Illinois Administrative Code › Title 62 - MINING › Part 220 - SURFACE INSTALLATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › Section 220.10 - Introduction and Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Adoption of Regulations-Scope and Authority.
This Part sets forth mandatory safety standards for bituminous,
				anthracite and lignite surface coal mines, including open pit and auger mines,
				preparation facilities and all other surface work areas of underground and
				surface coal mines. In adopting this part, the Mining Board implements The Coal
				Mining Act [225 ILCS 705/2.12 and 38.2]. None of these rules provide for any
				protection at a level which is below that established in the federal standards
				for surface installation health and safety.
b) Definitions.
For the purposes of this Part the term:
"Active workings" means any place in a coal mine where miners
				are normally required to work or travel;
"American Table of Distances" means the February 1986 edition
				of the "The American Table of Distances for Storage of Explosives" published by
				the Institute of Makers of Explosives Suite 310, 1120 Nineteenth Street N.W.,
				Washington D.C. 20036-2605 (The reference does not include any later amendments
				or editions.);
"Barricaded" means to obstruct passage of persons, vehicles, or
				flying materials;
"Berm" means a pile or mound of material capable of restraining
				a vehicle;
"Blasting agent" means any material or mixture, consisting of
				fuel and oxidizer, that is intended for blasting and not otherwise defined as
				an explosive; if the finished product, as mixed for use or shipment, cannot be
				detonated by means of a number 8 test blasting cap when unconfined. A number 8
				test blasting cap is one containing 2 grams of a mixture of 80 percent mercury
				fulminate and 20 percent potassium chlorate, or a blasting cap of equivalent
				strength. An equivalent strength cap comprises 0.40 -0.45 grams of PETN base
				charge pressed in an aluminum shell with bottom thickness not to exceed 0.03 of
				an inch, to a specific gravity of not less than 1.4 g/cc., and primed with
				standard weights of primer depending on the manufacturer.
"Blasting Area" means the area near blasting operations in
				which concussion or flying material can reasonably be expected to cause
				injury;
"Blasting cap" means a detonator containing a charge of
				detonating compound, which is ignited by electric current, or the spark of a
				fuse.
"Blasting Circuit" means electric circuits used to fire
				electric detonators or to ignite an igniter cord by means of an electric
				starter;
"Blasting switch" means a switch used to connect a power source
				to a blasting circuit;
"Box-type magazine" means a small, portable magazine used to
				store limited quantities of explosives or detonators for short periods of time
				in locations at the mine which are convenient to the blasting sites at which
				they will be used;
"Capped fuse" means a length of safety fuse to which a
				detonator has been attached;
"Capped primer" means a package or cartridge of explosives
				which is specifically designed to transmit detonation to other explosives and
				which contains a detonator;
"Certified" as applied to any person, means a person certified
				as a Surface Mine Supervisor by the Mining Board to perform duties prescribed
				by these rules, and the laws of the State of Illinois;
"Circuit breaker" means a mechanical switching device capable
				of carrying electrical current under normal circuit conditions and also,
				carrying for a specified time, and breaking currents under overload,
				undercurrent and short circuit conditions;
"Connection box" means a boxlike enclosure with a removable
				lid/plate/door or other means of access within which electric connections
				between sections of cable can be made;
"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources of the
				State of Illinois;
"Detonating cord" or "detonating fuse" means a flexible cord
				containing a core of high explosive;
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Natural
				Resources of the State of Illinois;
"Electrical grounding" means to connect with the ground to make
				the earth part of the circuit;
"Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture, or device the
				primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. Explosives
				include, but are not limited to black powder, dynamite, nitroglycerin,
				fulminate, ammonium nitrate when mixed with a hydrocarbon, and other blasting
				agents;
"Flash point" means the minimum temperature at which sufficient
				vapor is released by a liquid or solid to form a flammable vapor-air mixture at
				atmospheric pressure;
"Fuse" means an electrical overload protective device with a
				circuit opening fusible part that is heated and severed by the passage of
				overcurrent through it;
"High-voltage" means more than one thousand (1,000)
				volts;
"Low-voltage" means up to and including six hundred sixty (660)
				volts ;
"Medium-voltage" means voltages from six hundred sixty-one
				(661) to one thousand (1,000) volts;
"Mining Board" means the State Mining Board in the Department
				of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals created by Section 5.04 of
				the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 5/5.04 ].
"Misfires" means the complete or partial failure of a blasting
				charge to explode as planned;
"Mobile electric equipment" means equipment capable of moving
				under its own power;
"Portable electric equipment" means equipment that is actually
				moved or can be readily moved from one place to another. Some illustrative
				examples include:
electric hand tools;
electric pumps and air compressors which receive power through
				a portable cable and are designed to be moved from
place to place in a strip pit;
electric welders which receive power through a portable cable
				and are designed to be moved from place to place in a preparation plant or on
				board a unit of mobile electric equipment; and
a skid mounted substation which receives its power
through a portable cable;
"Primer" or "Booster" means a package or cartridge of
				explosives which is designed specifically to transmit detonation to other
				explosives and which does not contain a detonator;
"Qualified person" means as the context requires;
"Rated" is a term that, applied to an operating characteristic,
				indicates the designated limit or limits of the characteristic for application
				under specified conditions;
"Resistance grounded systems" means electrical circuits that
				are grounded through impedance, the principal element of which is
				resistance;
"Roll protection" means a framework, safety canopy, or similar
				protection for the operator when equipment overturns;
"Safety can" means an approved container, of not over five (5)
				gallons capacity, having a spring-closing lid and spout cover;
"Safety fuse" means a train of powder enclosed in cotton, jute
				yarn, and waterproofing compounds which burns at a uniform rate; used for
				firing a cap containing the detonating compound which in turn sets off the
				explosive charge;
"Safety switch" means a sectionalizing switch that also
				provides shunt protection in blasting circuits between the blasting switch and
				the shot area.
"Stationary electric equipment" means equipment that is
				installed in a fixed location and is wired in a permanent manner. Some
				illustrative examples of stationary electric equipment include:
pendant type lighting fixtures even though the fixtures
are suspended from the ceiling by a portable cord;
electric welders which are installed in a fixed location
and are wired with a permanent wiring method;
electric pumps which are installed in a fixed location
				in
a preparation plant and are wired with a permanent
				wiring
method; and
a skid mounted substation which is installed and
				grounded
in a permanent manner and receives its power directly
				from
an overhead power line.