Such rescue stations shall be centrally located within the coal
producing counties, so as to cover the largest number of mines
within the shortest period of time, and each rescue station shall be
continually in charge of a superintendent who shall be appointed by
the industrial commission of Ohio with the approval of the governor,
who shall receive a salary in a sum equal to that provided for
district inspectors of mines, together with all necessary expenses
incurred in the discharge of his duties.
=Qualifications of Superintendent.=
The qualifications of superintendents of rescue stations shall be
the same as that of district inspector of mines, namely, that no
person shall be appointed superintendent of rescue stations unless
he has been a resident of the district for which he is appointed for
at least two years, has had at least five years' actual practical
experience in mining in this state, has a practical knowledge of the
best methods of working and ventilating mines of the nature and
properties of noxious and poisonous gases, particularly fire damp,
of the best means of detecting the presence of and preventing
accumulation of such gases and the best means of removing the same,
and has a practical knowledge of the uses and dangers of electricity
as applied at, in and around mines.
=Duties of Superintendent.=
Each superintendent of rescue station shall devote his entire time
to the duties of his office, and shall at all times keep the
equipment of such station in constant state of repair and be ready
to meet any emergency that may arise at any mine at any time, either
day or night. He shall teach and train first aid and rescue crews in
the use of first aid and rescue equipment and shall be required to
keep his station at all times in a clean and sanitary condition, and
subject to such rules and regulations as the industrial commission
of Ohio may from time to time establish.
(108 O.L. 1278.)
Sec. 916. [=Action for non-compliance with provisions of this act.=]
If the appliances of a mine for the safety of the persons working
therein do not conform to the provisions of this act, or if the
owner, lessee or agent disregards the requirements thereof, on
application by the chief inspector of mines in the name of the
state, any court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin or restrain
the owner, lessee or agent from operating such mine, until it is
made to conform to the provisions of this act. Such remedy shall be
cumulative, and shall not affect any other proceedings authorized by
law against such owner, lessee or agent for the matter complained of
in the action. (Sec. 927-928.)
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