(225 ILCS 710/39) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4247)
Sec. 39.
Combustible structures over shaft prohibited.
It shall be
unlawful for the operator of any mine after the
passage of this Act to erect any combustible structure over the shaft,
tunnel or other mine opening, except headframes necessary for hoisting from
such shaft or other mine opening, and the hatch or door necessary for
closing such shaft or other mine opening. Provided, however, that a housing
of noninflammable and fireproof material may be erected over any shaft,
tunnel or other mine opening to protect the people working at such point.
It shall be the duty of every operator to provide every adit, tunnel,
inclined shaft, or slope of less than 20 angle from the horizontal, the
mouth of which is covered by a building or house of any kind, with a door
near the mouth of such adit, tunnel, inclined shaft, or slope of less than
20 angle from the horizontal that can be closed from outside of the
building by a pull-wire or cable in the event of fire.
In every timbered mine in which more than 100 people are employed
underground there shall be in each drift or other working leading from any
shaft used as a manway, a metal or metal-covered door suitably hung at a
place in the drift or other working not more than 75 feet distant from the
shaft from which such working leads. Such doors shall be so set that when
closed they may be quickly made airtight, and for the purpose of sealing
them there shall be kept in close proximity to each door a suitable
quantity of moist earth or moist clay. Such door must swing inward toward
the shaft and no such door shall be fitted with any catch that will prevent
its being readily pushed open by a person from the other side.
(Source: P.A. 87-1133.)
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