St

atut
oryI
nst
rument109of1990

(
CAP.
165)

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

ARRANGEMENTOFSECTI
ONS

PRELI
MINARY

Sect
ion

1. Ti
tl
eandappli
cat
ion.
2. I
nter
pret
ati
on

PARTI

MANAGEMENTANDRESPONSI
BILI
TYI
NMI
NES

3. Managert obeappoi nt
edf oreverymi ne.
4. AppointmentofManager .
5. Certi
fi
cateofappointmentofmanagerandr egi
sterofmanagers.
6. Persondeemedt obemanagerwher enomanagerappoi nted.
7. Appointmentofcompet entpersons.
8. Appointmentofmi nerincharge
9. Responsibi
li
ti
esofmanager
10. Makingofspecialrulesbymanager s.
11. Ownert oprovi
demanagerwi thfacil
iti
es
12. Responsibi
li
tyforcontraventi
onofr egulat
ions.
13. Deputingofworkandsuper vi
sion.
14. Posti
ngupandsuppl yofcopi esofregulati
ons.
15. Regulati
onstobeexpl ainedtolit
erateempl oyees.
16. Appointmentofactingmanagerdur ingmanager sabsence.
17. Obediencetoorders.

PARTI
I

SURFACEPROTECTI
ON

18. Prot
ecti
onofcracksorsubsi dences.
19. Prot
ecti
onofwor ki
ngs.
20. Coaldebr
is,
wastepr oducts,sandandsl
i
mes.
21. Cyani
deandotherchemi cals.

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

22. Fencinginofwatercont
ainingcyanideorotherchemi
cal
s.
23. Miningandtreat
ingofarsenical
ores.
24. Poisonoussubstancest
obeconf i
nedtolocati
on.
25. Construct
ionofdamsanddumps.
 26. Design,
constr
ucti
onandmaintenanceofdams,
dumpsandwat
erchannel
s.
27. Precaut
ionsagai
nstf
loodi
ng.

PARTI
II

PROTECTI
ONI
NWORKI
NGPLACE

28. Abandonedwor kingst obeexami nedbef or

eent ry.
29. Allcur r
entwor kingst obemadeandkeptsaf e.
30. Protect ionofent rancest owor ki
ngs
31. Safetyi nwor kingpl aces.
32. Precaut ionsdur i
ngsi nkingoper ati
ons: sket
chofposi ti
onsfhol
esdril
led.
33. Protect ionagai nstf allingobjects.
34. Suppor tofroof ,hangi ngorsidewal ls.
35. Protect ionofmai nor eandwast epasses.
36. Provisionsf orpl at for ms.
37. Li
felinesandl ife-jacket s.
38. Sl
ippi ngofshaf ts, rai sesandwi nzes.
39. Compl aintsandr epor tsr esafetyinmi ne.
40. SafetyCompl aintsBooks.
41. Precaut ionst obeobser vedwhenwor kingsadj acentt
ootherworki
ngs.
42. Protect ionfrom i nundat i
on.
43. Useofbel tconv ey or s.
44. Disposal ofcombust iblewast e.
45. Penthousei nshaf ts.
46. Prohibit i
onofunder cut ti
ngandot herprecautions.
47. Wear ingofhar dhat s.
48. Footpr otecti
on

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.109of1990

49. Lampst obecarri

edunderground
50. Whenper manentli
ght
ingrequir
ed
51. Li
ghti
ngofmov ingpartsofmachiner
y.
52. Lamp-room.
53. Damaget olamps.
54. Boundary—pill
ars.

PARTI
V

OUTLETS,
LADDERWAYSANDTRAVELLI
NGWAYS

Sect
ion
55. Everyshafttohaveladderway.
56. Twoout let
stosurface.
57. Requirementsforladder
way sandl
adders.
58. Wireropes.
59. Enteri
ngandl eav
ingundergroundworki
ngs.

PARTV

VENTI
LATI
ON,
GASESANDDUST
Sect
ion
60. Machi nedr il
li
ngnott obedonedr y.
61. Blowpi pes.
62. Wet ti
ng- down.
63. Per cussi on- machinedril
ls:watersupply.
64. Per cussi on- machinedril
ls:i
nternalwaterfeeds.
65. Wat erbl asts.
66. Vent i
l
at ion.
67. Nowor ki nharmful ai
r.
68. Wit hdr awal ofwor kmenwher edangerf rom gas.
69. Act ionr equi redwhenper sonexposedt osmoke, gas,
fumes, dustorhar
mful
temper at ures.
70. Per mi ssi blequantiti
esofgas, noxi
ousdustandasbest osdust.
71. Precaut ionsagai nstharmfuldust .
72. I
nt ernal combust ionenginesunder ground.

73. Dieselfuel:
deliveryandst or
ageundergr
ound.
74. Refueli
ngofdi esel-poweredunit
s.
75. Servi
cingorr epairofdiesel-
powereduni
tsunder
ground.
76. Ventil
ationofmi nes: pl
anstobekept.

PARTVI

MI
NESURVEYI
NGANDPLANPREPARATI
ON

77. Applicati
onof ,andi nterpr
etati
onin,thi
sPart.
78. Surface,under groundandassaypl anstobekept.
79. Plansdet ail
s.
80. Surveypr ocedure.
81. Li
mi tsofer ror.
82. Signingofpl anandr esponsibi
l
ityforaccur
acy.
83. Exempt ions.
84. Unsat i
sfactoryplansandf ai
lur
et okeepplans.
85. Planst obeconf ident i
al.
86. Noticeofi ntenti
ont oclosedownorabandonami ne.

PARTVI
I

COALMI
NESANDFI
ERYMI
NES

Sect
ion
87. I
nterpretat
ioninthisPar t
.
88. Declarati
onofaf ierymine.
89. Coal mines:precauti
onsagai nstcoaldustexplosi
ons.
90. Coal mines:supplyofincombust i
bledust.
91. Coal mines:testi
ngef f
ecti
v enessofpr ecaut
ionsagainstcoal
dustexpl
osi
on.
92. Coal mines:roadsandcoal tubs.
93. St
onedustorwat erbarri
ers.
94. Dail
yr eportonprecautionst aken.
95. Coal mines:responsibi
li
ti
esofmi nerincharge.
 96. Coal mi nes: ent ryinabsenceofmi neri nchar ge.
97. Offi
ci alt otestf orinf l
ammabl egas.
98. Coal nott ocont ainexpl osiv es.
99. Coal mi nesandf ierymi nes: whenf iri
ngofchar gespr ohibi
ted.
100. Coal mi nes: per mi t
tedexpl osives.
101. Fi
ringofchar gesi ncoal .
102. Dev elopmentdr ivesetcet era: speci alprov i
sions.
103. Coal mi nes: par kingofdi esel unit swhennoti nuse.
104. Coal mi nes: ret urnai r
way s.
105. Coal mi nesandf ierymi nes: i
nst allationandoper atingoff ans.
106. Coal mi nes: suppl yofai r.
107. Coal mi nes: ai rcour se
108. Coal mi nes: measur eofai rci r
cul atingandmeasur ementoff ans.
109. Recor dt obekeptofmeasur ementofai rcircul ati
ngandofdust .
110. Coal mi nes: flamesaf etylampsofmet hanomet erst obepr ov i
ded.
111. Coal mi nesandf ierymi nes: met hanomet er sandl ampst obeappr oved.
112. Appr ov al oflampsandmet hanomet ersbyChi efGov ernmentMi ni
ngEngineer.
113. Compet entper sont ohav echar geofl amps.
114. Recor dofl ampst obekept .
115. Lampsnott obeunl ockedorunseal ed.
116. Self-rescui ngdev i
cesi ncoal minesandf ierymi nes.
117. Cont raband.
118. Sear chofper sonsent eringcoal mi nesorf ierymi ne.
119. Coal mi nes: rest r
ictionsonwel di ng, flamecut tingetcet era.
120. Coal mi nesandf ierymi nes:machi neoper atorsandar ti
sanst obeabl etotestfor
gas.
121. Fl
exi bleel ectrict raili
ngcabl es.
122. Wor kpr ohibitedi nv i
cinityofi nflammabl egas.
123. Useofel ectri
cal appar atuspr ohibi tedwher ei nf l
ammabl egaspr esentinworking
pl
ace.
124. Onlyappr ovedel ect ri
cal appar atusper mitted.
125. Plansofel ectrical installationst obemai ntained.
126. El
ect rical shot firi
ngappar at ust obeusedf orf i
r i
ngofchar ges.
127. Requi rement sf ormachi nes: allay i
ngofdust .
128. Mont hlyr eportofi nflammabl egast oi nspect or

PARTVI
II

WI
NDI
NGANDTRAMMI
NG

A.GENERAL

Sect
ion
129. I
nterpretati
oni nthispart.
130. Restri
cti
onofuseofwi ndlasses.
131. Dri
versLogBook.
132. Entrytowi ndingcompar tmentpr ohibit
ed.
133. Windingpr ohibit
eddur i
ngr epairoperati
onsandvi
cev
ersa.
134. Specialprecautionsduringsi nki
ngoper ati
ons.
135. Hoisti
ngdur ingsinkingoper ati
ons.
136. Securingofmat eri
albeingconv eyed.
Secur
ing
137. Disturbanceofwi ndingengi nedriverprohi bit
ed.
138. Unaut hori
sedent r
ytowi ndingenginer oom pr ohibited.
139. Maxi mum hour sofwor korwi ndi
ngengi nedr i
vers.
140. Travelli
ngwi t
hmi neral,mat eri
alorexpl osives.
141. Guidesf orconv ey
ancei nv erti
calshaftsorwi nzes.
142. Si
gnal stobeexchangedbef or
eent r
ytoorexi tfrom conv ey
ance.
143. Protectiveandwar ningdev icesfortravelinginconv eyance.
144. Windingpl antoperations.
145. Dutiesofwi ndingengi nedriver.
148. Personsnott obel ower edbyhoi stdr i
venbyf ri
ction,fl
atbeltorchai
n.
149. Provisionsconcerningmot i
v epowerofwi ndingpl ants.

B. RAI
SINGANDLOWERI
NGOFPERSONS,
ETCETERA

150. Hoist i
ngsi gnals.
151. Provisionsf orsi gnalsdur ingexami nat i
onofshaf torwi nze.
152. Cagest ohav edoor s.
153. Noticeofmaxi mum numberofper sonst obecov ered.
154. Facili
tiesf ormai ntenanceofheadgear .
155. Provisionsf orwi ndingf orwi ndingpl ant .
156. Provisionsf orov er
wi nding.
157. Windi ngr opes.
158. Ini
ti
al test i
ngcar eofwi ndingr opes: RopeRecor dBook.
159. Periodict est i
ngandexami nationofr opes.
160. Particularst obegi venwhennewr opef i
tted.
161. Speci alpr ovisionf orinterpretati
onofsect ions163t o168.
162. Total masst obeat tachedt owi ndingr ope.
163. Useofmor et hanoner ope.
164. Periodical l
yt estedwi ndingr opes:mi nimum- br
eakingf orce.
165. Windi ngr opesnotper i
odicallytested: mi nimum- breakingf or
ce.
166. Applicationofsect ions165and166t oplantnotusedf orconv ey
anceofpersons
ormat erials.
167. Balancer opesandt ailropes: minimum- breakingfor ce.
168. Cir
cumst ancesi nwhi chr opesshal l notbeused.
169. Guidesr opes: minimum br eakingfor ce, exami nati
onandt esti
ngsuspensi
ongear
andat t
achment s.
170. Maint enanceandexami nati
onofwi ndi ngpl ant.
171. Booksopent oi nspect i
on.

C.TRAMMI
NG

174. Ridi
ngont r
ucks, etcetera.
175. Safetydev icesf ort r
ucksorcar s.
176. Appoi ntmentofdr i
versofl ocomot iv
eandsel f-
propel
ledvehi
cles.
177. Mov ingv ehiclesdowni ncli
nesbyhandanddev i
cesforholdi
ngsvehi
cles.
178. Clearanceandr efugehol esi
nhaul ageays.
179. Vehiclesat tachedt oropes.
180. Shaftpr otection.
181. Li
ght sandwar ningdev i
cesf orlocomot i
vesandtrai
ns.
182. Dutiesofdr i
verofv ehicle.
183. Vehi clesnott obel eftunat t
ended.
184. Schemef ort estingofv ehiclestobei nsti
tut
ed.
 PARTI
X
MACHINERY
A.GENERAL

Sect
ion
185. Int
erpr etationi nt hisPar t.
186. Gener al requi rement sf oral lmachinery.
187. Surfacedr il
ling.
188. Belt—dr ivenmachi ner y.
189. Loosecl othingpr ohi bitednearmov ingmachi ner
y.
190. Repair, etcet er a, ofmov i
ngmachi nery.
191. Protect i
onofey es
192. Noisecont rol .
193. Chargeofmachi ner y.
194. Maxi mum hour sofwor kf ormachi nesuper vi
sors.
195. Safetyappl iances.
196. Machi net obest oppedi ncaseofdangerandwar ni
ngbefor
est
art
ingamachi
ne.
197. Safetymeasur esdur ingr epai r
stomachi nery
.
198. Gener al requi sitesf orl i
ft
ingmachi nes.
199. Provisionsconcer ningr opesandchai ns.
200. Windlasses, etcet era.
201. Hooksf orl i
f t
ing.
202. Attachmentofsl ings, etcet era.
203. Suspendedl oadnott obel eftunattended.
204. Precaut ionsagai nstspi ll
age.
205. Personsnott ober aised, etcet era,byli
ftingmachines.

B.BOI
LERS

206. Regul at i
onofer ecti
onanduseofboi lers.
207. Safetyv alv
es.
208. Stopv alvesandnon- r
etur
nv alves.
209. Pressur egauges.
210. Wat ersuppl y .
211. Wat erl evelindicators.
212. Bl
ow- downv alves.
213. Gener al safetypr ovisi
onforboi ler
s.
214. Attachmentf orpr essuretest.
215. Periodi calexami nati
onbyi nspector.
216. Hydr aul i
ctest i
ng.
217. Precaut i
onsdur i
ngent ryt
ooneofbat teryofboi
l
ers.
218. BoilerRecor dBook.

C.COMPRESSORSANDPRESSUREVESSELS.

219. Constructi
onandmai nt
enanceofpressurevessel
s.
220. I
nformat i
ont obemar kedonpressurevessel
s.
221. Exami nat
ionandt estofpr
essurevessel
s.
222. Aircompr essors.
223. Pressuregauges.
224. Safetyandot hervalv
es.
225. Drainforli
quid.
226. Useofel ev
atortobeaut horizedbyChi efGov ernmentMini
ngEngi
neer
.
227. Requisitesforelevators.
228. Periodicali
nspectionandEl ev atorRecor
dBook.
229. Protectionofelevatorshaft
s.
230. Prevent i
onofov err
uns.
231. Protectionagainstfail
ureofr opes,etcetera.
232. Requisitesforconv eyancecar ryi
ngpersons.
233. Ropes
234. Brakes.
235. Clearspacesatt opandbot tom orelevatorshaf t
.
236. El
ev atornottobeuseddur i
ngr epair
sinelevatorshaft
.

PARTX

ELECTRI
CALAPPARATUS,
WIRI
NGANDLI
GHTI
NG

237. I
nterpr etationi nthisPar t,
238. Applicat i
onofSt andar dAssoci ati
onofZi mbabweSaf etyCodef orEl
ect
ri
cal
Wiri
ngofPr emises.
239. Gener al prov isi
onsr egar dingel ectri
cal apparatus.
240. Diagr amsofgener al electrical arrangementonmi ne.
241. Cutting- offatsur faceofsuppl ytoappar atusunder ground.
242. Cutting- offofsuppl yt oci r
cui ts, mot ors,etcetera.
243. Restr i
ct ionsonv oltages.
244. I
nspect i
on, exami nat i
onandt estingofel ectri
calappar atus.
245. Maint enanceandpr ot ectionofel ectri
cal apparatus.
246. Accesst oel ectrical appar at us.
247. Prohibi tionofdamaget oori nterferencewi t
helect r
ical appar
atus.
248. I
nsul at ion.
249. Earthing.
250. Cables.
251. Fl
exi blecabl es.

252. Switchgearandconnect i
ons.
253. Bl
ast i
ngcabl es.
254. Transf ormers.
255. Telephoneandsi gnal
ingsystems.
256. Postingofnot i
ces.
257. Personswor kingonoroperatingelect
ri
calapparat
us.
258. Permi ssiblevolt
agesforli
ghting.
259. Overheadl i
nes.
260. Li
nescl osetobuildi
ngs.
261. Protect i
onofsuppor t
s.
262. Troll
eyl inesandelectr
ical
ly
-propell
edvehi
cles.
263. Chargingbat teri
es.

PARTXI
I
NSPECTI
ONANDACCI
DENTS

264. Powersanddut i
esofi nspect ors.
265. Managert opr
ov i
def aci
lit
iesf orinspector.
266. PowersandChi efGov ernmentMi ningEngineer.
267. Speci
alpowersofi nspector s.
268. Noti
fi
cationofaccidentst oper sons.
269. Reportofdeathresulti
ngf rom injury:sceneofacci
dentnott
obedi
stur
bed.
270. Noti
fi
cati
onofnon-casual
tyacci
dent
s.
271. Regi
sterofacci
dents.

PARTXII
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI
NESURVEYORSCERTI
FICATEOFCOMPETENCY

272. BoardofExami ners.

273. Examinati
onofcandi dat
es.
274. I
ssueofCer ti
fi
catesofCompet encytosuccessf
ulcandi
dates.
275. Speci
alprovisi
onf orcer
ti
fi
catedlandsur
veyorsandholder
sofotherCer
ti
fi
cat
es
ofCompet ency.
276. Exemptionfrom examinati
ons.
277. Exi
sti
ngcer t
ifi
cates.

PARTXI
II
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMINI
NGDI
PLOMA

278. Boar
dofExami ners.
279. Appl
icat
ionforexaminati
on.
280. I
ssueofDipl
oma.
281. PowersofBoar dofExaminer
s.
282. Savi
ngofpreviousDipl
omas.

