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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 5.06, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.10, 6.11, | 6 | | 6.12, 6.15, 6.16, 16.11, 25.01, 25.02, 25.04, 25.05, 29.01, | 7 | | 31.03, 31.04, 31.05, 31.06, 31.10, and 31.30 and by adding | 8 | | Section 1.25 as follows: | 9 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.25 new) | 10 | | Sec. 1.25. Recorder. "Recorder" means a person with a mine | 11 | | manager certification or mine examiner certification who is | 12 | | trained and designated by the operator as the individual | 13 | | responsible for recording the mine examiner's examination of | 14 | | the underground workings of the mine.
| 15 | | (225 ILCS 705/5.06) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 506)
| 16 | | Sec. 5.06.
The mine manager shall be responsible for the | 17 | | performance of all
the functions and duties prescribed in | 18 | | Sections 5.07 to 5.25, both
inclusive. The mine manager may not | 19 | | perform the duties of a mine examiner while serving in the | 20 | | capacity of a mine manager.
| 21 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/5.09) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 509)
| 2 | | Sec. 5.09. (A) In all gassy mines:
| 3 | | 1. When the mine is to be operated , he shall have the | 4 | | prescribed
working places of such mine examined by a certified | 5 | | mine examiner within 3
4 hours before the workers of any shift, | 6 | | other than the examiner or the
examiners designated by the mine | 7 | | manager to make the examination, enter
the underground areas of | 8 | | such mine. Have the mine examiner inspect
every active working | 9 | | place in the mine and make tests therein with a multi-gas | 10 | | detector
permissible flame safety lamp for accumulation of | 11 | | methane and oxygen
deficiency in the air therein; examine | 12 | | intake seals used to ventilate a working section and doors to | 13 | | determine
whether they are functioning properly; inspect and | 14 | | test the roof, face
and rib conditions in the working areas and | 15 | | on active roadways and
travelways; inspect active roadways, | 16 | | travelways, approaches to abandoned
workings and accessible | 17 | | falls in active sections for explosive gas and
other hazards; | 18 | | and inspect to determine whether the air in each split is
| 19 | | traveling in its proper course and in normal volume.
| 20 | | 2. On " non-coal producing shifts " , if the mine has a | 21 | | minimum of 120 psi seals, he shall have the mine examined by a | 22 | | certified mine examiner in any area where any person is | 23 | | scheduled to work or travel underground. If the mine has less | 24 | | than 120 psi seals, he shall have the mine examined by a | 25 | | certified mine examiner in
its entirety the same as for a coal | 26 | | producing shift, except where
persons are to work only in the |
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| 1 | | shaft, slope, drift , or on the immediate
shaft or slope bottom, | 2 | | then only that area immediately surrounding the
bottom shall be | 3 | | examined. If the mine has a minimum of 120 psi seals and the | 4 | | mine has not been examined in its entirety for 7 consecutive | 5 | | days, he shall have a certified mine examiner conduct a full | 6 | | mine examination, including seals and escape ways, prior to | 7 | | anyone other than the mine examiner or mine examiners | 8 | | designated by the mine manager to make the examination enter | 9 | | the underground areas of such mine. If it is known that the air | 10 | | downwind of a minimum 120 psi seals when tested at a point not | 11 | | less than 12 inches from the roof, face, or rib contains more | 12 | | than 1.0% of methane as determined by permissible methane | 13 | | detector, air analysis, or other recognized means of accurately | 14 | | detecting such gas, he shall have the mine examined in its | 15 | | entirety the same as for a coal producing shift, except where | 16 | | persons are to work only in the shaft, slope, or drift or on | 17 | | the immediate shaft or slope bottom, then only that area | 18 | | immediately surrounding the bottom shall be examined.
| 19 | | 3. He shall see that no person, other than competent | 20 | | personnel,
enters any underground area in a gassy mine, except | 21 | | during a
coal-producing shift, unless an examination of such | 22 | | area has been made
by a mine examiner within 12 hours | 23 | | immediately preceding his entrance
into such area.
