4123:1-5-99 Table of standard materials and dimensions.  

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    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

     

    The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing on Friday, April 22, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., in Room 1, Level 2, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, to consider the following:

     

    Amend:

     

    4123:1-5-01 Scope and definitions.

    4123:1-5-02 Guarding floor and wall openings and holes. 4123:1-5-03 Ladders and scaffolds.

    4123:1-5-05 Auxiliary equipment.

    4123:1-5-07 Hand tools, hand-held portable powered tools, other hand-held equipment and portable safety containers.

    4123:1-5-08 Power-driven saws and knives. 4123:1-5-09 Woodworking machinery.

    4123:1-5-10 Mechanical power presses.

    4123:1-5-12 Abrasive grinding and cutting, polishing and wire buffing equipment. 4123:1-5-13 Motor vehicles, mobile mechanized equipment, and marine operations. 4123:1-5-17 Personal protective equipment.

    4123:1-5-18 Control of air contaminants. 4123:1-5-19 Manlifts of the endless belt type. 4123:1-5-20 Roof car suspended platforms.

    4123:1-5-21 Storage batteries.

    4123:1-5-22 Confined spaces.

    4123:1-5-26 Trenches and excavations. 4123:1-5-27 Lasers

    4123:1-5-29 Explosives.

     

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    4123:1-5-99.1 Toxic concentration, flash point, boiling point, explosive limits and vapor density of common flammable and toxic liquids and gases.

     

    The purpose of this chapter 4123:1-5 of the Administrative Code is to provide safety for life, limb and health of employees. The specific requirements of this code are requirements upon an employer for the protection of such employer's employees and no others and apply to all workshops and factories subject to the Workers' Compensation Act.

     

    The proposed changes represent updates to be compatible with nationally recognized standards, particularly the Federal OSHA regulations and to correct typographical errors.

     

    The full and complete text of the proposed rules is available at the Register of Ohio (http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us) and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State (180 East Broad Street, 15th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Legislative  Service Commission (77 South High Street, 9th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the office of the Joint

     

     

     

     

    Committee on Agency Rule Review (77 South High Street, Concourse Level, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Legal Operations (30 West Spring Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1st Floor, Hearing Rooms), and all service offices of the Bureau. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Any interested party unable to attend the public hearing may submit written comments to the undersigned prior to the public hearing at enotification@bwc.state.oh.us.

    THE OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION

    Tom Sico

    Assistant General Counsel, BWC 30 West Spring Street, L-26 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2256

    (614) 466-6600