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Fluorspar Mines Act

  • 225 ILCS 710/1— Application of Act; short title; definitions
  • 225 ILCS 710/2.01— Inspector of mines
  • 225 ILCS 710/3— Office of Inspector of Mines
  • 225 ILCS 710/4— Qualifications of inspector
  • 225 ILCS 710/5— Record of mines
  • 225 ILCS 710/6.01— Monthly report
  • 225 ILCS 710/6.02— Accident reports
  • 225 ILCS 710/6.03
  • 225 ILCS 710/7.01— Authorized representative
  • 225 ILCS 710/8— Reports confidential
  • 225 ILCS 710/9.01— Duty to visit
  • 225 ILCS 710/9.02
  • 225 ILCS 710/10— Dangerous conditions; notice; remedial action
  • 225 ILCS 710/11— Refusal to allow inspection; court order
  • 225 ILCS 710/12
  • 225 ILCS 710/13— Employees complaint; inspection
  • 225 ILCS 710/14— Serious accident; notice
  • 225 ILCS 710/15
  • 225 ILCS 710/16— Employee failure; investigation
  • 225 ILCS 710/17— Report to Governor and General Assembly
  • 225 ILCS 710/18— Superintendent; appointment
  • 225 ILCS 710/19— Mine foreman; appointment
  • 225 ILCS 710/20— Qualified mining engineer
  • 225 ILCS 710/21
  • 225 ILCS 710/22— The operator of every mine shall make and maintain, or cause to be made or maintained by a competent mining engineer or surveyor, a clear and accurate map or maps, with sections, if necessary, showing all the working of such mine
  • 225 ILCS 710/23— Failure to make maps
  • 225 ILCS 710/24— Storage of inflammable material
  • 225 ILCS 710/25— Explosives; storage
  • 225 ILCS 710/26
  • 225 ILCS 710/27— Blasting
  • 225 ILCS 710/28.01— Hoisting engineers
  • 225 ILCS 710/29— Conveyances; rules
  • 225 ILCS 710/30— Headframe for hoisting rope
  • 225 ILCS 710/31— The following rules shall be observed by every hoisting engineer employed within this State
  • 225 ILCS 710/32— Hoisting rope; material
  • 225 ILCS 710/33— Iron-bonneted safety cages
  • 225 ILCS 710/34
  • 225 ILCS 710/35
  • 225 ILCS 710/36
  • 225 ILCS 710/37— Required mine outlets
  • 225 ILCS 710/38— In every mine, where, under the provisions of section 38 of this Act, only one outlet is required and where a single shaft affords the only means of ingress and egress to persons employed underground, such shafts if more than 200 feet deep shall be divided into at least two compartments
  • 225 ILCS 710/39— Combustible structures over shaft prohibited
  • 225 ILCS 710/40— Outlet by ladder required
  • 225 ILCS 710/41— Ventilation
  • 225 ILCS 710/42— Water closets
  • 225 ILCS 710/43— Roof inspections
  • 225 ILCS 710/44
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.01— The operator and superintendent of every mine shall use every precaution to insure the safety of the workers in the mine in all cases, whether provided for in this Act or not
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.02— Assistants to the foreman
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.03— Foreman; responsibility
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.04— The mine foreman shall see that all dangerous places are properly fenced off and proper danger-signal boards are so hung on such fencing that they may be plainly seen
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.05— Loading and unloading cage
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.06— Cage tender; closing cage
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.07— It shall be unlawful for any person to ride upon any cage, skip, or bucket that is loaded with tools, timber, powder or other material except for the purpose of assisting in passing such material through a shaft or incline, and then only after a special signal has been given
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.08
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.09— Lowering cage; prohibition
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.10— Shift making operations
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.11— Whims in use at or in the mine shall be provided with a suitable stopper or some other reliable device to prevent running back of the bucket or other conveyance
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.12
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.13— Every shaft, if exceeding 50 feet in depth shall be provided with an efficient means of interchanging distinct and definite signals between the lowest level and the top of the shaft and the various intermediate levels from which hoisting is being done
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.14— Special care shall be taken to keep the signaling apparatus in good order, and all proper precautions shall be taken to prevent electric signal and telephone wires from coming into contact with other electric conductions, whether insulated or not
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.15
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.16— Bell signals
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.17— Special signals in addition to the above, or signals in lieu thereof, may be used in any mine, provided they are easily distinguishable by their sound or otherwise, and do not interfere with them in any way
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.18
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.19— The timbers in all manways in daily use shall be cleaned of all loose rock lodged upon them at least once in every 24 hours
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.20— Shafts to be securely timbered
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.21— It shall be the duty of the operator to see that all miners in the mine are supplied at all times with such timbers as are necessary to keep their working places in a safe condition
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.22
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.23— All abandoned shafts, temporarily out of use, or shafts used only as airways, shall be securely covered or fenced and shall be so maintained
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.24— Any wilful removal of, injury to, or destruction in whole or in part of, any covering or fences provided for in Section 45.23 of this Act shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.25
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.26— All places where hoisting, pumping, or other machinery is erected and in the proximity of which persons employed in the mines are working or moving about shall be so lighted that the moving parts of such machinery can be clearly distinguished
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.27
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.28— Every such place of refuge shall be kept constantly clear, and no refuse shall be placed therein and no persons shall in any way prevent access thereto
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.29— No raise shall be allowed to approach within 10 feet of any part of a winze, stope, or other opening in which there is dangerous accumulation of water, unless such winze or stope be first unwatered by bailing or pumping or by means of a bore from the raise