| 24 | | 4. If the mine has constructed a minimum of 120 psi seals, | 25 | | he shall have a certified mine examiner conduct weekly | 26 | | examinations at each seal along return and bleeder air courses |
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| 1 | | and at each seal along intake air courses where intake air | 2 | | passing by the seal is not used to ventilate a working section. | 3 | | If the mine has constructed less than 120 psi seals, he shall | 4 | | have a certified mine examiner conduct a daily examination of | 5 | | each seal along return and bleeder air courses. If it is known | 6 | | that the air downwind of a minimum 120 psi seals when tested at | 7 | | a point not less than 12 inches from the roof, face, or rib | 8 | | contains more than 1.0% of methane as determined by permissible | 9 | | methane detector, air analysis, or other recognized means of | 10 | | accurately detecting such gas, he shall have each seal along | 11 | | return and bleeder air courses and at each seal along intake | 12 | | air courses where intake air passing by the seal not used to | 13 | | ventilate a working section to be examined by a certified mine | 14 | | examiner before the workers of any shift, other than the | 15 | | examiner or the examiners designated by the mine manager to | 16 | | make the examination, enter the underground areas of such mine. | 17 | | 5. He shall have a certified mine examiner conduct weekly | 18 | | examinations of escape ways required by Sections 19.11 and | 19 | | 19.13. | 20 | | (B) In non-gassy mines:
| 21 | | 1. Have the underground areas examined by a certified mine | 22 | | examiner
at least once in each calendar day during which coal | 23 | | is produced. Such
examination shall be made within 4 hours | 24 | | immediately preceding the
beginning of the first | 25 | | coal-producing shift on such day.
| 26 | | 2. On idle days, have all sections of the mine examined |
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| 1 | | where men
are to be required to work.
| 2 | | 3. On idle nights, when the mine has been examined for the | 3 | | day shift
and the men are to work in sections previously | 4 | | examined and no coal is
to be mined, no further examination | 5 | | shall be required.
| 6 | | (C) One examination on each day when workers perform | 7 | | production or
idle day work shall include the escape ways | 8 | | required by Sections 19.11
and 19.13.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 81-992.)
| 10 | | (225 ILCS 705/5.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 510)
| 11 | | Sec. 5.10.
To have the underground working places in the | 12 | | mine examined for
hazards by competent personnel designated by | 13 | | the operator to do so, at
least once during each coal-producing | 14 | | shift, or oftener if necessary for
safety. Examinations In a | 15 | | gassy mine such examinations shall include tests with a | 16 | | multi-gas detector
permissible flame safety lamp for methane | 17 | | and oxygen deficiency. In all
underground face workings in a | 18 | | gassy mine where electrically driven
equipment is operated, | 19 | | examinations for methane shall be made with a multi-gas | 20 | | detector
permissible flame safety lamp by a person trained in | 21 | | the use of such multi-gas detector lamp
before equipment is | 22 | | taken into or operated in face regions, and frequent
| 23 | | examinations for methane shall be made during such operations.
| 24 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/5.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 511)
| 2 | | Sec. 5.11.
To see that a mine examiner makes the | 3 | | examinations provided in
Articles 5, 6, and 31 of this Act , and | 4 | | that he enters his report either by calling the results of the | 5 | | examination to a recorder on the surface or by personally | 6 | | recording the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall | 7 | | record the report in a book or computer system that is thereof
| 8 | | with indelible pencil or ink in a well-bound or properly | 9 | | protected loose
leaf book provided by the operator for that | 10 | | purpose , and the book or computer system shall be secure and | 11 | | not susceptible to alteration .
| 12 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 13 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 601)
| 14 | | Sec. 6.01.
Each applicant for a certificate of competency | 15 | | as mine examiner
shall produce evidence satisfactory to the | 16 | | Mining Board that he is a
citizen of the United States, at | 17 | | least 21 years of age and of good
repute and temperate habits | 18 | | and that he has had at least 4 years
practical underground | 19 | | mining experience,
and has been issued a First Class | 20 | | Certificate of Competency by the
Department of Natural | 21 | | Resources.