PARTXIV
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI
NEMANAGERSCERTFI
CATEOFCOMPETENCY

283. BoardofExami ners.

284. Rulesf orexamination.
285. Exami nationsubjects.
286. Qualifi
cat i
onsofcandi dates.
287. Exempt i
onf r
om certainPar t
sofsubj
ects.
288. Applicationforexami nati
on.
289. Savingsofexi st
ingMi neManagersDipl
oma( Adv
anced).
290. ApplicationbyholderofMi neManagersDipl
oma(Advanced)
.

PARTXV
MI
SCELLANEOUS

291. Preventionofthef tofgol d.

292. Safetypr ecaut
ionst obeobser v
edbyallpersons.
293. Any t
hingdanger oust obereported.
294. I
ntoxicatedper sonsnott oentermine.
295. offences.
296. Registerofempl oyeest obekeptbymanager .
297. Conditionsofempl oy ment.
298. I
nspect ormaygr antexempt i
ons.
299. Ministermaygr antexempt ion.
300. Withdrawal ofalterationofexempt i
ons,per
mi t
s,etcet
era.
301. Offencesandpenal t
ies.
302. Repeal sandsav i
ngs.

S.
I109of1990

FI
RSTSCHEDULE:
Prescr
ibedf
orms.
SECONDSCHEDULE:Accidentr
eport
.
THIRDSCHEDULE:
Non-casualt
yacci
dent
soccur
renceofwhi
cht
obenot
if
ied.
FOURTHSCHEDULE:Repeals.

Iti
sher
ebynoti
fi
edthattheMini
sterofMineshas,
inter
msofsecti
on427oft
heMi
nes
andMiner
alsAct(
Chapter165),
madet hefol
lowi
ngregul
ati
ons:
-

PRELI
MINARY
Ti
tl
eandappli
cat
ion

1. (
1) Theseregulati
onsmaybeci
tedast
heMi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)
Regul
ations,1990.

(
2) Exceptwher
ethecontr
aryi
ntenti
onappear
sf r
om thecont
extofspeci
fi
c
provi
si
onismadetothecontrar
y,thepr
ovi
sionsoftheser
egul
ati
ons
shal
lappl
ytoall
mines.

I
nter
pret
ati
on

2. Intheser egulations—
“appoi nt ed”meansappoi ntedi nwr iti
ngbyt heper sonr esponsi blef ormaki ng
suchappoi ntmentandcount ersignedini nkbyt heper sonaccept ingsuch
appoi ntment ;
“approv ed”meansappr ovedi nwr i
tingbyt heChi efGov ernmentMi ningEngi neer;
“author izedper son”,inrelati
ont oapar ti
cularfunctionorpower ,meansa
compet entper sonaut hor i
zedi nwr iti
ngbyt hemanageroft hemi neconcer nedt o
dischar get hatfunct i
onorexer cisethatpower ;
“automat i
cwi ndi ngplant”meansanyhoi storotherappl i
ancef ort heconv ey ance
ofper sons, mat er i
alormi neral bymeansacage, skipofot hermeansof
conv ey ancei nanyshaf torwi nzewher ethedrivingmachi neryi snor mal l
y
operat edaut omat i
call
y,wi thoutadr i
verinattendance, butshall noti ncl
udeany
l
ifti
ngmachi ne.,elevator,endlessr opeshaul ageorscr aperwi nchi nst al
l
ati
on;

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

“bl
asti
ngl i
cence”meansav
ali
dli
cencetoconductbl
ast
ingoper
ati
onsand
re-
entry
proceduresissuedi
nter
msofthel
awr el
ati
ngtoexpl
osi
ves;
“boi
ler”means—

a) anyapparat
usadaptedtoconv ertconti
nuouslyanyliquidintosteam,
vapourorgasatapressurehigherthanthatsduet otheat mospher e,
wheretheheati
sderivedfrom asour ceot
herthanst eam oft heambi ent
temperat
ureoftheatmosphere,whichappar at
usshal lbdeemedt o
i
ncludeanysuper-
heaterofeconomi zerwhichisinintegralpartthereof
;

b) anyeconomizerorsepar
atel
y-f
ir
edsuperheaternei
therofwhi
chi
san
i
ntegr
alpartofsuchapparat
us;andi
ncludesanyfit
ti
ngsand
appur
tenancesther
eof;

Pr
ovi
dedt
hat—

i
) whereanyappar
atusconsi
stofacombi
nati
onoftwoormor
e
par
ts,eachofwhi
chiscapabl
eofadapt
ionf
oruseasa
 separ ateboi l
erbyt hecl osingofoneormor estopv al
vesor
stopcocks, eachpar tshall bedeemedt obeasepar ateboi l
er;
i
i) anyst eam gener atorf i
tt
edwi thast andpi peorr iserv ented
directtoat mospher et hev entofwhi chi sofsuchdi mensi ons
ast opr eventthedev elopmentofanypr essureexceedi ng
thi
r t
y -
fi
veki l
opascal swi thinthev essel shal l
,i
fnov alveor
otherobst r
uctioni sinser t
edinthest andpi peorr iserto
prev entthev essel fr
om f reelyventingt oat mospher e,be
deemednott obeaboi l
er;
i
ii) anyappar atusinwhi cht heproductoft hemaker si ntended
maxi mum wor kingpr essureinkil
opascal sandt hev olumei n
cubicmet ersdoesnotexceedt enshal l bedeemednott obea
boiler.
“compet entperson”,
inr
elati
ontoanydut yorfunct ionmeanaper sonwhohashadadequat e
tr
ainingandexper i
encet
oenabl ehim oper f
or mt hatdut yordi scharget hatf uncti
onwi thout
avoidabledangertohimselforanyotherper son.Compet entpersonsshal lbeappoi ntedint erms
ofsection7.

“conveyance”,i
nrel
ati
ont oawindi
ngplantmeansanycage,ski
p,bucket
,,
bal
e,ki
bbl
e,
cocopanbody ,mater
ialtr
ail
er,
counter
-poi
seoranyot
herrecept
ableorstr
uct
ure
attachedtoorsuspendedf r
om awindi
ngropeandint
endedtoserveasameansof
transportofcount
er-
balance;

“f
ierymine”meansanymi neorpar tofami nedet erminedt obeaf ier
ymi neint ermsof
secti
on88.
“f
orm”meanst heappr opri
atef orm pr escri
bedbyt heFirstSchedule;
“i
ninkmeant y
pewr i
ttenorwr ittenininkorwi thabal lpointpenori nsomeot hermanner
soast obei ndel i
bl e;
“i
nspector”meansani nspectorofsub- i
nspect orofmi nesappoi nt
edi ntermsoft heAct;
“i
nwr i
ti
ng”meansi nal lcasesi nink;
“machinery”meansanyengi ne, boil
erorappl i
anceorcombi nati
onofappl i
anceswhi chis
usedorintendedt obeusedf orgener ating,dev el opi
ng,receiv
ing,receivi
ng,storing,
convert
ing,transf or mingort ransmi t
tinganyf or m ofpowerorener gyorforconv eyi
ng
persons,mat erial ormi neralandwhi chi ssituat edatami neandusedori ntendedt obe
usedinconnect ionwi thoperat i
onsatandper tai ningtosuchmi ne;
“manager”,inrel ationt oami ne, meanst heper sonappoi ntedasordeemedt obet he
manageroft hatmi nei ntermsofPar tIandi ncludeanyper sonsappoi nt
edint ermsof
secti
on16t oactast hemanageroft hatmi ne;
“materi
al”meansany t
hingwhat soeverconv eyedbymeansofawi ndi ngplantot herthan
persons,miner al orr ock;

“minerinchar ge” ,i
nrelat
iontoanysect i
onorpar tofami ne,meanst hepersonappoi nted
tobemi nerinchar gethereofintermsofsect i
on8;
“mining”meanst heprocessofext racti
ngorobt aini
nganymi neralbyanymodeor
met hod,oranypur posedi r
ectl
yori ndi
rectl
yconnect edtherewithori nci
dentalt
hereto;
“offi
cial
”,inr elationtoanysect i
onorpar tofami ne,meanst hemanageroracompet ent
personappoi nt edintermsofsect i
on7toassistint hecontrol,managementanddi rection
thereof;
“owner ”
, i
nr elationtoami ne,
meanst hepersonwhoi sactuallyentit
ledtoundertaket he
wor kont hemi ne, whetherheist heholderorlesseeorassi gnoft her i
ghtsofsuchhol der;
“pressurev essel ”meansanyv esselintheint
eriororjacketofwhi chapr essureofmor e
thant hi
rty-
fiveki lopascalsgaugepr essuremayobt ai
nbutdoesnoti nclude-

