Ohio Revised Code Title XV. Conservation of Natural Resources § 1565.13

In case of an injury to person or property, occasioned by a violation of this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1567., and section 1509.18 of the Revised Code, or any failure to comply with those chapters or that section, by any operator of a mine, a right of action shall accrue to the person injured, for any direct damage the person injured has sustained thereby. In case of loss of life by reason of such failure or neglect, a right of action shall accrue to the widow, and children, or if there are none, then to the parents and next of kin, of the person whose death was so caused, for like recovery of damages for the injury they have sustained. Any operator of a mine who has complied with Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code is exempt as provided in section 4123.74 of the Revised Code, and not liable for damages at common law or by statute for injury or death of any employee.