Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 24 - Rock Dust And Coal Dust

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.01
  Coal dust and other combustible materials shall not be permitted to accumulate in dangerous quantities in active underground workings of a mine. (Source: Laws...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.02
  Where underground mining operations raise an excessive amount of dust into the air, water or water with a wetting agent added to it, or...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.03
  All underground mines, except those mines or areas of mines in which the dust is too wet or too high in incombustible content to...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.04
  In mines partially rock-dusted or in mines that are required to start rock-dusting, haulage ways and parallel entries connected thereto by open crosscuts, shall...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.05
  Where rock dust is applied, it shall be distributed upon the top, floor and sides of all open places and maintained in such quantity...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 24.06
  All rock dust used shall meet the following specifications: 1. All of the dust shall pass through a 20 mesh sieve, and at least...

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