(225 ILCS 710/43) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4251)
Sec. 43.
Roof inspections.
In all mines where stoping is done by the
opening of chambers, the roof thereof being supported only by the walls of the
chambers, or by pillars, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the mine
to detail a competent person to make a frequent inspection of the roof of those
parts of the mine where people are employed, and said people so detailed shall
be charged with the duty of dislodging any slabs or rock in said roof that have
become loose. While such dislodging is being effected, the floor of the stope
immediately beneath such loose rock shall be fenced off or otherwise adequately
guarded: Provided, however, that it shall be the duty of every miner to care
for the roof of the place where he or she is working.
It shall also be the duty of the superintendent of the mine to cause
daily inspection to be made by a competent person detailed for such
purpose, of the roofs of stopes, inclined shafts, inclined winzes, and
other workings used, and of the sides of shafts and winzes when any of
these are used as traveling ways, and of the roofs of all drifts, adit
levels, tunnels, and gangways, and that the person so detailed shall make
the place safe.
(Source: P.A. 87-1133.)
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