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.30
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.31— In every mine where, in the opinion of the inspector of mines, there is danger of a sudden inburst of water, such additional raises, drifts, or other workings shall be constructed as are necessary in the opinion of the inspector, to insure the escape of workers from the lower workings
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.32— As to all mines which are in operation on the effective date of this section, the distance between the center of the rungs of a ladder shall not exceed fourteen inches and shall not vary more than one-half inch in any one ladder way
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.33— The rungs of a ladder shall in no case be less than 4 inches from the wall of the shaft or any opening in which the ladder shall be used
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.34
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.35— Platforms
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.36— Ladders shall project at least 3 feet above every platform in the ladderway and at least 3 feet above the collar of the shaft, unless hand rails shall be fixed at such places
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.37— In vertical workings not exceeding 100 feet in depth or height, ladders may be fixed vertically; no vertical ladders shall be used with a greater height or depth than 100 feet
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.38— Under no circumstances shall any ladder inclining backward from the vertical be installed
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.39— Ladderways shall be provided in all shafts in the course of sinking to within such a distance from the bottom as will secure them from damages by blasting
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.40— It shall be the duty of the superintendent to enforce the carrying out of sections 45.32 to 45.39
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.41— All sumps shall be securely covered except when being cleaned or repaired or for similar purposes
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.42— In stopes timbered with square sets the working floors shall be closely and securely lagged over
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.43
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.44— Stopes opening directly from the floor of a drift shall be protected by a fence or a substantial hand rail not less than 3 1/2 feet nor more than 4 feet in height above the floor of the drift or such stopes shall be securely planked over
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.45
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.46
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.47— The top of all shafts shall be protected by a tight fence or railing, which may be provided with the necessary gates or bars to give access to the shaft, but such gates or bars shall be kept closed when access to the shaft is not necessary
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.48— If hoisting be done from greater depth than 100 feet by means of a bucket, shaft doors shall be constructed that will prevent any material from falling into the shaft while the bucket is being dumped, and such doors shall be closed while the bucket is being dumped
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.49
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.50— The safety catches of cages shall be kept well oiled and in good working order, and shall be tested at least once a month
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.51
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.52— Dynamite or other explosives containing nitroglycerin shall not be thawed by any means other than a steam or hot water device, or by manure, or by electrical current
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.53— It shall be unlawful to thaw dynamite, or other explosive containing nitroglycerin, by placing it near a fire or near a steam boiler
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.54— It shall be unlawful to thaw dynamite or other explosives containing nitroglycerin, by direct contact with steam
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.55— It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to distribute frozen dynamite, or other explosives containing nitroglycerin, to any person working in any mine, unless such explosive is to be thawed in accordance with sections 45.52 to 45.54
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.56— It shall be unlawful to carry explosives on an electric locomotive, or in a car next to an electric locomotive or on a gasoline locomotive or in any car hauled by a gasoline locomotive
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.57— It shall be unlawful to place or leave explosives near live electric wires
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.58— No person shall remove any explosive from a mine without the written consent of the superintendent of the mine
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.59— No fuse shall be used in any mine that burns faster than 3 feet in 80 seconds or slower than 3 feet in 130 seconds
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.60— Notice shall be posted at the entrance of every mine stating the rate of burning of the fuse used in such mine
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.61
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.62
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.63— Wages shall not be paid on any premises used for the sale of intoxicating liquors
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.64
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.65— Washrooms
  • 225 ILCS 710/45.66— Each worker employed in the mine when first engaged shall have his attention directed by the mine foreman to the general and special rules provided for in this Act
  • 225 ILCS 710/46.01— All wires carrying electric current passing through curtains or inflammable material shall be properly protected so as not to ignite said curtains or inflammable material
  • 225 ILCS 710/46.02— Trolley wires or other exposed electrical wires shall not carry a voltage above 275 volts
  • 225 ILCS 710/46.03— All trolley and positive feed wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to travel shall be safely guarded or protected from such persons or animals coming in contact therewith
  • 225 ILCS 710/46.04— All terminal ends of positive wires shall be guarded so as to prevent persons inadvertently coming in contact therewith
  • 225 ILCS 710/46.05
  • 225 ILCS 710/47.01
  • 225 ILCS 710/48— Violations; penalties
  • 225 ILCS 710/49— This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of January, 1922
  • 225 ILCS 710/50— (a) This Act shall be administered by the Department of Natural Resources in accordance with the provisions of the Department of Natural Resources Act and the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois