Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 705 Coal Mining Act. Section 11.10

    (225 ILCS 705/11.10)

    Sec. 11.10. Materials for barricade. Each working section of a mine must have an emergency sled or wagon located no more than 1,000 feet from the working faces of the mine with the following materials and amounts in constant supply:

        (1) 8 timbers of suitable length or roof jacks of

    equal capability;

        (2) 200 linear feet of brattice cloth of adequate

    height to the coal seam;

        (3) 2 hand saws;

        (4) 20 1 x 6 brattice boards at least 12 feet long

    each;

        (5) 10 pounds of 10d nails;

        (6) 10 pounds of 16d nails;

        (7) 10 pounds of spads;

        (8) 25 cap boards;

        (9) 20 header boards;

        (10) 2 axes;

        (11) 2 claw hammers;

        (12) one sledge hammer;

        (13) one shovel;

        (14) 10 bags of wood fiber plaster or 5 bags of

    cement or the equivalent;

        (15) 4 sets of rubber gloves; and

        (16) 5 gallons of sealed, distilled drinking water.

(Source: P.A. 94-1041, eff. 7-24-06.)

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