Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:14 - Division of Mineral Resources Management - Industrial Mineral
Chapter 1501:14-2 - Mine Safety
Section 1501:14-2-03 - Criteria, standards and procedures governing annual safety performance evaluations of surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
This rule applies to surface mining operations that are inspected by MSHA.
(A) The chief annually shall conduct, in accordance with these rules, a safety performance evaluation of all surface mining operations in the state that are inspected by MSHA.
(B) Collection of violation data. At the beginning of each state fiscal year, the chief shall obtain from the MSHA mine data retrieval system the violations per inspection day ("VPID") calculation for the preceding fifteen months for each surface mining operation permitted under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
(C) Procedures governing safety performance evaluations. If a surface mining operation has a VPID calculation of three or more, the chief shall, pursuant to division (B) of section 1514.41 of the Revised Code, identify the surface mining operation as having three or more violations per day. A surface mining operation identified by the chief as having three or more violations per day shall receive a minimum of two inspections conducted in accordance with division (B) of section 1514.41 and section 1514.43 of the Revised Code for one year following the identification.
(D) Notification of determination to conduct inspections due to the results of a safety performance evaluation. If a surface mining operation is identified under paragraph (C) of this rule as having three or more violations per day, the chief shall provide written notification to the operator of the operation and, if applicable, the authorized representative of the miners of the operation, that the operation will be inspected pursuant to division (B) of section 1514.41 and section 1514.43 of the Revised Code and as determined by this rule. The notice shall contain:
(E) Reconsideration by the chief.