Section 4999.19 | Diverting Freight.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No agent of a railroad company shall knowingly divert or permit freight under his control to be diverted from the railroads over which it is ordered to be conveyed by the shipper of such freight. Whoever violates this section shall be fined […]
Section 4999.20 | Seniority Roster Date of Railroad Employee.
Effective: June 15, 1972 Latest Legislation: House Bill 464 – 109th General Assembly No railroad employee who has a seniority roster date on the effective date of the repeal of sections 4999.07 and 4999.08 of the Revised Code shall be removed from his employment or have his seniority rights or vacation or other fringe benefits […]
Section 4999.17 | Discipline or Discharge of Employee Without Hearing.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No railroad company, or its superintendent, or manager, employing any special agent, detective, or person commonly known as “spotter” for the purpose of investigating, obtaining, and reporting to the employer, its agent, superintendent, or manager, information concerning its employees, shall discipline or […]
Section 4999.18 | Demanding Compensation When Telegraph or Telephone Wires Not Working.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect […]
Section 4999.01 | Drawing, Driving, or Moving Vehicle on Railroad Track.
Effective: March 15, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 667 – 119th General Assembly No person shall draw, drive, or cause to be moved any vehicle on or between the rails or tracks or on or along the graded roadway of a railroad without the knowledge and consent of the owner or controller of such railroad, […]
Section 4999.02 | Climbing Upon Railroad Cars.
Effective: March 15, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 667 – 119th General Assembly No person shall climb, jump, step, or stand upon, or cling or attach himself to, a locomotive, engine, or car upon the track of a railroad, unless in compliance with law or by permission under the rules of the corporation managing such […]
Section 4999.03 | Riding or Driving Into Enclosures of Railroads.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall, at a place other than a private crossing or for a purpose other than crossing a railroad, ride or drive a horse or other domestic animal into an enclosure of a railroad or knowingly permit such animal to go […]
Section 4999.04 | Failure to Stop.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) No person in charge of a locomotive shall fail to bring the locomotive to a full stop at least two hundred feet before arriving at a crossing with another track, or proceed through the crossing before signaled to do so or […]
Section 4999.05 | Flagmen on Railroads.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall employ as a flagman, hostler, or assistant hostler, a person who cannot read, write, and speak the English language. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred […]
Section 4999.06 | Running Passenger Trains With Less Than Full Crew.
Effective: January 1, 1976 Latest Legislation: House Bill 205 – 111th General Assembly No superintendent, trainmaster, or other employee of a railroad shall send or cause to be sent outside of yard limits, a passenger train of not more than five cars, any one of which carries passengers, with a crew consisting of less than […]