Article

Mine Examiners--Requirements and Duties

225 ILCS 705/6.01
225 ILCS 705/6.02— Certified mine examiner
225 ILCS 705/6.03— The mine examiner shall perform the duties set out in Sections 6.04 to 6.11, inclusive
225 ILCS 705/6.04— In all mines: 1
225 ILCS 705/6.05— When in the performance of his duties, he shall carry with him a multi-gas detector in proper order and condition and a rod or bar for sounding the roof
225 ILCS 705/6.06
225 ILCS 705/6.07
225 ILCS 705/6.08— As evidence of his examination of said doors, rooms and roadways as provided for in this Article, he shall inscribe with chalk in some suitable place on the doors, the roof or walls of rooms and roadways, but not on the face of the coal, his initials and the date of his examination
225 ILCS 705/6.09— When working places are discovered in which there are recent falls, dangerous roof, accumulation of gas or other dangerous conditions, he shall place, in all entrance ways to said working places where dangerous conditions exist, conspicuous marks or signs to "keep out"
225 ILCS 705/6.10— Upon completing his examination, he shall make a daily record either by calling out the results of the examination to a recorder on the surface or by personally recording the report
225 ILCS 705/6.11— Should any dangerous conditions be found as described in Section 6.09, he shall immediately notify the shift mine manager, setting forth the nature of the conditions found and the location of same
225 ILCS 705/6.12— It shall be unlawful for the operator of any mine to have in his service as mine examiner any person who does not hold a certificate of competency issued by the Mining Board except that anyone holding a mine manager's certificate may serve as a mine examiner
225 ILCS 705/6.13
225 ILCS 705/6.14
225 ILCS 705/6.15— A sufficient number of men trained in the use of a multi-gas detector shall be employed by the operator, who shall examine the mine for obnoxious and inflammable gases while men are working therein
225 ILCS 705/6.16