(225 ILCS 710/9.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4215)
Sec. 9.01.
Duty to visit.
It shall be the duty of each inspector in each
district to personally visit every active mine not less than once every 3
months or as often as he or she deems it is necessary to assure the safety of
people employed in the mines and the general public in the vicinity thereof and
to inspect and examine into the operation, workings, timberings, safety
appliances, machinery, sanitation, ventilation, means of ingress and egress and
means taken to protect the lives and insure the safety of the miners, together
with the cause of accidents and accidental death therein; and in general to
inspect and ascertain what means are taken to comply with the provisions of
this Act. For the purpose of making such inspection and ascertaining the facts
in connection with such examination, the inspector shall have full
power and authority at all hours to enter and examine any part of any mine
or mining plant within this State, or any part of the workings, thereof,
but so as not to unnecessarily impede or obstruct the workings of the mine.
All operators and their employees shall render to the inspector such
assistance as may be necessary to enable the inspector to make such
examination.
(Source: P.A. 87-1133.)
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