Article 25 - Safety Lamps And Barometers - Illinois Statutes

 
    (225 ILCS 705/Art. 25 heading)ARTICLE 25. SAFETY LAMPS AND BAROMETERS.

(225 ILCS 705/25.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2501)     Sec. 25.01. Not less than two permissible flame safety lamps and a barometer, all in proper working condition, shall be kept available at each mine for the use of authorized persons. Only permissible flame safety lamps, permissible methane detectors, or air sampling and analysis shall be used for determining the presence of methane in mine air. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2502)     Sec. 25.02. In gassy mines, mine officials whose regular duties require them to inspect working places shall have in their possession, when underground, a permissible flame safety lamp in safe working condition, for the detection of methane and oxygen deficiency. (Source: P.A. 80‑296.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2503)     Sec. 25.03. Naphtha or other flammable liquids in lamp houses shall be kept in closed containers or other safe dispensers. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2504)     Sec. 25.04. All safety lamps shall be the property of the operator and when not in use shall remain in the custody of the mine manager or other competent person designated by him, who shall clean, fill, trim, examine and deliver same, locked and in safe condition to the men when they enter the mine, or at some underground station designated by the mine manager for that purpose. He shall also receive the lamps from the men when they leave the mine or as they pass the underground lamp station at the end of their shift. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2505)     Sec. 25.05. The person to whom lamps are given shall be responsible for the condition and proper use of the safety lamps while in their possession, and their return to the lamp station. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.06) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2506)     Sec. 25.06. Locked safety lamps shall not be opened by unauthorized persons. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/25.07) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 2507)     Sec. 25.07. Flame safety lamps shall not be opened underground in any coal mine. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 2012.)