He shall pass an examination as to his
experience in | 22 | | mines generating dangerous gases, his practical and
| 23 | | technological knowledge of the nature and properties of mine | 24 | | gases, the laws
of ventilation, the structures and use of | 25 | | multi-gas detectors safety lamps , and the laws of
this State |
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| 1 | | relating to safeguards against fires from any source in mines.
| 2 | | He shall also submit to the Mining Board satisfactory evidence | 3 | | that he has
completed a course of training in first aid to the | 4 | | injured and mine rescue
methods and appliances prescribed by | 5 | | the Department. Persons who
have graduated and hold a degree in | 6 | | engineering or an approved 4-year program
in coal mining | 7 | | technology
from an accredited
school, college, or university, | 8 | | are required to have only 2 years of
practical underground | 9 | | mining experience to qualify for the examination for a
| 10 | | certificate of competency.
| 11 | | Persons who have graduated and hold a two-year Associate in | 12 | | Applied
Science Degree in Coal Mining Technology from an | 13 | | accredited school, college
or university are required to have | 14 | | only 3 years' practical underground
mining experience to | 15 | | qualify for the examination for a Certificate of
Competency as | 16 | | a Mine Examiner.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
| 18 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 604)
| 19 | | Sec. 6.04. (A) In all gassy mines:
| 20 | | 1. When the mine is to be operated , he shall examine the | 21 | | prescribed
working places of such mine within 3 4 hours before | 22 | | any workers in such
shift, other than the examiner or the | 23 | | examiners designated by the mine manager Mine
Manager to make | 24 | | the examination, enter the underground areas of the
mine. | 25 | | Examine every active working place in the mine and make tests
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| 1 | | therein with a multi-gas detector permissible flame safety lamp | 2 | | for accumulation of methane
and oxygen deficiency in the air | 3 | | therein; examine intake seals used to ventilate a working | 4 | | section and doors to
determine whether they are functioning | 5 | | properly; inspect and test the
roof, face , and rib conditions | 6 | | in the working areas and on active
roadways and travelways; | 7 | | inspect active roadways, travelways, approaches
to abandoned | 8 | | workings , and accessible falls in active sections for
explosive | 9 | | gas and other hazards; and inspect to determine whether the
air | 10 | | in each split is traveling in its proper course and in normal
| 11 | | volume.
| 12 | | 2. On non-coal producing shifts , if the mine has a | 13 | | constructed minimum of 120 psi seals, he shall examine the mine | 14 | | in any area where any person is scheduled to work or travel | 15 | | underground. If the mine has less constructed than 120 psi | 16 | | seals, he shall examine the mine in its
entirety the same as | 17 | | for a coal producing shift, except where men are to
work only | 18 | | in the shaft, slope , or drift or on the immediate shaft
bottom, | 19 | | then only that area immediately surrounding the bottom need be
| 20 | | examined. If the mine has a minimum of 120 psi seals and the | 21 | | mine has not been examined in its entirety for 7 consecutive | 22 | | days, a full mine examine shall be conducted, including seals | 23 | | and escape ways, prior to anyone other than the examiner or the | 24 | | examiners designated by the mine manager to make the | 25 | | examination enter the underground areas of such mine. If it is | 26 | | known that the air downwind of a minimum 120 psi seals when |
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| 1 | | tested at a point not less than 12 inches from the roof, face, | 2 | | or rib contains more than 1.0% of methane as determined by | 3 | | permissible methane detector, air analysis, or other | 4 | | recognized means of accurately detecting such gas, he shall | 5 | | examine the mine in its entirety the same as for a coal | 6 | | producing shift, except where persons are to work only in the | 7 | | shaft, slope, or drift or on the immediate shaft or slope | 8 | | bottom, then only that area immediately surrounding the bottom | 9 | | shall be examined.
| 10 | | 3. If the mine has constructed a minimum of 120 psi seals, | 11 | | he shall conduct weekly examinations at each seal along return | 12 | | and bleeder air courses and at each seal along intake air | 13 | | courses where intake air passing by the seal is not used to | 14 | | ventilate a working section. If such mine has constructed less | 15 | | than 120 psi seals, he shall conduct a daily examination of | 16 | | each seal along return and bleeder air courses. If it is known | 17 | | that the air downwind of a minimum 120 psi seals when tested at | 18 | | a point not less than 12 inches from the roof, face, or rib | 19 | | contains more than 1.0% of methane as determined by permissible | 20 | | methane detector, air analysis, or other recognized means of | 21 | | accurately detecting such gas, he shall examine each seal along | 22 | | return and bleeder air courses and at each seal along intake | 23 | | air courses where intake air passing by the seal not used to | 24 | | ventilate a working section before the workers of any shift may | 25 | | enter the underground areas of such mine. | 26 | | 4. Conduct weekly examinations of escape ways required by |
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| 1 | | Sections 19.11 and 19.13. | 2 | | (B) In non-gassy mines:
| 3 | | 1. He shall examine the underground areas in the mine at | 4 | | least once
in each calendar day during which coal is produced. | 5 | | Such examination
shall be made within 4 hours immediately | 6 | | preceding the beginning of the
first coal-producing shift on | 7 | | such day.
