Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 5 - Mine Manager--Requirements And Duties

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.01
  Each applicant for a certificate of competency as mine manager shall produce evidence satisfactory of the Mining Board that he is a citizen of...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.03
  It shall be unlawful for any operator to operate an underground coal mine without the services of a mine manager. Further, it is unlawful...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.04
  The certificate of any mine manager may be cancelled and revoked by the Mining Board upon notice and hearing as provided by this Act,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.05
  Effective on or after January 1, 1977, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any underground mine to employ as a superintendent any...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.06
  The mine manager shall be responsible for the performance of all the functions and duties prescribed in Sections 5.07 to 5.25, both inclusive. (Source:...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.07
  Visit each working place in the mine at least once in every two weeks and require his assistants or the Face Bosses to go...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.08
  Provide a suitable checking system whereby the entrance into and the departure from the mine of each employee shall be positively indicated. (Source: Laws...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.09
  (A) In gassy mines: 1. When the mine is to be operated he shall have the prescribed working places of such mine examined by...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.10
  To have the underground working places in the mine examined for hazards by competent personnel designated by the operator to do so, at least...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.11
  To see that a mine examiner makes the examinations provided in Articles 5, 6, and 31 of this Act, and that he enters his...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.12
  To examine the mine examiners' reports in the morning before workers are permitted to enter the mine, and if any working places are reported...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.13
  He shall provide a sufficient number of props, caps, and timbers, when needed, delivered on the miners' cars at the usual place, in suitable...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.14
  He shall see that cross-cuts are made at proper distances apart; that necessary doors, curtains, and brattices are provided to furnish the men in...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.15
  He shall take daily barometer readings and record the readings when men are in the mine, and keep a careful watch over all ventilating...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.16
  He shall measure the air current or cause the same to be measured at least once each week at the inlet and outlet, also...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.17
  He or his assistant shall, at least once a week, examine the escapement shaft and the roadways leading thereto and all other openings for...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.18
  He shall examine or designate a competent person to examine the hoisting ropes, cages, and safety catches every morning and shall require the ropes...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.19
  At shaft mines, he must see that the top and bottom people are on duty at the beginning and end of regular shifts where...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.20
  He or his assistant shall be at his post at the mine when the men are lowered into the mine in the morning for...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.21
  He shall give special attention to and instructions concerning the proper storage and handling of permissible explosives in the mines. (Source: Laws 1953, p.
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.22
  Where coal is broken down "on shift"; and while men are in the mine, with compressed air, or by some mechanical or chemical-mechanical device...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.23
  He shall require all excessively dusty haulage roads to be thoroughly sprayed, sprinkled, cleaned or rockdusted at regular intervals when the health and safety...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.24
  To instruct employees as to their respective duties and to require of all employees obedience to the provisions of this Act. (Source: Laws 1953,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.25
  To prescribe special rules concerning the proper storage and handling of explosives in the mine and concerning the time and manner of placing and...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 5.26
  In mines in which the works are so extensive that all the duties devolving upon the mine manager cannot be discharged by one man,...

Last modified: February 18, 2015