Ohio § 1567.72
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 1567.72, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1567.72.
(A) An operator conducting longwall mining shall provide all longwall working face conveyors
installed on and after the effective date of this section with lock-out type de-energizing
devices to de-energize the electrical power on the longwall working face conveyor. The de-energizing devices shall be provided at intervals of not more than fifty
feet when the average height of the coal seam is at or below forty-eight inches and
at intervals of not more than one hundred feet when the average height of the coal
seam is above forty-eight inches. The lock-out de-energizing may be done electrically. (B) Within twelve months after the effective date of this section, an operator shall
provide all longwall working sections in operation prior to the effective date of
this section with lock-out type de-energizing devices on face conveyors as required
in division (A) of this section. (C) The operator shall provide on the headgate of the longwall working section an emergency
de-energizing device to de-energize immediately the longwall working face equipment. (D) At the beginning of each coal producing shift, all emergency de-energizing devices
shall be checked for proper functioning and, if an emergency de-energizing device
is found malfunctioning, mining operations shall not begin until all de-energizing
devices within the intervals required by division (A) of this section are functioning
properly or until a designated person is stationed at the next de-energizing device
at the interval required under division (A) of this section until such time as the
malfunctioning de-energizing device is repaired. (E) If, during a coal producing shift, a de-energizing device malfunctions, which creates
an interval greater than that required by division (A) of this section, a designated
person shall be stationed at the next de-energizing device at the interval required
under division (A) of this section until such time as the malfunctioning de-energizing
device is repaired or the machine is de-energized and locked out. (F) No operator shall permit longwall mining to begin or continue at any time that more
than one of the de-energizing devices required under division (A) of this section
is malfunctioning. If the malfunctions create intervals greater than those required under that division,
except as provided in division (E) of this section. (G) No operator shall install or use a longwall working face conveyor unless its electrical
circuits are designed so that the face conveyor will not start at any other location
until the lock-out device is disengaged at the point of initial interruption. (H) No operator shall provide or permit use of shearer and plow motors on a longwall
working section that are not designed so that their cutting bits cannot begin operating
when electrical power is initially applied. (I) No person shall perform work on the face conveyor or on the face side of the face
conveyor unless equipment is de-energized and locked out, except when motion facilitates
troubleshooting or positioning for maintenance or repair.
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