(225 ILCS 710/45.09) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4262)
Sec. 45.09.
Lowering cage; prohibition.
In no case shall a cage, skip
or bucket or other vehicle be
lowered directly to the bottom of the shaft when people are working
there, but
such cage, skip or bucket or other vehicle shall be stopped at least 15
feet above the bottom of such shaft until the signal to lower farther shall
have been given to the hoisting engineer by one of the people at
the bottom of
the shaft; provided, however, that this rule shall not apply to shafts of
less than 100 feet in depth.
(Source: P.A. 87-1133.)
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