Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 26 - Shafts

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.01
  Any shaft or other opening in process of sinking, or driving, for the purpose of mining coal, shall be subject to the inspection of...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.02
  Over every shaft that is being sunk or shall hereafter be sunk, there shall be a safe and substantial structure to support sheaves or...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.03
  When men are in the bottom of the shaft, rock or coal shall not be hoisted except in a bucket or on a cage...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.04
  An efficient brake shall be attached to the drum of the engine used for hoisting in shaft sinking, and the drum shall be provided...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.05
  Not more than 4 persons shall be lowered or hoisted in or on a bucket in a shaft at one time, and no person...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.06
  All blasts in shaft sinking shall be exploded by electric battery. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.07
  Provisions shall also be made for the proper ventilation of shafts while being sunk. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.08
  No one but a certified hoisting engineer shall be in charge of the hoisting engine while a shaft is being sunk. (Source: Laws 1953,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.09
  The upper and lower landing at the top of each shaft, and the opening of each intermediate seam from or to the shaft, shall...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.10
  Every vertical shaft in which men are hoisted and lowered must be equipped with a cage, or cages, fitted to properly constructed guides running...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.11
  At every underground landing where men enter or leave the cage and where men must pass from one side of the cage to the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.12
  No accumulation of ice or obstructions of any kind shall be permitted in any shaft in which men are hoisted or lowered; nor shall...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.13
  All hoisting shafts, air shafts, and escapement shafts constructed after March, 1910, shall be of fireproof construction, and if poured concrete is used in...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.14
  The roof and walls of the passageway leading from the bottom of the hoisting shaft and the air and escapement shaft designated as such...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.15
  Shafts shall be equipped with self-closing or manually controlled safety gates at surface landings. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 26.16
  Positive derails shall be placed on tracks leading to shafts to prevent cars, motors, etc. from going into the shaft when the cage is...

Last modified: February 18, 2015