(
a) aboi
l
er;
 (
b) av esselinwhi cht hepr essurei sexert
edbyal iqui
dhar mlesstothev esselthe
temper atureofwhi chdoesnotexceedt heboil
ingpointoftheliqui
dat
atmospher icpr essure, i
fthev esselifsuchthatacushionofgasorv apourcan
notf orm abovet heli
quid;
(
c) thewor kingcy l
inderorchamberofast ream,heatorairengineorany
transmitti
ngcol umnorpi pel
ine;
(
d) apor tabl
egascont ainer;
(
e) av esselinwhi cht hemaxi mum wor kinggaugepr essureexceedsthir
ty-fi
ve
kilopascalsbuti nwhi cht hepr oductoftheworkinggaugepr essureinkilopascal
s
andt hecapaci tyi ncubicmet redoesnotexceedt en.
“
rai
semeansanyt unnel hav i
ngani nclinati
onabov ethehor i
zontali
nthedirecti
onof
wor
kingof
morethanf i
vedegr ees, butdoesnoti ncludeashaft;

“ramp”meansanyt unnel atani ncl i

nat i
onofmor ethanf ivedegr eesabov et hehor i
zont ali
nwhi ch
self
-propell
edt rackl essv ehicl esmov e;
“shaft
”meansanyt unnel hav i
ng—
( a) acr oss- sect i
onal dimensi onoft hr eemet r
esormor e; and
( b) ani ncl inat i
ont ot hehor i
zont alof—
i) fifteendegr eesormor e;or
ii) lesst hanf ifteenbutmor et hant endegr ees, ifthespeedof
tract iont her einmayexceedonehundr edandf if
tymet resper
mi nut e;
“smal l hoi st”meansanymachi neorappar atuswhi chi s- --
( a) usedort her aisi
ngorl ower i
ngofmen, mat erialormi neral i
nanyshaf tor
wi nze; and
( b) dr i
venbyanengi neormot ordev elopi ngnotmor et hanf ift
yki l
owat tsand
hav ingaspeedoft ract i
onofnotmor et hanonehundr edandf ift
ymet res
permi nut e;
“steepl yi ncl ined” , i
nr el at i
ont oshaf tsorot herunder groundexcav ations, meanhav ingan
incli
nat ionoft hirty-fi
v edegr eesormor et ot hehor izont al;
“stope”meansanunder gr oundexcav ationmadei nt her emov alofanygr oundormi neral
,
othert hancoal ,butnoti ncludeanexcav at i
onmadef oranengi ner oom orpump
chamberorf ordev elopmentpur posessuchasshaf ts, drives, winzes, r
aisesandr amps;
“theAct ”meanst heMi nesandMi ner al Act( Chapt er1265) ;
“under gr ound”mansanywor kingbeneat hthesur faceoft hegr ound, accesst owhi chis
bymeansofar amp, adi t, shaf t,raiseorwi nze;
“vent i
latingdi strict”meanssuchpar tofami neashasani ndependenti ntake
commenci ngf rom t hemai ni ntakeai rcour seandani ndependentr etur nairway
termi nat ingatt hemai nr et ur naircour se;
“wat erbl ast ”meansanappl iancebymeansofwhi chwat eriscont i
nuousl yprojectedi n
thef orm ofaspr aymeansofcompr essedai r
.
“windi ngpl ant ”meansanyhoi st,machi ner yorappar atususedf orraisingorl ower ingof
men, mat er ial ormi ner al i
nanyshaf torwi nzebutdoesnoti ncludeanyel evator,endless
ropehaul age, scraperwi nchi nstal l
at i
onoranyl i
fti
ngmachi neasdef inedi nsect i
on185;
“winze”meansanyt unnel hav ingani ncl i
nat i
onbel owt hehor i
zont al i
nt hedi recti
onof
wor kingofmor et hanf iv edegr ees, butdoesnoti ncl udeshaf t;
“wor kingsi ncl udesal l por ti
onsofami newhet heronsur faceofunder groundwhi chhav e
beenexcav at ed, whet herabandonedornot ,andal l por ti
onsofami newhet heronsur f
ace
orunder groundi nt hepr ocessofexcav ation.

PARTI

MANAGEMENTANDRESPONSI
BILI
TYI
NMI
NES
 Managert
obeappoi
ntedf
orev
erymi
ne

3. (1) Ev
erymi
neshal
lbeundert
hemanagement
,cont
rol
anddi
rect
ionofamanager
appoi
ntedi
nter
msofthi
sPart
.

(2) Nomini
ngoral
l
iedoper
ati
onsshal
lbecarr
iedoutatanyminefora
per
iodexceedi
ngsev
enday
sunlessamanagerhabeenappoint
edforthatmi
neinter
ms
oft
hisPart.

(3) Subjectt
osubsect
ion(
4),
notmor
ethanonemanagershal
lbeappoi
nted
i
nrespectofanymine.

(4) Where,i
nhisopi
nion,t
heextentofanyminewarr
ant
sitorspeci
al
ci
rcumstancesexi
st,t
heChiefGovernmentMini
ngEngineermayaut
hori
seorrequi
ret
he
appoi
ntmentofmor ethanonemanager.

(5) Amanagerauthori
zedorrequi
redtobeappoi
ntedi
ntermsofsubsect
ion
(
4)shall
beappoint
edforapart
icul
arpor
ti
onoft hemineandshal
lberesponsi
blef
ort
he
management,
contr
olanddi
recti
onofsuchportion.

(6) Joi
ntcont
rol
ofanymineoranypor
ti
onofami
neshal
lnoti
nanycase
beexer
cisedbyt
woormor emanager
s.

(7) Nopersonshallbeappoi
ntedmanagerofmor
ethanonemi
newi
thout
t
hewr
it
tenappr
ovalofaninspector
.

Appoi
ntmentofmanager

4(
1) Themanagerofami
neshal
lbeappoi
nted—

(
a) i
nthecaseofami newhichi
sworkedbytheregist
eredholderther
eof
ei
therpersonal
l
yort
hroughaser
vantoragent,
bysuchr egist
eredhol
der
orhisagent;

(
b) i
nthecaseofami
newhi
chi
swor
kedont
ri
but
e,byt
het
ri
but
or;

(
c) i
nt hecaseofaminewhichi
swor kedbyoronbehal
fofapartner
shipor
company ,
bytheaccr
edi
tedagentappoi
ntedi
ntermsfsubsecti
on(3)of
secti
on62oftheAct;

(
d) i
nanycasenotfal
l
ingwit
hinpar
agraph(a)
,(b)or(c)
,byt
heper
sonf
or
whosebenef
itt
hemini
ngoperat
ionsareconducted.

(2) Noper sonwhoisresponsi

blef
ortheappoi
ntmentofamanagerinter
msof
subsecti
on(1)shal
lcar
ryonmi ni
ngorall
i
edoperat
ionsf
orperi
odexceedi
ngsevenday
s
withoutappoi
nti
ngamanager .

Cer
ti
fi
cat
eofappoi
ntmentofmanagerandr
egi
sterofmanager
s
5. (1) Acert
ificat
eoftheappoint
mentofamanagershal l
,wit
hinsevendaysofthe
appoi
ntment,
befor
war dedbythepersonmaki ngsuchappoi
ntmenttoaninspect
orofthemini
ng
di
stri
cti
nwhicht
hemi neconcernedissi
tuated.
 (2) Thecert
if
icat
ef orwar
dedinter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeendor
sedbyt
he
appoi
nteesi
gni
fyi
nghisacceptanceoftheappoi
ntment
.

(3) I
ftheChiefGov er
nmentMiningEngineer,
aft
erconsul
tat
ionwi
than
i
nspectorisnotsati
sfi
ed,hav
ingregardtothenatureoft
hemi ni
ngoper
ati
ons
beingortobeconductedonami ne,thatthepersonwhohasbeenappoint
edas
themanagerofthatmi neint
ermsoft hi
sPar t-

(a) issuf
fi
cientl
yabletor
eadandwr
it
eEngli
shorsuff
ici
ent
ly
conversantwit
hthepr ov
isi
onsoft
heAct
,theser
egul
ati
onsandanyl
aw
rel
ati
ngt oexpl
osives;or

(
b)hassuf
fi
ci
entknowl
edge,
exper
ienceandabi
l
ity
;

tobet hemanageroft hemine,hemayi nwr i

ti
ngnotif
yt hepersonwho
madet heappointmentaccordingl
yandr equi
rehim,withinsuchperiod
astheChi efGover
nmentMi ningEngineermayspecify,toappointsome
otherpersonasmanageroft hemi ne,andthereuponsuch
fi
rst-
ment i
onedappointmentshallbecomev oi
dandofnof orceoreffect
.

(4) Anypersonaggr
iev
edbyadecisi
onoftheChi
efGovernmentMi
ningEngi
neeri
ntermsof
subsecti
on(3)mayappealagai
nstt
hatdeci
si
ontotheMini
ster,
whomayconfir
m, v
aryorset
asi
det hedeci
sion.

(5) Wheneverapersonappoint
edt obethemanagerofami neinter
msofhi sPartceasesf
or
anyreasontobethemanageroft hatmine,thepersonresponsi
blei
ntermsofsect i
on4f ort
he
appoint
mentofhissuccessorshalli
mmedi atel
ygivewrit
tennot
ifi
cati
on,t
oani nspect
orofthe
miningdist
ri
ctinwhi
cht hemineissit
uated,ofthefactt
hatsuchfir
st-
mentionedpersonhas
ceasedtobet hemanagerofthemine.

