Ohio Code 4169.04 – Division to require inspections – report of violation
(A) The division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall require inspection of the construction, maintenance, and mechanical operation of passenger tramways annually or more often as the division may reasonably require. Each inspection shall be performed by a qualified inspector of an insurance company authorized to insure passenger tramways in this state.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4169.04
- Passenger: means any person who is being transported or conveyed by a passenger tramway. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- Passenger tramway: includes all of the following:
(1) Aerial passenger tramway, a device used to transport passengers in several open or enclosed cars attached to and suspended from a moving wire rope or attached to a moving wire rope and supported on a standing wire rope, or similar devices;
(2) Skimobile, a device in which a passenger car running on steel or wooden tracks is attached to and pulled by a steel cable, or similar devices;
(3) Chair lift, a device on which passengers are carried on chairs suspended in the air and attached to a moving cable, chain, or link belt supported by trestles or towers with one or more spans, or similar devices. See Ohio Code 4169.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) If, as the result of an inspection, an employee of the division or other agent with whom the division has contracted finds that a violation of the division’s rules exists or a condition in passenger tramway construction, maintenance, or mechanical operation exists that endangers public safety, the employee or agent shall make an immediate report to the division for appropriate investigation and order.
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