4123:1-5-21 Storage batteries.  

  • Text Box: ACTION: Original Text Box: DATE: 03/03/2010 12:47 PM

     

     

     

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

     

    The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 12, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., in Room 1, 2nd Floor, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, to consider the following:

     

    Amendment of the following rules for the purpose as shown below:

     

    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.

    4123:1-5-04   Mechanical power transmission apparatus. 4123:1-5-05   Auxiliary equipment.

    4123:1-5-06   Portable explosive-actuated fastening tools.

    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.

    4123:1-5-11  Forging machines, other power machines and machine tools, hydraulic and pneumatic presses, and power press brakes.

    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. 4123:1-5-14   Power-driven cranes and hoists.

    4123:1-5-16   Cutting and welding.

    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.

    4123:1-5-23   Electrical conductors and equipment. 4123:1-5-26   Trenches and excavations.

    4123:1-5-27   Lasers.

    4123:1-5-29   Explosives and blasting.

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

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

    4123:1-5-99.2 Examples of local exhaust ventilation.

     

    The Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 35 and R.C. 4121.13 empower the BWC to adopt rules which establish worker safety standards.  Article II, Section 35 of the Ohio Constitution and R.C.

    4121.47 both provide that an injury due to a violation of a specific safety rule (VSSR) can result in an employer paying a 15% to 50% penalty added to the compensation payable to an injured worker.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The majority of the safety standards contained in Ohio Administrative Code 4123:1-5 on workshops and factories parallel comparable provisions set forth in the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations (29 C.F.R. 1910).

    Many distinct changes to Chapter 4123:1-5 are identified for consideration by the Board. Some of these changes are related to formatting or simply correct administrative code reference numbers. The greatest number of changes are proposed for OAC 4123:1-5-17 on personal protective equipment and OAC 4123:1-5-99.1 on toxic concentration, flash point, boiling point, explosive limits and vapor density of common flammable and toxic liquids and gases. Relative to personal protective equipment, the changes incorporate OSHA's guidelines on testing procedures for eye protection and hard hats, update the body harness and fall protection sections, and change language regarding respiratory protection. For toxic chemicals, changes are proposed to the Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) to make them consistent with OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL). In some cases, this involves raising the current OEL to be consistent with OSHA's PEL.

    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.

    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

Document Information

File Date:
2010-03-03
Five Year Review:
Yes
CSI:
Yes
Notice File:
4123$1_NO_104339_20100303_1247.pdf
Rule File:
4123$1-5-21_PH_OF_A_RU_20100303_1247.pdf
RSFA File:
4123$1-5-21_PH_OF_A_RS_20100303_1247.pdf
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Ill. Adm. Code 4123:1-5-21. Storage batteries