Illinois Administrative Code
Title 62 - MINING
Part 225 - USE OF PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
Section 225.80 - Certification and Training
Universal Citation: 62 IL Admin Code ยง 225.80
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Before performing any duties as a shot firer, a person must have received training and certification from the Mining Board.
b) The Department will issue temporary certificates valid for one year or until the next available examination is held by the Mining Board, which ever comes first
1)
for a person who is certified as a shot firer in another state to use
permissible explosives underground to break down coal; or
2) for a person whom a Department
representative has trained in the use and care of permissible
explosives.
c) Any person wishing to be certified as a shot firer must show:
1) possession of First Class
papers;
2) pass an examination as
to his practical and technological knowledge of:
A) the nature and properties of mine
gases,
B) the laws of
ventilation,
C) the structure and
the use of
i) safety lamps
ii) methane detectors, and
iii) carbon monoxide detectors
D) Sections 11.06, 13.02, 14.01
-14.04, 18.05-18.06, 18.09, 19.10, 21.01-21.13, 24.01-24.06, 25.01-25.07,
31.01-31.32 of the Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 961/2, pars. 1106, 1302,
1401-1404, 1805-1806, 1809, 1910, 2101-2113, 2401-2406, 2501-2507,
3101-3132).
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