(6) Thereshal
lbemai
ntai
nedi nr
espectofeachmi ningdist
ri
ctinthemannerdi
rect
edbythe
ChiefGovernmentMini
ngEngineeraregi
stershowingthepersonfortheti
mebeingappoint
edi
n
ter
msoft hisPartasamanagerofeveryminesituatedi
nt hemini
ngdistr
ict
.

Per
sondeemedt
obemanagerwher
enomanagerappoi
nted

6. Duri
nganyperiodwher
enomanagerhasbeenappoi
ntedf
orami
ne,
theper
sonshall
be
responsi
bleforsuchappoi
ntmenti
nter
msofsect
ion4shall
bedeemedt
obethemangerofthe
mine.

Appoi
ntmentofcompet
entper
sons

7. (
1) Subjecttosubsect ion(2)—
(a) themanagerofami nemayappoi ntinwrit
ingoneormor ecompetent
personst oassi sthi
mi ntheoperati
on,control
,managementand
dir
ect i
onoft hemi ne, andev er
ysuchpersonshal l
,totheextentcl
earl
y
definedinhi slett
erofappoi ntment,havethesamer esponsibil
i
tyunder
theser egulati
onsast hemanager ;
(b) theChi efGov ernmentMi ningEngineermayr equir
et heappoint
mentof
oneormor ecompet entper sonsandsubor di
natemanager satanyti
me
wheni nhi sopinion,thisi
snecessar y;

Provi
dedt hattheappoi
ntmentofper
sonsi
ntermsofpar
agraphs(a)and(
b)
shallnotbetakentorel
iev
ethemanagerofanyper
sonal
responsi
bil
it
yunder
theseregulat
ions.
 (2) Inverycasewher
etheacti
vit
iesatami neinvolv
ebl
ast
ingoper
ati
ons,
eit
heronsurf
aceorundergr
ound,t
hemanageroft hemine-
(a) may ,
ifheist
heholderofablast
ingl
icence;and
(b) shall
,i
fheisnott
heholderofablast
inglicence;

appoi
ntoneormor
ecompet
entper
sonst
osuper
visesuchbl
ast
ingoper
ati
ons:

Prov
idedthatallper
sonssoappoi
ntedshal
lbehol
der
soft
heappr
opr
iat
ecl
ass
ofbl
asti
nglicence.

(3) Anyappoi
ntmentmadei nter
msofsubsect
ions(1)and(
2)shal
lbe
enter
edi
ninkinaregi
sterkeptexpr
essl
yfort
hepurpose,whi
chshal
li
ncl
ude-

(
a) thenameoft hepersonappointed;and
(
b) part
icular
sofhisappoint
ment ;
and
(
c) theextentofhi
sresponsibi
l
iti
esundertheser
egul
ati
ons.

(4) Entr
iesi
ntheregi
sterr
eferr
edtoinsubsect
ion(3)shal
lbesi
gnedbythe
managerandtheper
sonappointed,andunsi
gnedentr
iesshall
beofnofor
ceor
eff
ect
.

Appoi
ntmentofmi
neri
nchar
ge

8. (1) Themanagerofami neoranof fi

ci
al mayappoi
ntacompet entpersontobethe
mineri
nchargeofaspecif
iedsectionorpartofami ne.
(2) anyappoi ntmentmadei ntermsofsubsecti
on(1)shallbeenter
edinink
inaregi
sterkeptexpressl
yforthepur posewhi
chshall
incl
ude-
(a) thenameoft hepersonappoi nt
ed;
(b) thesectionofpartofthemi neunderhi
scharge

(3) ent
ri
esintheregist
erref
err
edtoinsubsect
ion(2)shal
lbesignedbyt
he
personmakingtheappointmentconcer
nedandthepersonappoint
ed,and
unsignedentr
iesshal
lbeofnof or
ceoreff
ect.

Responsi bil
it
iesofthemanager
9. (1) Themanagerofami neshal l—
a) compl ywit
handenf or cether equi r
ementoft heser egulati
onsandanyl awful
ordergivenbyani nspectorinthei nter est
sofsaf ety,healthanddi scipli
neandensurethatthey
areobser v
edbyev erypersonempl oy edont hemi ne;
(b) appoi ntsuchper sonsi ntermsofsubsect i
ons7and8asmaybenecessar yto
assisthimtocompl ywi t
handenf orceobser v anceoft heseregulationsandanyl awfulordergi
ve
byani nspect
or;
(c) Takeallreasonabl emeasur etopr ovi
defort hesafetyandproper
discipli
neofper sonsempl oy edatt hemi ne;
(d) assoonasi spr acti
cabl eaf tertheoccur renceofabr eachofany
prov i
sionoftheser egul at
ions-
(i
) repor tsuchbr eacht oani nspector ;or
(i
i) takesuchot herdi scipli
narystepsast hati
nspectormayhav e
direct edorappr oved;
andi nanyev entcausepar t
icular sofsuchbr eachandofanydi sci
pli
narysteps
takent obeent eredi ni nkinar egisterkeptf orthepur pose,whichshallbeopen
forinspectionatal lreasonabl et i
mesbyt heinspect or;
 (
e) causet het imesoft hewor kingshi ft
sandofbl astingoper ationsi nev ery
sectionoft hemi net obesoar rangedt hatwor kmenshal lnotbeexposed
tofumesanddustf rom bl ast i
ng;
(
f) provide, orcauset obepr ov ided, under gr ound, suchwai ti
ngpl acesas
maybenecessar yf oruseofwor kmenpr iort oent eringt hei rwor king
places, ensur et hatsuchwai ti
ngpl acesar eatal lti
mescl ear lymar ked
and, subj ectt osubsect ion( 2),ensur et hatt hemi neri nchar georbl ast i
ng
l
icencehol derwhoi sr esponsi blef ort hesaf etyoft hosewor ki ngpl aces
i
st hef i
r stper sont oent ersuchwor kingpl acesandal lappr oaches
thereto;
(
g) Ensur et hat
(i
) ther ei sinfor ceasy stem t oenabl eadet er mi nat i
ont obemade
oft he
numberofper sonsi nt heunder gr oundwor kingatt ime;
(i
ii
) anyper sonwhoknowi ngl yfailst oconf ormt oanysy stemsi n
forcei naccor dancewi t hsubpar agr aph( i)shal lbegui ltyofan
offence;
(
h) notal l
owany—
(i
) mi nerorcompet entper sont obepl acei nchar geofa
compl ementofwor kmeni f,t
aki ngi ntoaccountt henat ureor
posi tionoft hewor kingpl aces, suchmi nerorcompet entper son
i
sunabl eef ficient l
yt osuper viset hewor kmendur inghi swor king
shifti naccor dancewi tht her equi rementoft heser egul ati
ons;
(i
i) mi nert ohav echar geofmor ewor ki ngpl aceormachi nedr i
ll
sor
per sonst hanmaybedet ermi nedorappr ov edbyt heChi ef
Gov ernmentMi ningEngi neer ,suchdet ermi nat i
onorappr ov al i
s
necessar yint hei nt erest sofsaf et yandheal th;
(
i) wher evernecessar y, prov i
deandmai nt ai ni nwor kingor der,bot h
under groundandont hesur face, adequat eandsui tabl ef i
re- fi
ght ing
equipmentasdi rectedi nwr iti
ngbyani nspect or ,whi chequi pmentshal l
beconv eni ent lylocat edandconspi cuousl ymar ked;
(
j) notper mi tanyi ncompet entori nexper iencedwor kment obeempl oy ed
ondanger ouswor korupont hepr operper for manceofwhi cht hesaf ety
ofper sonsdepend;
(
k) ont akingov erami ne, acquai nthi msel fwi thsuchnot icesasmayhav e
beeni ssuedt ohi spr edecessororpr edecessor sbyani nspect orwho
shallonr equestsuppl ycopi esofsuchnot i
ces;
(
l) provide, thatwhenanyper sonempl oy edi noraboutt hemi ner eceivesan
i
njurybyacci dentorot herwi se, t
hesameshal lber epor tedt ohi m wi thout
delay;
(
m) causeal lplant ,mat erial andot hert hingsnecessar yf orcompl iancewi t
h
theser egul at ionst obepr ov idedandmai nt ainedi ngoodor derandr epair;

(
2)Not
hingi
npar
agr
aph(
f)ofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeconst
ruedaspr
ovi
ding.

(a) thattheminerinchargeorbl
astingl
icenceholdermaynotbeaccompaniedint
oa
workingplacebysuchassi st
antsasarenecessar yt
oassisti
nmakingsuchwor ki
ngplacesaf
e;
or
(b) thatanoffi
cial
whoi sthehol
derofblastingli
cencemaynotintheexecuti
onofhisdut
ies
enterawor ki
ngplacebeforetheminerinchargeofblasti
ngli
cencehol
der.

Maki
ngofspeci
alr
ulesbymanages

10. ( 1) I
fthemanagerofaminewishesspecial
rul
esnotinconsi
stentwi
tht
hese
regul
ati
ons,
madebyhimforthemai
ntenanceoforderanddisci
pli
neandtheprev
enti
onof
acci
dentsatsuchmine,
tohav ethesamef orceandef
fectastheser
egul
ati
ons,
themanager
shal
lsendsuchrul
esthroughani nspect
ort otheChi
efGovernmentMini
ngEngi
neerwhoshal
l
submitt
hem totheMini
sterforhisapproval.

