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Shafts

  • 225 ILCS 705/26.01— Any shaft or other opening in process of sinking, or driving, for the purpose of mining coal, shall be subject to the inspection of the State Mine Inspector for the district in which said shaft or opening is located
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.02— Over every shaft that is being sunk or shall hereafter be sunk, there shall be a safe and substantial structure to support sheaves or pulley ropes at a height not less than 15 feet above the tipping place
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.03— When men are in the bottom of the shaft, rock or coal shall not be hoisted except in a bucket or on a cage and said bucket or cage must be connected to the hoisting rope by a safety hook, clevis or other safety attachment
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.04— An efficient brake shall be attached to the drum of the engine used for hoisting in shaft sinking, and the drum shall be provided with a flange on each end not less than 4 inches in height
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.05— Not more than 4 persons shall be lowered or hoisted in or on a bucket in a shaft at one time, and no person shall ride on a loaded bucket
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.06— All blasts in shaft sinking shall be exploded by electric battery
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.07— Provisions shall also be made for the proper ventilation of shafts while being sunk
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.08— No one but a certified hoisting engineer shall be in charge of the hoisting engine while a shaft is being sunk
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.09
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.10— Every vertical shaft in which men are hoisted and lowered must be equipped with a cage, or cages, fitted to properly constructed guides running from the top to the bottom
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.11
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.12— No accumulation of ice or obstructions of any kind shall be permitted in any shaft in which men are hoisted or lowered; nor shall any dangerous gases or steam be discharged into the shaft in such quantities or at such times as to interfere with the safe passage of men
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.13— All hoisting shafts, air shafts, and escapement shafts constructed after March, 1910, shall be of fireproof construction, and if poured concrete is used in said construction it shall be not less than 6 inches in thickness
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.14
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.15— Shafts shall be equipped with self-closing or manually controlled safety gates at surface landings
  • 225 ILCS 705/26.16— Positive derails shall be placed on tracks leading to shafts to prevent cars, motors, etc