Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 7 - Hoisting Engineer And Hoisting

• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.02
  Each applicant for a certificate of competency as electrical hoisting engineer shall produce evidence satisfactory to the Mining Board that he is a citizen...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.03
  It shall be unlawful for the operator of any mine to permit any person who does not hold a certificate of competency as hoisting...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.04
  The Mining Board may grant a permit to operate a second motion engine, or internal combustion engine, at any mine employing not more than...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.05
  The certificate of any hoisting engineer may be cancelled and revoked by the Mining Board upon notice and hearing as hereinafter provided, if it...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.06
  Whenever the hoisting or lowering of men occurs before daylight or after dark, or when the landing at which men take or leave the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.07
  In connection with every hoisting engine used for hoisting or lowering of men there shall be provided a good and sufficient brake on the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.08
  Every hoisting drum shall be provided with flanges attached to the sides of the drum, with a distance when the whole rope is wound...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.09
  One end of each hoisting rope shall be well secured on the drum, and at least three laps of the same shall remain on...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.10
  An index dial or indicator that plainly shows the engineer at all times the true position of the cages in the shaft shall be...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.11
  At the beginning of each shift and after the mine has been idle, the hoisting engineer shall operate the cages up and down the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.12
  At every mine where men are hoisted and lowered by machinery there shall be provided means of signaling to and from the bottom man,...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.13
  The following signals shall be used at all the mines. 1. From the bottom to the top: One ring or whistle shall signify to...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.14
  Where a hoisting engineer is required by law, he shall: 1. Be in constant attendance at his engine, or boilers, at all times when...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.15
  The hoisting engineer or some other properly authorized employee shall: 1. Keep a careful watch over the engines, boilers, pumps, ropes, and winding apparatus....
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.16
  No person shall handle or disturb any part of the hoisting machinery without proper authority. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.17
  At every shaft where men are hoisted or lowered by machinery, the operator shall station a competent man at the top and at the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.18
  Cages on which men are riding shall not be lifted nor lowered at a rate of speed greater than 600 feet per minute, except...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.19
  Every boiler shall be provided with a glass water gauge and not less than three try cocks and also a steam gauge, except that...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.20
  On boilers connected with one another by what is known as headerlines, all valve connections thereto shall be closed and securely fastened while the...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.21
  Every boiler shall be provided with a safety valve with weights or springs properly adjusted except that where two or more boilers are equipped...
• Illinois Coal Mining Act. - 225 ILCS 705, Section 7.22
  All boilers used in generating steam in and about coal mines or in sinking shafts shall be kept in good order. The operator of...

Last modified: February 18, 2015