section 1567.27 | Use of Squibs and Fuses - Tamping.
Section 1567.30 | Firing of Shots - Appointed Times.
Section 1567.31 | Drill Holes.
Section 1567.32 | Misfired Shots.
Section 1567.33 | Examination After Each Blast.
Section 1567.34 | Solid Shooting.
Section 1567.35 | Use of Gasoline, Naphtha, Kerosene, Fuel Oil or Gas Engine.
Section 1567.36 | Fire Extinguishers.
Section 1567.38 | Use of Locomotive and Haulage Equipment.
Section 1567.40 | Riding on Haulage Trips.
Section 1567.41 | Operation of Trolley Ahead of Locomotive.
Section 1567.42 | Riding on Locomotive or Cars.
Section 1567.43 | Signal Light.
Section 1567.44 | Handling Cars.
Section 1567.46 | Windlass Required.
Section 1567.47 | Qualifications of Persons in Charge of Hoisting Engine.
Section 1567.48 | Safe Appliances for Ingress and Egress in Shaft.
Section 1567.49 | Lowering and Hoisting of Persons by Vertical Shaft.
Section 1567.50 | Regulations for Speaking Tube, Cages, and Safety Gate.
Section 1567.51 | Signal Code.
Section 1567.52 | Additions to Code of Signals - Posting.
Section 1567.53 | Emergency Signal in Vertical Shaft.
Section 1567.54 | Adequate Fire Protection - Firefighting Equipment.
Section 1567.55 | Report of Coal Seam Fire - Covering of Exposed Surface to Prevent Fire.
Section 1567.57 | Two-Way Communication System.
Section 1567.58 | Lights in Mines.
Section 1567.59 | Flame Safety Lamps.
Section 1567.60 | Recording Pressure Gauge.
Section 1567.62 | Obstruction of Airway.
Section 1567.63 | Use of Traveling Ways - Loitering Prohibited.
Section 1567.64 | Operator to Provide Tag Lines or Tie-Off Lines for Miners.
Section 1567.65 | Prohibition Against Smoking or Carrying Smoking Materials.
Section 1567.66 | Prohibition Against Intoxicants.
Section 1567.67 | Protective Clothing.
Section 1567.68 | Safety Provisions for Machinery and Equipment.
Section 1567.681 | Fire Detection Devices Required on Conveyor Belts.
Section 1567.69 | Longwall Mining Plans or Revisions - Contents.
Section 1567.70 | Plan for Recovery of Longwall Roof Support - Approval by Chief.
Section 1567.71 | Two-Way Communication Facilities.
Section 1567.72 | De-Energizing Electrical Power on Longwall Working Face Conveyor.
Section 1567.73 | Installation of Methane Monitors.
Section 1567.74 | Safety Requirements for Longwall Working Face.
Section 1567.75 | Cutting and Welding.
Section 1567.76 | Maintenance of Hydraulic Lines and Roof Support Units.
Section 1567.77 | First Aid Equipment.
Section 1567.78 | Maintaining Accessible Tailgate Travel Route.