Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 11 - Mine Rescue

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.01
  Mine rescue stations. For the purpose of providing prompt and efficient means of fighting fires and of saving lives and property jeopardized by fires, explosions...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.02
  The Department shall provide or purchase or accept as a gift, suitably located sites for the stations, temporary and permanent quarters and suitable equipment...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.03
  Mine rescue station operation. The Department shall employ a superintendent for each station. The Department is authorized to pay for such assistants as may...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.04
  The Department shall supervise the work at each of the stations, shall purchase necessary supplies, and shall keep a complete record of all operations...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.05
  Whenever the superintendent of any station shall be notified by any responsible person that an explosion or accident requiring his services has occurred at...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.06
  Should an explosion occur, or a fire that is not promptly extinguished, at any mine in the State, the operator of said mine or...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.07
  Rescue teams. Rescue teams shall be based out of each mine rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or secondary...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.08
  Self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices; caches; strobe lights; luminescent signs. (a) An operator must require each person underground to carry a SCSR device on his or...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.09
  Rescue chambers. (a) Rescue chambers must be provided and located within 3,000 feet of each working section of a mine, in accordance with a plan...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 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...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 11.11
  Rulemaking. The Mining Board shall adopt all rules necessary for the administration of this Article. (Source: P.A. 94-1041, eff. 7-24-06.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015