(2) I
ftheMini
sterapprovesrulessubmitt
edtohimintermsofsubsect
ion(1)
,the
managerconcernedshal
lbenoti
fi
edaccor dingl
yandtherul
esmayt henbepostedupina
conspi
cuousplaceandshal
l t
akeeffectaf
tertheybeensopostedupf orf
our
teencl
eardays.

(3) I
ftheMini
sterconsi
dersanyrulemadei
nter
msofthissecti
onunreasonabl
e,
unnecessaryorot
herwiseundesi
rabl
e,hemayinwri
ti
ngr
evokeitoratanyti
mer equi
rei
ttobe
alt
ered.

(4) Anobj ecti

ont oanyr
ulesmadei nter
msofthi
ssecti
onmaybel odgedinwrit
ingatthe
off
iceofani nspectorandshallbefor
wardedbyhi
mt otheChiefGov
ernmentMi ni
ngengineer
whoshal l
submi ti
t,wit
hhisr
emar ksther
eontot
heMinist
erwhomayei therconf
ir
m, rev
okeor
alt
ertheruleconcer ned.

(5) When,andaslongas,rul
esmadei nter
msofthissecti
onarepostedupasrequir
edby
subsecti
on92)theyshal
l,unt
ilt
heyarerev
okedandsaveinsof art
heyaresoalt
ered,havethe
samef orceandeff
ectwit
hsuchr ul
esshal
l begui
l
tyofanoffenceandl
iablet
othepenalti
es
speci
fiedinsect
ion301.

Ownert
opr
ovi
demanagerwi
thf
aci
l
iti
es

11. Theownerofami neorhisagentshallprovi

dethemanageroft
heminewit
hthe
necessar
ymansandshal
laf
for
dhim everyfacil
i
t yf
orcompl
yingwit
hther
equi
rementsoft
hese
regul
ati
ons.

Responsi
bil
i
tyf
orcont
rav
ent
ionofr
egul
ati
on

12. ( 1) Whenev eracontr

aventi
onofanypr ovisionoftheseregul
ati
onsoccursatatime,
themanagert hereoforthepersonappointedi
nt ermsofsect i
on16t oacti
ntheabsenceoft he
managerandanyper sondulyappoint
edi nter
msofsect i
ons7and8, i
nsofarasresponsi
bil
ityin
regardtotheenforcementoftheobservanceofsuchpr ovi
sionhasbeenassignedtohim shallbe
deemedt ober esponsibl
eforsuchcontraventi
onunl esshepr ovestothesati
sfact
ionofthecourt
thatall
reasonablemeansofenf orci
ngsuchpr ovisi
onandpr eventi
ngsuchcontravent
ionwere
taken.

(2) Anyper
sont hr
oughwhoseneglectorwrongf
ulactacont
rav
enti
onof
anyprovisi
onoftheseregul
ati
onsoccur
sshallbedeemedtobeguil
tyofsuch
contr
aventi
on.

(3) Theprov
isi
onsofthissecti
onshallbewithoutpr
ejudi
cetoany
responsi
bil
i
tyorali
abil
it
yont hepartofanyotherpersoninregar
dtothe
provi
sionofcont
ravent
ionconcerned.

Deput
ingofwor
kandsuper
visi
on

13. Noper
sonshal
l
,wi
thoutt
hesanct
ionofhi
sof
fi
ci
alsuper
ior-

(
a) deputeanyotherper
sontodohiswork;
or
(
b) ceasetosupervi
seper
sonsunderhi
scharge

Post
inguandsuppl
yofcopi
esofr
egul
ati
ons
14. Fort hepur
poseofmaki
ngknownt
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
heser
egul
ati
onst
oal
lper
sons
empl
oyedi
nandaboutthemi
ne-

a) abstract
softheport
ionsoftheseregul
ati
onsdi r
ect
lyconcer
ningsuch
persons,andanyamendment sther
eofshallbepostedupIsuitabl
e
pl
acesatt heminewheretheycanbeconv enient
lyr
ead;

b) acorr
ectcopyoftheseregulat
ionsandanyamendment st her
eofofthe
abstr
actsref
erredtoi
npar agr
aph(a)shallbesuppliedatcostpricetoever
y
employeewhoi ntheopini
onofthemanageri srequiredbyvir
tueofhis
appoint
menttohav especi
ficknowl
edgeoft hem unlessheisalreadyin
possessi
onoft hesameori sunabletoreadthem; and

c) t
heabst
ract
sref
erredtoi
nparagr
aph(
a)shal
l hav
et heappr
ov alofan
i
nspectorandhemayorderthemanagert
ovar
ythem shouldheconsiderthi
s
necessar
y.

Regul
ati
onst
obeexpl
ainedt
oil
l
iter
ateempl
oyees

15. Wher eanyemployeeisunabletoreadtheseregul

ati
onsort
heabstr
actr
eferr
edt oi
n
secti
on14,t
hemanagershallensur
ethatsuchempl oyeei
smadeacquaint
edwit
ht heregul
ati
ons
concerni
nghi
m orapper
tai
ningtohispart
icul
aroccupati
onandduti
es.

Appoi
ntmentofact
ingmanagerdur
ingmanager
sabsence

16. Whenev eramanageri sabsentfr

om ami neforaperi
odexceedingtwent
y-fourhour
s,he
shallappoi
ntinwr it
inginthemannerprescr
ibedi
nsect i
onasuitabl
epersontoactasmanager
duringhisabsence, andduri
nghisabsencethepersontoactasmanagerdur i
nghisabsencethe
personsoappoi ntedshallbeli
abl
eforthedueobservanceoftheseregul
ati
onsinthesame
mannersi fhewer et hemanager.

Obedi
encet
oor
der
s

17. Noper sonshal

lfai
ltoobeyanyorderornot
icegiventohi
minaccordancewithorf
ort
he
properobser
vanceoftherequi
rementsoftheser
egulat
ionsoranyor
derwhatsoevergiv
eni
nthe
i
nterest
sofsafety,
healt
hordisci
pli
nebyanypersonauthori
zedtogi
vesuchorder.

PARTI
I

SURFACEPROTECTI
ON

Pr
otect
ionofcr
acksorsubsi
dences

18 (1) Whenl ar
gecracksorsubsi
denceshavetakenpl
aceorareli
kel
ytot
akepl
aceby
vi
rt
ueofmi ni
ngoperati
ons,t
heholderfort
hetimebeingofthemini
nglocat
iononwhi
chmini
ng
oper
ati
onshav ecausedorar
el i
kel
ytocausesuchcracksorsubsi
dencesshal
l—

(a) securelyfenceinorencl osetheplaceswheresuchcr

acksor
subsidencesar eorarelikel
yt ooccur
(b) keept hesamesecur elyfencedi
norenclosed;
(c) prominentlydisplaywar ni
ngnoti
cesatallti
mesinsui
tabl
eposi
ti
ons
alongsuchf encesorencl osures
 (
2) Theholderofanymi ni
ngl ocati
onshallsecur
elyfenceinorencloseandshallkeep
sofencedorenclosedthemont hsofal
l shaftsorwinzesonhislocationandfallot
heropen
sur
facewor ki
ngsandofallotherexcavati
onswhi chmaybedanger oustothesafet
yofpersons
orani
mal s.
(
3) Fencingorenclosur
esfort hepurposesofthi
ssect i
onshallbetoastandard
det
erminedbyani nspect
or.

Pr
otect
ionofwor
kings

19. ( 1) Wheremi ningoperati

onshavealreadytakenplaceandwher e,i
nt heopi ni
onof
aninspector
,itisnecessarytopr ot
ectthesur
faceofami neorofanygroundadj oiningsuch
mineoranyst ruct
ureofobj ectonornearsuchsur face,
safetypi
ll
arsorotheradequat emeansof
supportorprotect
ionshallbepr ovi
dedofsuchext entandinsuchposit
ionsast hei nspect
or,wi
th
theapprovaloftheChiefGov ernmentMi ni
ngEngineer,may,bynoti
ceinwr i
ti
ngt ot heownerof
themine,dir
ect.

(2) Nosuchsafet
ypil
lar
sorothersupport
soranyport
iont her
eofshal
lbe
remov edexceptwi
tht
hepermissi
oninwrit
ingoft
heChiefGov ernmentMini
ng
Engineerandthenonl
ytosuchext
entandundersuchconditi
onsashemayf i
x.

Goaldebr
is,
wast
epr
oduct
s,sandandsl
i
mes

20. ( 1) Nper sonshalldeposi

tcoal
debris,
sandorsl
imesatanyplacewher
ecracksor
subsi
dencesexi
stont hesur
faceoratanyplaceswherecr
acksorsubsi
dencesarel
ikel
ytooccur
asaresultofmi
ningoperati
ons.

(2) Nopersonshalldestr
oyheapsofcoaldebri
sorotherwastepr
oduct
sby
sett
ingthem onfi
reorfailt
otakereasonabl
eprecaut
ionstoprev
entcoal
debri
s
orotherwasteproduct
s,whichhavecaughtfi
refrom bei
ngblownsoasto
endangerpersonsorpropert
y.

