(225 ILCS 710/28.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4236)
Sec. 28.01.
Hoisting engineers.
It shall be the duty of every
superintendent of every mine having a hoisting engine to appoint and designate
one or more persons to be known as hoisting engineers. Only licensed engineers
shall be permitted to hoist or lower people in a shaft where either (1) the
hoist is driven by a motor, engine, or machine having a capacity of more than
50 horsepower, (2) such hoisting engineer is required to care for, attend, or
supervise a steam boiler in addition to his or her duties as a hoisting
engineer, or (3) the rope speed for hoisting or lowering people exceeds the
rate of 300 feet per minute. For hoisting material, and for hoisting and
lowering people in shafts other than those hereinabove specified, the hoisting
engineer need not be licensed. Hoisting engineers shall be licensed by the
Department of Natural Resources or by
an inspector designated by the Department. Such license shall be issued to, and only to, any person 21
years or more of age with actual hoisting experience of
6 months, at an average of 10 hours per week, or its equivalent, devoted to
hoisting, who has knowledge of the laws relating to signals, and is of good
moral character and temperate habits, provided, however, that whenever a
hoisting engineer is required to care for, attend or supervise a steam boiler
in addition to his or her duties as a hoisting engineer, his or her license
shall specifically state his or her capacity so to do, and in addition to the
qualifications above specified for hoisting engineers, he or she shall also
have had 2 years' experience as a fireman or engineer attending or operating a
steam boiler of a type similar to that the applicant proposes to handle, and be
able to pass an examination by the Department as to knowledge
and ability to care for, attend, or supervise
steam boilers of the type the applicant proposes to handle, and the license in
such case may be restricted to operation of particular equipment. Any
superintendent failing to appoint hoisting engineers in accordance with the
provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a violation of this Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, a license shall be issued to
every hoisting engineer who, on the effective date of this Act, was
employed as a hoisting engineer to hoist or lower people in any mine shaft
where either (1) the hoist is driven by a motor engine or machine having a
capacity of more than 50 horsepower, (2) the hoisting engineer is
required to care for, attend or supervise a steam boiler in addition to his
or her duties as a hoisting engineer, or (3) the rope speed for hoisting or
lowering people exceeds the rate of 300 feet per minute.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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