Ohio Code § 4973.11
Ohio Code § 4973.11. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4973.11.
No company operating a railroad over thirty miles in length or an interurban railroad
or street railway over four miles in length shall permit a conductor, engineer, fireman,
brakeman, or trainman on a train, a telegraph operator, or a conductor or motorman
on a street railway, who has worked as such for fifteen consecutive hours, again to
go on duty or perform work until he has had at least eight hours' rest, except in
cases of detention of trains or cars caused by accident, unavoidable or otherwise. Such companies shall so regulate the hours of employment of their employees that
each employee shall have at least eight consecutive hours of rest in each period of
twenty-four hours. A railroad company which knowingly violates this section shall forfeit not less than
five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for the first offense, and for any
subsequent offense, not less than one thousand nor more than fifteen hundred dollars,
to be recovered by civil action in the name of the state.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4973.11
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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