Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 31 - Ventilation, Mine Gases And Gassy Mine Classification

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.01
  All active underground working places in a mine shall be ventilated by a current of air containing not less than 19.5% of oxygen, not...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.02
  The quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than 9,000 cubic feet...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.03
  In every mine the minimum quantity of air shall not be less than 150 cubic feet per minute for each person employed, measured at...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.04
  If the air at an underground working face in a mine, when tested at a point not less than 12 inches from the roof,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.05
  If a split of air returning from active underground working places in a mine contains more than 1.0% of methane as determined by a...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.06
  If a split of air returning from active underground working places in a mine contains as much as 1.5% of methane as determined by...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.07
  The main current of air shall be so split or subdivided as to give a separate current of reasonably pure air to every 100...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.08
  Doors, curtains or brattices shall be placed at such places as may be designated by the mine manager, subject to the approval of the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.09
  All possible care and diligence shall be exercised in the examination of working places, especially for the investigation and detection of explosive gases therein...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.10
  If the State Mine Inspector finds methane with a permissible flame safety lamp, permissible methane detector, air analysis or other recognized means, in the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.11
  All doors used in guiding and directing the ventilating currents shall be hung and adjusted so as to close automatically. (Source: Laws 1953, p.
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.13
  At all doors through which 3 or more drivers are hauling coal on any one shift, an attendant shall be employed on said shift...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.14
  If the State Mine Inspector finds men working without the amount of air required by this Act he shall at once notify the mine...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.15
  In all mines classified as gassy mines by the State Mine Inspector, it shall be compulsory to use electric lamps, and smoking shall be...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.16
  Ventilating fans at all operating mines shall be operated continuously. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.17
  A recording pressure gauge shall be attached to the ventilating fan at all times. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.18
  In all mines starting operation after July 1, 1947, the ventilating fan shall be installed on the surface in a fireproof building. (Source: Laws...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.19
  All ventilating fans shall have suitable automatic devices attached to them for the purpose of sounding an alarm when the fan stops. The alarm...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.20
  Ventilating fans shall be operated on a separate power circuit, independent of the mine circuit. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.21
  When the ventilating fan at any mine fails or stops, immediate action shall be taken to cut off the electric power and withdraw the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.22
  The ventilating fan shall be inspected daily. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.23
  Booster fans may not be used in mines except by special permission from the State Mining Board. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.24
  Blower fans with tubing may be used, if the following precautions are followed: 1. In gassy mines the blower shall be powered with a...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.25
  Doors shall be kept closed except when men or equipment are passing through the doorways. Motor crews and other persons who open doors shall...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.26
  Permanent overcasts shall be constructed of incombustible material such as masonry, concrete, concrete blocks, or metal and shall be of ample area to pass...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.27
  Flame resisting brattice cloth shall be used in the construction of line brattice. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.28
  The entrances to abandoned workings shall be posted to warn persons against entering the territory. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.29
  In a gassy mine, all workings which are abandoned after the effective date of this Act, or the date such mine was classified a...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.30
  In gassy mines worked by the so-called "enclosed panel system" where rooms are driven off of both sides of the panel entries and ventilated...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.31
  In a gassy mine, air that has passed through an abandoned panel which is inaccessible for inspection, or air that has passed through a...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 31.32
  No person shall obstruct or cause any obstruction in any air current, or leave open any door or other means provided to control the...

Last modified: February 18, 2015