| 8 | | 2. On idle days he shall examine all sections of the mine | 9 | | where men
are required to work.
| 10 | | 3. On idle nights, if the mine has been examined for the | 11 | | day shift
and the men are to work in sections previously | 12 | | examined and no coal is
to be mined, no further examination | 13 | | shall be required.
| 14 | | (C) One examination on each day when workers perform | 15 | | production or
idle day work shall include the escape ways | 16 | | required by Sections 19.11
and 19.13.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 81-992.)
| 18 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 605)
| 19 | | Sec. 6.05.
When in the performance of his duties, he shall | 20 | | carry with him a multi-gas detector
safety lamp in proper order | 21 | | and condition and a rod or bar for sounding the
roof.
| 22 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 23 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 610)
| 24 | | Sec. 6.10.
Upon completing his examination, he shall make a |
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| 1 | | daily record either by calling out the results of the | 2 | | examination to a recorder on the surface or by personally | 3 | | recording the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall | 4 | | record the report in a book or computer system that is provided | 5 | | by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer | 6 | | system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. The | 7 | | examination report is of
the same in a book kept for that | 8 | | purpose, for the information of the
company, the State Mine | 9 | | Inspector , and all other persons interested; and
this report | 10 | | shall be recorded before the miners are permitted to enter the | 11 | | mine. If the examination report is called out by the mine | 12 | | examiner to a recorder, the recorder must place his signature, | 13 | | certificate number, and date in the book or computer system | 14 | | record shall be made each morning before the miners are | 15 | | permitted to
enter the mine. If the examination report is | 16 | | called out, the mine examiner shall verify the report by his | 17 | | signature, certificate number, and date by or at the end of his | 18 | | shift. If the mine examiner finds an omission or error in the | 19 | | report, the report shall be corrected and he must immediately | 20 | | notify the shift mine manager of the omission or error.
| 21 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 22 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 611)
| 23 | | Sec. 6.11.
Should any dangerous conditions be found as | 24 | | described in Section
6.09, he shall immediately notify the | 25 | | shift mine manager record the same in the daily record book of |
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| 1 | | examinations ,
setting forth the nature of the conditions found | 2 | | and the location of same.
| 3 | | (Source: Laws 1955, p. 2012.)
| 4 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 612)
| 5 | | Sec. 6.12.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any | 6 | | mine to have in his
service as mine examiner any person who | 7 | | does not hold a certificate of
competency issued by the Mining | 8 | | Board except that anyone holding a mine
manager's certificate | 9 | | may serve as a mine examiner . The ; but in any mine
employing | 10 | | more than 25 men, the mine manager shall not act in the | 11 | | capacity
of mine examiner while acting as mine manager. | 12 | | However, whenever any
exigency arises by which it is impossible | 13 | | for any operator to secure the
immediate services of a | 14 | | certificated examiner, he may employ any
trustworthy and | 15 | | experienced man of the mine inspection district to act as
| 16 | | temporary mine examiner for a period not exceeding 7 days, and | 17 | | with the
approval of the State Mine Inspector of the district, | 18 | | for a further period
not exceeding 23 days. The employment of | 19 | | persons who do not hold
certificates as mine examiners shall in | 20 | | no case exceed the limit of time
specified herein, and the | 21 | | State Mine Inspector shall not approve of the
employment of | 22 | | such persons beyond the 23 day limit.
| 23 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 24 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.15) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 615)
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| 1 | | Sec. 6.15.
A In mines classified as gassy, a sufficient | 2 | | number of men trained
in the use of a multi-gas detector | 3 | | permissible flame safety lamp shall be employed by the
| 4 | | operator, who shall examine the mine for obnoxious and | 5 | | inflammable gases
while men are working therein.
| 6 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 705/6.16) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 616)
| 8 | | Sec. 6.16.
When in the judgment of the State Mine | 9 | | Inspector, expressed in
writing to the mine operator, certain | 10 | | sections of a mine generate dangerous
quantities of explosive | 11 | | gases, the State Mine Inspector shall require those
sections of | 12 | | the mine to be examined for gas in a prescribed manner and at
| 13 | | shorter intervals of time than 3 4 hours preceding the time the | 14 | | day shift
goes on duty for every day in which the mine is to be | 15 | | operated.
| 16 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 705/16.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1611)
| 18 | | Sec. 16.11.
