225 ILCS 710/31 — Illinois Code / Chapter 225 / Act 710 / Section 31
Section 31
Status: in_force

(225 ILCS 710/31) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4239) Sec. 31. The following rules shall be observed by every hoisting engineer employed within this State. Rule 1. It shall be the duty of every hoisting engineer to keep a careful watch over his or her engine and over all the machinery under his or her charge. Rule 2. He or she shall at all times be in immediate charge of his or her engine, and shall not at any time delegate any of his or her duties to any other person, except to apprentices duly designated, as provided in this Act: however, nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any hoisting engineer from delegating to or sharing his or her duties with any other duly appointed hoisting engineer, or turning over the engine and machinery in his or her charge to any other such engineer at the end of his or her shift. Rule 3. He or she shall familiarize himself or herself with and use all signal codes for hoisting and lowering as directed to be used in this Act. Rule 4. He or she shall not run his or her engine unless the same is properly provided with brakes, indicators, and distance marks on hoisting ropes or cables, as provided in this Act. Rule 5. It shall be the duty of the hoisting engineers to exclude every person from his or her engine-room, excepting any person or persons whose duties require their presence therein, and visitors authorized by the superintendent of the mine. Rule 6. He or she shall hold no conversation with any one while his or her engine is in motion or while attending to signals. Rule 7. He or she shall run his or her engine with extreme caution whenever persons are being hoisted or lowered. Rule 8. He or she shall not hoist persons out of, or lower persons into, any mine or shaft at a speed greater than the rate posted in the engine-room by the superintendent of the mine. Rule 9. He or she shall daily inspect all hoisting machinery and safety appliances connected therewith and all ropes and hoisting apparatus, when and as directed by the mine superintendent, and shall report to him or her any defects found therein. Rule 10. After any stoppage of hoisting for repairs or for any other purpose exceeding in duration one hour, he or she shall run a bucket, skip, cage or other conveyance, on which no persons shall ride, up and down the working part of the shaft at least once, and shall not permit the bucket, skip, cage, or other conveyance to be used for hoisting or lowering persons until the hoisting machinery and shaft shall have been found to be in safe condition. Rule 11. He or she shall do no hoisting in any compartment of a shaft while repairs are being made in the hoisting compartment, except, such hoisting as may be necessary to make such repairs. Rule 12. He or she shall land the bucket, skip, cage, or other conveyance either at the top or at the bottom of the shaft before turning over the charge of the engine to his or her relief at change of shift, or at any other time. Rule 13. Upon receiving the blasting signal the engineer shall answer by raising the bucket, skip, cage, or other conveyance a few feet and letting it back slowly; and then upon receiving the signal of one bell he or she shall hoist the persons away from the blast. Rule 14. He or she shall familiarize himself or herself with and carry out the requirements of Sections 46.04 and 46.05 of this Act. Rule 15. Any hoisting engineer or any person having in charge the hoisting machinery connected with the mine who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section, or any of the rules contained therein, or who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of Sections 46.04 and 46.05 of this Act, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a violation of this act and shall be liable to punishment accordingly. Rule 16. The superintendent shall post a copy of this section and a copy of section 30 in a conspicuous place on the door of the engine house. (Source: P.A. 83-333.)