HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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under rules and regulations of the Bureau The mine operator
shall make a report to the mine inspector, on forms provided
by the Bureau The report shall state the experience of the
person making the test and be countersigned by the mine
foreman or superintendent

[7-414

If any workman is in the bottom of a shaft, rock or
coal may be hoisted only in a bucket cage, or approved
lifting device securely connected to the hoisting rope and
arranged to avoid any danger of its tipping while being
hoisted or lowered. Rules and regulations for installation
and use of buckets or other freight hoisting devices may be
promulgated. No person except a mine official or a repairman
may ride on a loaded car or with cars containing material or
any kind ]

[7-415.

A person may not disobey the order of a gateman given
to enforce the cage passenger permit or crowd or push to get
on or off any cage thereby endangering others.]

[7-416

(a)  A qualified hoisting engineer shall be on duty
continuously when any person is underground at a shaft mine.
Unless a second engineer is on duty, hoists used for
handling persons shall be equipped with overspeed, overwind,
and automatic stop controls. At the beginning of each shift
and after the hoist has been idle, the hoisting engineer
shall operate the cage up and down the shaft at least one
round trip before hoisting or lowering any person. Similar
procedures shall be followed in slope hoisting, except that
an attendant may ride on the trip.

(b)  Slope, shaft, or incline plane hoists shall be
equipped with brakes capable of stopping and holding the
fully loaded unbalanced cage or trip at any point in the
shaft, slope, or on the incline. An accurate and reliable
indicator, showing the position of the cage or trip, shall
be placed in clear view of the engineer, unless the position
of the cage or trip is clearly visible to the engineer at
all times. Hoisting equipment shall be inspected daily and a
record made of the inspection. The record is open for
examination by any interested person.

(c)  Hoisting ropes on any cage or trip shall be
adequate in size to handle the load and have a proper factor
of safety as defined in the American Standard Association's
Wire Rope Standards.

(d)  Any cage used for hoisting any worker shall be of
substantial construction with adequate steel bonnets, with
enclosed sides, gates, safety chains, or bars across the
ends of the cage when workers are being hoisted or lowered,