Socketed ropes shall be cut off and resocketed | 19 | | pursuant to the manufacturer's recommendation, if found to be | 20 | | damaged or defective at least once
each six months, or more | 21 | | often if necessary , and a notice shall be posted
in the engine | 22 | | room giving the date when the rope was installed and when
| 23 | | resocketed.
| 24 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2501)
| 2 | | Sec. 25.01.
Multi-gas detectors Not less than two | 3 | | permissible flame safety lamps and a
barometer, all in proper | 4 | | working condition, shall be kept available at each
mine for the | 5 | | use of authorized persons. Only permissible multi-gas | 6 | | detectors flame safety
lamps, permissible methane detectors, | 7 | | or air sampling and analysis shall be
used for determining the | 8 | | presence of methane and other gases in mine air.
| 9 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 10 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2502)
| 11 | | Sec. 25.02.
Mine In gassy mines, mine officials whose | 12 | | regular duties require
them to inspect working places shall | 13 | | have in their possession, when underground,
a permissible | 14 | | multi-gas detector flame safety lamp in safe working condition, | 15 | | for the detection
of methane and oxygen deficiency.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 80-296.)
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2504)
| 18 | | Sec. 25.04.
All multi-gas detectors safety lamps shall be | 19 | | the property of the operator and when
not in use shall remain | 20 | | in the custody of the mine manager or other
competent person | 21 | | designated by him, who shall be responsible for the maintenance | 22 | | and calibration of the detectors to ensure that they are in | 23 | | safe working condition clean, fill, trim, examine
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| 1 | | same, locked and in safe condition to the men when they enter
| 2 | | the mine, or at some underground station designated by the mine | 3 | | manager for
that purpose. He shall also receive the lamps from | 4 | | the men when they leave
the mine or as they pass the | 5 | | underground lamp station at the end of their
shift .
| 6 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2505)
| 8 | | Sec. 25.05.
The person to whom multi-gas detectors lamps | 9 | | are given shall be responsible for the
condition and proper use | 10 | | of the multi-gas detectors safety lamps while in their | 11 | | possession , and
their return to the lamp station .
| 12 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 13 | | (225 ILCS 705/29.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2901)
| 14 | | Sec. 29.01.
In all mines adequate telephone service or | 15 | | equivalent 2-way
communication facilities , including, but not | 16 | | limited to, 2-way text messages, shall be provided at the top | 17 | | and bottom of each
main shaft or slope, and from the bottoms to | 18 | | the working sections of the
mine. Text messaging communications | 19 | | systems used as communication facilities must be approved by | 20 | | the Department. If text messaging is used, pre-programmed text | 21 | | messages shall be capable of providing information to the | 22 | | surface necessary to determine the status of the miners and the | 23 | | conditions in the mine, as well as providing the necessary | 24 | | emergency response information to the miners.
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| 1 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 2 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3103)
| 3 | | Sec. 31.03.
In every mine the minimum quantity of air shall | 4 | | not be less than
150 cubic feet per minute for each person | 5 | | employed, measured at the foot of the
downcast and of the | 6 | | upcast.
However, in any mine wherein explosive gas is being | 7 | | generated in such
quantities that it can be detected by a | 8 | | multi-gas detector an approved safety lamp , the minimum
| 9 | | quantity of air shall not be less than 200 cubic feet per | 10 | | minute for each
person employed therein. The State Mine | 11 | | Inspector shall have power by order
in writing to require these | 12 | | quantities to be increased.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 89-657, eff. 8-14-96.)
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3104)
| 15 | | Sec. 31.04.
If the air at an underground working face in a | 16 | | mine, when tested
at a point not less than 12 inches from the | 17 | | roof, face , or rib , contains more
than 1.0% of methane as | 18 | | determined by permissible methane detector, a multi-gas | 19 | | detector
permissible flame safety lamp , air analysis, or other | 20 | | recognized means of
accurately detecting such gas, changes or | 21 | | adjustments shall be made at once
in the ventilation in such a | 22 | | mine so that such air shall not contain more
than 1.0% of | 23 | | methane.
| 24 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3105)
| 2 | | Sec. 31.05.