Cy
ani
deandot
herchemi
cal
s

21. ( 1) Atever
ymi newher
ecyani
deisusedthereshal
lbekeptinaconspi
cuousand
conv
eni
entpl
aceasuff
ici
entsuppl
yofant
idot
eapprovedbyaninspect
orofcyani
depoisoni
ng.
.

(2) Ant
idot
eforcyani
depoisoni
ngshal
lbekepti
naboxlabel
ed“
Cyani
de
Anti
dot
e”andexpl
ici
tdir
ecti
onsfort
heuseofsuchanti
dot
eshall
beaf
fi
xed
i
nsidet
heli
dofthebox.

(3) Ev eryvesselusedinaconfi
despacef orthetr
eat
mentwi t
hacidofzinc
sli
mesfrom thecyani
deprocessshall
bef it
tedwi thmechani
cal
agi t
ator
sand
hoodsorotherappli
ancesofsuchanat urethatthefumesgeneratedinsuch
vessel
will
becar r
iedsafel
ytoext
er3nal ai
r.

(4) Ateveryminewherecyani
desolut
ionar
eincir
cui
t,al
lcocks,
tapsand
pipeout
let
sfrom whi
chcyani
desolut
ionsaredel
iv
eredshall
bepaint
edred.

(5) Nopipewhi
chcar
ri
eswatershal
lbeconnectedwit
hapipewhichcar
ri
es
cyani
desol
uti
onsi
nsuchawaythatthecyani
desoluti
onsmayentert
hewater
cir
cui
t.
 (6) Ateveryminewher ecyani
deoranyotherdanger
ousorpoi
sonous
chemi
calsareusedt heshal
ltheyshal
lbest
oredinsafeandpr
opermannerso
astobeinaccessi
bletounauthori
zedper
sons.

Fenci
ngi
nofwat
ercont
aini
ngcy
ani
deorot
herchemi
cal
s

22. ( 1) Everymanagershallsecur
elyfenceinorencloseandkeepsof encedi nor
encl
osedanywat ercontai
ningcyani
deofcalcium,potassi
um orsodium orotherpoisonousor
i
njuri
oussolut
ionsofchemi cal
susedinthetreatmentofmineral
s,tai
li
ngsorconcent r
atesin
connect
ionwithhislocat
ion,andshal
lputupi nsui
tabl
eplacesnoticeboardswarningpersons
agai
nstusingsuchwat er.

(2) Innocaseshal l
amanagerper mitwaterr
efer
redtoinsubsecti
on(1)toescape
beyondt
helimi
tsfencedinorenclosedinaccordancewit
htheprovi
sionsofthatsubsect
ion
wit
houthavi
ngprevi
ouslyrender
editinnocuous.

(3) Anyacci
denti
nvol
vi
ngpersonsorli
vest
ockasaresultofi
nadequat
efenci
ngor
f
ail
ureoftai
li
ngsdamsrdumpsshall
beimmediatel
yrepor
tedt
oani nspect
or.

(3) Fenci
ngorencl
osuresforthepurposeofthi
ssecti
onshal
lbetothe
samest
andar
dasisprescr
ibedforthepurposeofsect
ion3999oftheAct.

Mi
ningandt
reat
ingofar
seni
calor
es

23. Ev
erymanagerwhoi
smi
ningort
reat
ingar
seni
cal
oresshal
l-

(
a) ensurethat-
(i
) allarsenicalor
esr oastedbyhi m areroastedinaproperly
designedandconst ructedr oast
ingplant;
and
(i
i) thear seniousoxideemanat ingfr
om roastingref
err
edt oi
n
subpar agraph(i)i
scol l
ect edinadequatefluesorbyanother
suitablemeans; and
(b) takeadequat emeasur est oprev entanyarsenicalcompoundexposedin
order
ivedf r
om hi smi ni
ngoper ati
onsf rom becomi ngadangert opersonsor
ani
mals.

Poi
sonoussubst
ancest
obeconf
inedt
olocat
ion

24. I nadditi
ontocompl y i
ngwiththepr ov
isi
onsofsecti
ons21and22,ever
ymanagershal
l
takeal
lreasonableprecaut
ionsandshal lcomplywithsuchdir
ect
ionsasmaybegivenbyan
i
nspectorforsuchpurposest oensurethatnopoisonousorinj
uri
oussubst
anceisal
lowedt
o
escapebeyondt heboundariesofhismininglocati
on.

Const
ruct
ionofdamsanddumps

25. ( 1) Everydam anddumpwhi chhasbeenappr ov

edintermsofsect
ion225oft heAct
andistobebuiltf
orthepurposeofimpoundingtai
l
ings,sl
imes,sandsorwat
ershallbe
constr
uctedunderthesupervi
si
onofacompet entpersoninsuchamannerasnottoendanger
l
ifeorli
mbort ocausedamaget oproper
tyandshallbeprovi
dedwi t
hanadequatepenstock,
spil
l
wayorsomeot hersui
tabl
einst
all
ati
on.

(2) Ever
ydam ordumpconstr
uct
edi
ntermsofsubsect
ion(1)shal
lbemaint
ained
undert
hesuper
visi
onofacompetentper
son,
whoshall
ati
nter
valsnotexceedi
ngthr
eedays,
carryouti
nspect
ionsofsuchdam ordump,
andshal
lsat
isf
yhi
msel
fthatt
her
ear
enosi
gnsof
breachi
ngorcoll
apsethereof
.

(
3) I
f,dur
ingthecour
seofani nspecti
oncarr
iedoutbyacompetentper
soninter
ms
ofsubsect
ion(2)
,ther
eareobservedanypossibl
ebreachi
ngorcoll
apseofanydam ordump,t
he
competentper
sonshalli
mmedi at
ely.

(
a) reporthisobservat
iontothemanager,and
(
b) takeappr opr
iat
eact i
ontoprev
ent
,ortominimi
zet
heef
fectof
,such
breachingorcoll
apse

(4) Detail
sofal linspecti
onscarr
iedoutinter
msofsubsect i
on(2) ,
andal l
reportsmadeandact iontakeni nt
ermsofparagraphs(a)and(b)ofsubsect i
on
(3)respecti
vely
, shall
ber ecordedini
nkinabookt obepr ovi
dedforthepurpose,
andent r
ies—insuchbookshal lbecount
er-si
gnedininkbyanof fi
cialofthe
mineati nt
ervalsnoexceedi ngsevendays,andshallatal
l t
imesbeav ai
lablefor
i
nspect i
onbyani nspector

Desi
gn,
const
ruct
ionandmai
ntenanceofdams,
dumpsandwat
erchannel
s

26. ( 1) Al
lwaterchannel
s,pipel
i
nes,spi
ll
ways,
penst
ocks,
dams,tai
l
ingdams,
dumps,slui
cesandhydraul
icappl
iancesatoranci
ll
aryt
oanymineshal
lbeproper
ly
desi
gnedandconstruct
edandadequat el
ymaintai
ned.

(
2) I
f,i
ntheopi
nionofaninspect
or,
anywor
ksrefer
redt
oinsubsecti
on(1)
areunsati
sfactor
y,suchmai
ntenance,
additi
onsormodi
fi
cat
ionsasarenecessar
yto
rect
if
ythesituati
onshall
bemade.

Pr
ecaut
ionsagai
nstf
loodi
ng

27. Atev erymineandatever

ywor ksancill
arytotheminestor
m-watertr
enchesand
embarkmentsshall
,wher
enecessar
y,beest abl
ishedandkeptingoodorderfort
he
prot
ecti
onfr
om floodi
ngofal
lmachineryandal lar
ti
fi
cial
const
ructi
onsonthemi nesuch
asdamsortail
ingdamsandallundergroundwor ki
ngswherepersonsar
eempl oyed.

PARTI
II

PROTECTI
ONI
NWORKI
NGPLACES

Abandonedwor
kingst
obeexami
nedbef
oreent
ry

28. Wher ei
tisnecessar yt
oenterabandoned, di
susedordisconnect
edwor kings,noperson
shallenterorbecausedorper mitt
edtoent ersuchwor ki
ngsoranypartt
hereofunt i
lan
exami nati
onhasbeencarriedoutbyacompet entpersonandithasbeenfoundt hatthesafetyof
personswi l
lnotbeendanger edbythepresencet her
einofnoxi
ousorinfl
ammabl egasesoran
atmospher edefi
cienti
noxy gen,adangerousaccumul ati
onofwateroranyotherdangerous
conditions.

Al
lcur
rentwor
kingst
obemadeandkeptsaf
e

29. Al lshafts,dr
ives,r
aises,wi
nzes,ramps, stopsandotherworki
ngsofanykindwhichare
i
nusef ort
ravel orworkinconnectionwit
ht hewor kingsofamineshallbemadeandkeptsafe
forpersonsint hemineand, exceptfort
hepur poseofexami ni
ngorrepair
ingormakingsaf
e,no
personshalltravelorworkorbecausedorper mi t
tedt ot
rav
elorworkinanypartofsuch
workingsuntilitismadesaf e.
 Pr
otect
ionofent
rancest
owor
kings

30. ( 1) Ev
eryentr
ancetoabandoned,disusedordiscount
edworki
ngswhi
ch
cont
ainorarel
i
kel
ytocontainnoxi
ousofinf
lammabl egasesoranatmospher
edefi
cient
i
noxygenoradangerousaccumulat
ionofwatershall—

(
a) bekeptsecurelyf
encedacr ossi
tswholewidtht
opreventuni
ntent
ional
accessof
personstosuchworkingsandmar kedwit
h“NoEntry
”signs;
or
(
b) i
fani nspect
orsodir
ects,besealedbyawal l
ordoorofadesignand
construct
ionappr
ovedbyt heinspector
.

