Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 20 - Permissible Explosives And Regulations For Breaking Down Coal

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.01
  Black blasting powder shall not be used to break down coal on shift. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.02
  The breaking down of coal with compressed air, or by some mechanical or chemical-mechanical device which does not emit spark or flame, while men...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.03
  All "permissible explosives" for use in breaking down coal in the State of Illinois shall conform to the following specifications: (a) All permissible explosives...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.04
  State Mine Inspectors, and the accredited representatives of the coal operators and coal miners shall have authority to sample explosives used for blasting purposes in...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.05
  If the State Mine Inspector or the accredited representatives of the coal operators or coal miners shall desire to have said sample tested for content,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.06
  When such samples are intended to be tested for content, they must be taken at the mill or warehouse of the manufacturer or manufacturer's...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.07
  Explosives shall be stored in magazines constructed in accordance with plans that shall be approved by the State Mine Inspector of the district in...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.08
  Every magazine shall be provided with a wooden floor which shall be kept free from grit and dirt. If more than one kind of...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.09
  Any person, firm or corporation changing any stamp, brand, or specification denoting the contents of any package or cartridge shall be subject to the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.10
  The area surrounding magazines for not less than 25 feet in all directions shall be kept free of rubbish, dry grass, or other materials...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.11
  If the magazines are illuminated electrically, the lamps shall be of explosion-proof type, installed and wired so as to present minimum fire and contact...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.12
  Only non-metallic tools shall be used for opening containers. Extraneous materials shall not be stored in an explosives or detonator magazine. (Source: Laws 1953,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.13
  Smoking, carrying smokers' articles, or open flame is prohibited in or near any magazine. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.14
  Individual containers used to carry permissible explosives or detonators shall be constructed of substantial non-conductive material. When explosives or detonators are transported underground by...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.15
  If explosives and detonators are hauled in the same explosives car or in the same special container, they shall be separated by at least...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.16
  Explosives and detonators kept near the working faces shall be stored in separate closed containers of substantial, non-conductive material, located not less than 15...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.17
  Underground section boxes or magazines shall be of substantial construction and placed in a crosscut or idle room neck at least 10 feet from...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.18
  When section boxes or magazines are used, the explosives and detonators shall be kept in separate boxes or magazines. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.19
  Not more than a 48-hour supply of explosives, including any surplus remaining from the previous day, shall be stored underground in boxes or magazines....
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.20
  No miner or other person shall alter or change any drill hole, by increasing its depth, diameter or otherwise, after the same shall have...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.21
  No driller and shooter or shot firer, whether voluntarily, or by command or request of any person, shall fire any unlawful shot, or any...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.22
  No person or persons shall order, command or induce by threat or otherwise, any driller and shooter or shot firer to fire any unlawful...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.23
  No person shall drill or shoot a dead hole as hereinafter defined. A "dead hole" is a hole where the width of the shot...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.24
  Only wooden tamping bars or metal bars tipped with 5 inches of copper shall be used when charging holes. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.25
  Leg wires of electric detonators shall be kept shunted or the ends twisted together until ready to connect to the firing cable. (Source: Laws...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.26
  Adobe (mudcap) or other open, unconfined shots shall not be fired in any mine. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.27
  Blasting cables shall be short-circuited at the battery end until ready to attach to the blasting unit. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.28
  No person shall return to a missed shot, if lighted with fuse, until 8 hours have elapsed from the time of lighting the same....
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.29
  Misfired explosives shall be removed only through the use of copper-tipped or wooden tools. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.30
  The handling of a misfired shot shall be under the direct supervision of the mine manager or a competent person designated by him. (Source:...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.31
  No worker shall have at any time in the mine more than 25 pounds of permissible explosives. Nothing in this section shall be construed...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.32
  In solid shooting, the width of the shot at the point, in seams of coal 6 feet or less in height, shall not be...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.33
  In undercut coal, no hole shall be drilled "on the solid" for any part of its length. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.34
  In no case shall more than one kind of explosive be used in the same drill hole. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.35
  Every shot hole shall be tamped full from the explosive to the mouth of the hole, and no coal dust or any material that...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.36
  Before firing a shot, the person firing the same shall see that all persons are out of danger from the probable effect of such...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.37
  Not more than one shot shall be lighted at the same time in any working place unless the firing is done by electricity or...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.38
  Where fuse is used in firing shots, the length of the fuse shall not be less than 3 1/2 feet from the outside end...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.39
  "CARDOX" shall not be fired "on shift", and while men are in the mine. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.40
  If samples of permissible explosives when tested as provided for in this Article shall be found not to comply with the provisions herein, the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 20.41
  Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell for use in the coal mines in this State any permissible explosive not stamped as herein...

Last modified: February 18, 2015