Ohio § 1567.39

§ 1567.39.

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 passed.  Cars shall not be pushed ahead of the locomotive where it can be avoided.  When cars are run ahead of the locomotive, a light shall be carried on the front

end of the trip, and the cars shall not be moved at a speed greater than four miles

per hour.  When rope haulage is used, an enclosed light shall be carried on the front end of

each train so hauled. A trip light, reflectors, or other devices approved by the chief of the division of

mineral resources management shall be used on the rear of trips pulled and on the

front of trips pushed or lowered in slopes.  However, trip lights or other approved devices need not be used on cars being shifted

to and from loading machines, on cars being handled at loading heads, during gathering

operations at working faces, when trailing locomotives are used, or on trips pulled

by animals.  Cars on main haulage roads shall not be pushed, except where necessary to push cars

from side tracks located near the working section to the producing entries and rooms,

where necessary to clear switches and sidetracks, and on the approach to cages, slopes,

and surface inclines.  Warning lights or reflective signs or tapes shall be installed along haulage roads

at locations of abrupt or sudden changes in the overhead clearance. No person, other than the locomotive operator and brakeperson, shall ride on a locomotive

unless authorized by the mine foreperson, and then only when safe riding facilities

are provided. Positive-acting stopblocks or derails shall be used where necessary to protect persons

from danger of runaway haulage equipment.  The operator of all self-propelled equipment including off-track equipment shall

give an audible warning wherever persons may be endangered by the movement of the

equipment.  Locomotives and personnel carriers shall not approach within three hundred feet

of preceding haulage equipment, except trailing locomotives that are an integral part

of the trip.  A total of at least thirty-six inches of unobstructed side clearance (both sides

combined) shall be provided for all rubber-tired haulage equipment where such equipment

is used.  Off-track haulage roadways shall be maintained as free as practicable from bottom

irregularities, debris, and wet or muddy conditions that affect the control of the

equipment.  Operators of self-propelled equipment shall face in the direction of travel.  Mechanical steering and control devices shall be maintained so as to provide positive

control at all times.  All self-propelled, rubber-tired haulage equipment shall be equipped with well maintained

brakes, lights, and a warning device.  On and after January 1, 1977, all tram control switches on rubber-tired equipment

shall be designed to provide automatic return to the stop or off position when released. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.