Fluorspar Mines Act

Illinois · Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations · §§ 225-710-1 to 225-710-9-02 · 122 sections

Overview

The Fluorspar Mines Act governs safety, operation, and inspection at fluorspar mines in Illinois, covering the physical conditions of underground workings and the conduct of the people who run them. It sets requirements for mine ventilation, roof inspection, sanitation, required outlets and escapeways, shaft compartments and headframes, hoisting ropes, safety cages, and the storage and use of explosives and other inflammable material, and it requires operators to maintain accurate maps of their workings. The act also establishes an inspection and accountability structure — qualified mine inspectors, superintendents, mine foremen, mining engineers, and hoisting engineers, with duties triggered by dangerous conditions, employee complaints, and serious accidents, backed by court orders where inspection is refused and by periodic reporting to the Governor and General Assembly.

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Sections covered

225 ILCS 710/1Application of Act; short title; definitions
225 ILCS 710/10Dangerous conditions; notice; remedial action
225 ILCS 710/11Refusal to allow inspection; court order
225 ILCS 710/12Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/13Employees complaint; inspection
225 ILCS 710/14Serious accident; notice
225 ILCS 710/15Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/16Employee failure; investigation
225 ILCS 710/17Report to Governor and General Assembly
225 ILCS 710/18Superintendent; appointment
225 ILCS 710/19Mine foreman; appointment
225 ILCS 710/20Qualified mining engineer
225 ILCS 710/2.01Inspector of mines
225 ILCS 710/21Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/22The 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 710/23Failure to make maps
225 ILCS 710/24Storage of inflammable material
225 ILCS 710/25Explosives; storage
225 ILCS 710/26Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/27Blasting
225 ILCS 710/28.01Hoisting engineers
225 ILCS 710/29Conveyances; rules
225 ILCS 710/3Office of Inspector of Mines
225 ILCS 710/30Headframe for hoisting rope
225 ILCS 710/31The following rules shall be observed by every hoisting engineer employed within this State
225 ILCS 710/32Hoisting rope; material
225 ILCS 710/33Iron-bonneted safety cages
225 ILCS 710/34Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/35Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/36Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/37Required mine outlets
225 ILCS 710/38In 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 710/39Combustible structures over shaft prohibited
225 ILCS 710/4Qualifications of inspector
225 ILCS 710/40Outlet by ladder required
225 ILCS 710/41Ventilation
225 ILCS 710/42Water closets
225 ILCS 710/43Roof inspections
225 ILCS 710/44Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.01The 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 710/45.02Assistants to the foreman
225 ILCS 710/45.03Foreman; responsibility
225 ILCS 710/45.04The 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 710/45.05Loading and unloading cage
225 ILCS 710/45.06Cage tender; closing cage
225 ILCS 710/45.07It 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 710/45.08Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.09Lowering cage; prohibition
225 ILCS 710/45.10Shift making operations
225 ILCS 710/45.11Whims 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 710/45.12Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.13Every 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 710/45.14Special 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 710/45.15Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.16Bell signals
225 ILCS 710/45.17Special 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 710/45.18Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.19The 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 710/45.20Shafts to be securely timbered
225 ILCS 710/45.21It 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 710/45.22Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.23All 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 710/45.24Any 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 710/45.25Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.26All 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 710/45.27Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.28Every 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 710/45.29No 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 710/45.30Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.31In 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 710/45.32As 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 710/45.33The 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 710/45.34Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.35Platforms
225 ILCS 710/45.36Ladders 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 710/45.37In 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 710/45.38Under no circumstances shall any ladder inclining backward from the vertical be installed
225 ILCS 710/45.39Ladderways 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 710/45.40It shall be the duty of the superintendent to enforce the carrying out of sections 45.32 to 45.39
225 ILCS 710/45.41All sumps shall be securely covered except when being cleaned or repaired or for similar purposes
225 ILCS 710/45.42In stopes timbered with square sets the working floors shall be closely and securely lagged over
225 ILCS 710/45.43Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.44Stopes 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 710/45.45Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.46Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.47The 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 710/45.48If 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 710/45.49Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.50The 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 710/45.51Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.52Dynamite 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 710/45.53It shall be unlawful to thaw dynamite, or other explosive containing nitroglycerin, by placing it near a fire or near a steam boiler
225 ILCS 710/45.54It shall be unlawful to thaw dynamite or other explosives containing nitroglycerin, by direct contact with steam
225 ILCS 710/45.55It 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 710/45.56It 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 710/45.57It shall be unlawful to place or leave explosives near live electric wires
225 ILCS 710/45.58No person shall remove any explosive from a mine without the written consent of the superintendent of the mine
225 ILCS 710/45.59No 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 710/45.60Notice shall be posted at the entrance of every mine stating the rate of burning of the fuse used in such mine
225 ILCS 710/45.61Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.62Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.63Wages shall not be paid on any premises used for the sale of intoxicating liquors
225 ILCS 710/45.64Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/45.65Washrooms
225 ILCS 710/45.66Each 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 710/46.01All 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 710/46.02Trolley wires or other exposed electrical wires shall not carry a voltage above 275 volts
225 ILCS 710/46.03All 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 710/46.04All terminal ends of positive wires shall be guarded so as to prevent persons inadvertently coming in contact therewith
225 ILCS 710/46.05Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/47.01Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/48Violations; penalties
225 ILCS 710/49This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of January, 1922
225 ILCS 710/5Record of mines
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
225 ILCS 710/6.01Monthly report
225 ILCS 710/6.02Accident reports
225 ILCS 710/6.03Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act
225 ILCS 710/7.01Authorized representative
225 ILCS 710/8Reports confidential
225 ILCS 710/9.01Duty to visit
225 ILCS 710/9.02Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations › 225 ILCS 710 — Fluorspar Mines Act

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