(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.)
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