If a split of air returning from active | 3 | | underground working
places in a mine contains more than 1.0% of | 4 | | methane as determined by a
permissible methane detector, a | 5 | | multi-gas detector permissible flame safety lamp , air
| 6 | | analysis, or other recognized means of accurately detecting | 7 | | such gas,
changes or adjustments shall be made at once in the | 8 | | ventilation in such
mine so that such returning air shall not | 9 | | contain more than 1.0% of
methane.
| 10 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 11 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.06) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3106)
| 12 | | Sec. 31.06.
If a split of air returning from active | 13 | | underground
working places in a mine contains as much as 1.5% | 14 | | of methane as
determined by a permissible methane detector, a | 15 | | multi-gas detector permissible flame safety
lamp , air | 16 | | analysis , or other recognized means of accurately detecting
| 17 | | such gas, the employees shall be withdrawn from the portion of | 18 | | the mine
endangered thereby and all power shall be cut off from | 19 | | such portion of
the mine until the quantity of methane in such | 20 | | split shall be less than
1.5%. However, in virgin territory in | 21 | | mines ventilated by exhaust fans,
where methane is liberated in | 22 | | large amounts, if the quantity of air in a
split ventilating | 23 | | the workings in such territory equals or exceeds twice
the | 24 | | minimum volume of air prescribed in Section 31.02 and if only
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| 1 | | permissible electric equipment is used in such workings and the | 2 | | air in
the split returning from such workings does not pass | 3 | | over trolley or
other bare power wires, and if a certified | 4 | | person designated by the mine
operator is continually testing | 5 | | the gas content of the air in such split
during mining | 6 | | operations in such workings, it shall be necessary to
withdraw | 7 | | the employees and cut off all power from the portion of the
| 8 | | mine endangered by such methane only when the quantity thereof | 9 | | in the
air returning from such workings exceeds 2%, as | 10 | | determined by a
permissible methane detector, a multi-gas | 11 | | detector permissible flame safety lamp , air
analysis, or other | 12 | | recognized means of accurately detecting such gas.
| 13 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3110)
| 15 | | Sec. 31.10.
If the State Mine Inspector finds methane with | 16 | | a multi-gas detector permissible
flame safety lamp , | 17 | | permissible methane detector, air analysis , or other
| 18 | | recognized means, in the amount of 0.25% or more, in any open | 19 | | workings of
such mine when tested at a point not less than 12 | 20 | | inches from the roof,
face or rib the mine shall be classified | 21 | | as gassy. Nothing in this Act
shall preclude the | 22 | | reclassification of a mine that has been classified
gassy if a | 23 | | subsequent examination, made by the State Mine Inspector in the
| 24 | | method provided herein, shows the methane content to be less | 25 | | than 0.25%.
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| 1 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 2 | | (225 ILCS 705/31.30) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 3130)
| 3 | | Sec. 31.30.
In gassy mines worked by the so-called | 4 | | "enclosed panel system"
where rooms are driven off of both | 5 | | sides of the panel entries and
ventilated by one side of the | 6 | | panel as the intake airway and the other side
as the return, | 7 | | the following shall govern the method of working this type
of | 8 | | panel: When the top end or inby end of the panel begins to | 9 | | squeeze, work
or more as the result of extraction of coal and | 10 | | the area cannot be
examined, men working in the said panel and | 11 | | rooms shall be removed until
movement has abated and the | 12 | | presence of gas cannot be detected with a multi-gas detector
| 13 | | permissible flame safety lamp . However, if in such panels fire, | 14 | | barrier or
cutoff pillars are left in the center of the panel | 15 | | of adequate thickness
and the entries have been sealed in line | 16 | | with the pillars with adequate
roof support on the inby side of | 17 | | the seals isolating the worked out area
from the live works, | 18 | | then mining operations may be resumed. This shall not
apply to | 19 | | panels worked with rooms on the intake side only, or panels | 20 | | with
bleeder entry system whereby the gas released in the | 21 | | squeezed area will not
contaminate the ventilating air current | 22 | | used to ventilate active workings
within the panel.
| 23 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
| 24 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.03 rep.) |
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.06 rep.) | 2 | | (225 ILCS 705/25.07 rep.) | 3 | | Section 10. The Coal Mining Act is amended by repealing | 4 | | Sections 25.03, 25.06, and 25.07.
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