(
2) Everyentr
ancetoev eryvert
icalorsteepl
y—i ncl
inedshaf
t,winze,
sump,
rockpassorotherdangerousexcav ati
onsshallbekeptadequatel
ycl
osedbya
fence,bar
ri
er,
doororgat eorshal lbekeptadequatel
ycoveredsoastoprevent
personshavi
nguni ntent
ionalaccesstooraccidental
l
ysli
ppingorfal
l
ingint
o
suchexcavati
on.

(
3) Noperson,ot
herthanthemanagerorapersonauthori
zedbyhim,shal
lcrossor
openanyfence,
barri
er,gat
e,wal
l
,doororcoverpr
ov i
dedforpr
otect
ionin
worki
ngs-

(a)unlesshei sami neri nchargeorot hercompet entpersonincharge;

or
(b)unt il
hehasr eceiveddef i
nit
ei nst
ructi
onsorper missi
ont odoso
fr
om t hemi nerinchar georot hercompet entper sonincharge,or
(c)unt il
hehasr eceiveddef i
nit
ei nst
ructi
onsorper missi
ont odoso
fr
om t hemi nerinchar georot hercompet entper sonincharge.
(4) Theminerorot hercompet entper soninchar geshall notcrossoropenorcause
orpermitanypersontocr ossoropenanyf ence,bar r
ier
,gate, wall
,doororcov erprov
ided
forprot
ecti
oninwor ki
ngsex ceptforthepur poseofconduct ingr epairsorother
necessaryoper
ationsandt henonlyifeffecti
vepr ecauti
onsf orthesaf et
yofper sonsare
taken.

Saf
etyi
nwor
kingpl
aces

31. Atanymi
ne-

(a) Noperson, otherthananof fi

ci
alorpersonofhi gherrank,whoshallbetheholder
ofablasti
ngli
cenceshal l
,eitheratt
hebeginningofashi ftoraft
erblast
ing,
entera
worki
ngplaceunt i
l hehasr eceiveddefi
nit
einstruct
ionsorper missi
ontodosof rom t
he
minerorblast
inglicencehol derinchargewhof ortheti
mebei ngi sr
esponsi
bleforthe
safet
yofsuchpl ace;

(b) Themi nerofblast

inglicenceholderincharge,whoseresponsibi
l
ityi
tist
o
examineorr epai
rormakesaf eanywor ki
ngpl aceatthecommencementofhi sshift
,
shallt
akeallreasonableprecautionst
oensur ethatanypersonassist
inghimis
safeguardedagainstfal
lsofgroundandot herdangerswhil
ecarryi
ngoutsuchwor k;

(c Ifatanyt
ime,wor ki
ngplaceorpartthereofbecomesorisfoundtobeunsafe
duri
ngasift
,theminerorblasti
ngli
cenceholderinchargeshal
ltakeall
reasonabl
e
measuresformaki
ngi tsafeandforsafeguardi
ngev er
ypersoni
nt heworki
ngplace
agai
nstsuchdangerasmayhav eari
sen;
 (d) inmakingsaf
eaworkingplacetheminerorblasti
nglicenceholderi
nchar ge
shallremoveorcausetober
emov edalldanger
ous,looseorloosenedrockorgr ound,i
n
whichwor khemaybeassist
edbyper sonsworkingunderhispersonalsupervi
sionand
controland,
wheredeemedbyh-im necessar
yforthesafetyofsuchperson,inhisactual
presence.

Pr
ecaut
ionsdur
ingsi
nki
ngoper
ati
ons;
sket
chofposi
ti
onsofhol
esdr
il
led

32. (
1) When,
atami
ne,
ashaf
torst
eepl
yincl
i
nedwi
nzei
sbei
ng

(
a) themi nerofblasti
ngli
cenceholderinchar
geshall
,ati
nk,
asignedanddat ed
sketchoft heroundtobebl ast
ed;
(
b) anof f
icial
towhom asket chhasbeensubmi ttedi
nter
msofparagraph(a)shal
l
,
atthecommencementoft hecleani
ngshif
t,passt
hesket
ch3tothepersonin
chargeofcl eani
ngoperati
ons,whoshall-

(
i) endor seanddat ethesket chininkasev i
denceofitsreceipt;
(
ii
) mar kther
eonini nkthepositionsofanymi sf
ir
edholesl ocatedduri
ng
cleaningoperations;and
(
ii
i) bef orethecommencementoft hefoll
owingshif
t,r
eturnt hesket
chtothe
mi nerorblast
ingl i
cencehol derinchargeofdri
ll
ingoper ati
onswhoshall
endor seanddat eitininkasev idenceofitsr
eceipt
.
(
2) Thesket
chrefer
redt oinparagraphs( a)and( b)havebeenofsubsection( 1)shal
lbe
r
etai
nedatthemineforperiodofnotlesst hansev enday s;

Provi
dedthatwheresinki
ngoperat
ionshav
ebeensuspendedtemporari
l
y,t
he
sketchshall
ber et
ainedforsuchl
ongerper
iodaswill
sat
isf
yt herequi
rementsof
paragraphs(a)and(b)ofsubsect
ion(
1).

Pr
otect
ionagai
nstf
all
i
ngobj
ect
s

33. ( 1) Nolooseti
mber,rock,
tool
sorot
herar
ti
cl
esshal
lbeplaceoral
l
owedtoremai
n
wheret
heycanacci
dent
all
yfal
lorbecausedt
ofal
lorr
ollt
her
ebyendanger
ingt
hesaf
etyof
per
sons.

(2) Ev
eryopeni
ngfrom aver
ti
cal ofst
eepl
y-
incl
i
nedexcav
ati
onshal
lbekept
barr
icadedsot
hatpersonstr
aveli
ngorworkingbel
owornearsuchopeni
ngareef
fect
ivel
y
prot
ectedagai
nstdangerf
rom fai
li
ngobj
ects.

Suppor
tofr
oof
,hangi
ngorsi
dewal
l
s

34. ( 1) I
ntheworki
ngofanymi neorpartofami newhere,i
ntheopini
onofaninspect
or,
theroof,hangi
ngorsidewall
sareofanaturerequir
ingsyst
ematicsupport
,hemaygivenoti
ceto
thateff
ecttothemanagerwho, i
nconsult
ati
onwi t
ht hei
nspect
or,shal
lspeci
fyt
hesupporttobe
provi
dedandt hesyst
em accordi
ngtowhichitshallbepl
aced.

(2) Themanagershallensur
et hatal
lper
sonsconcer
nedaremadeawar eofsuch
andthatnoti
cessett
ingouti
tsspecifi
cat
ionsarepostedupatsui
tabl
eplaceswher
etheycan
conv
enientl
ybereadbysuchpersons.

(
3) Anyper
sonwhof
ail
stocompl
ywi
thspeci
fi
cat
ionsofsuchsy
stem shal
lbegui
l
ty
ofanof
fence.
 (
4) if
,intheopi
nionofaninspector,
themethodofsupport
ingt
heroof,
hangingand
sidewall
sint
hewor ki
ngsofanymineorpar tofamineisunsafe,
eit
herbyr
easonofthe
dist
ancesbet
weensupportsbeingexcessi
veorforanyotherr
eason,hemay,bynot
ice,
inwrit
ing,
requi
rethemanagertomodif
ythemet hod.

(
5) Wheret
herooforhangi
ngwall
necessi
tat
esitpropsshal
lbepr
ovi
dedwit
ht he
headboardsorot
hersui
tabl
emeansshallbepr
ovi
dedtopresentanadequat
ebear
ingsur
face.

Pr
otect
ionofmai
nor
eandwast
epasses

35. Ev erymai
nor
epassowast
epass,
pastwhi
chanyper
sonmaywal
k,shal
lbepr
ovi
ded
wit
hei
ther
-

a) anadequatecov erwhi
chshallbeclosedatal
lti
mes,ot
herthandur
ingt
ippi
ng,
bl
ast
ingorrepai
roperati
ons;or
b) awalk-awayont heopposit
esidetothepassandadequat
egatesorbar
rier
s
whi
ch,witsuchwal
k-way,shall
enclosetheareaar
oundt hepass:

Provi
dedthatsuchgatesmaybeopenedduri
ngti
ppi
ngoper
ati
onsand,whenso
opened,
suchgat esshal
lnotper
mitr
oom f
oranyper
sontoacci
dent
all
yentert
he
ti
ppi
ngarea.

Pr
ovi
si
onsf
orpl
atf
orms

36. Everybearer
,deckingandanchor ageinanyshaft
,rai
se,
winzeotheropeni
nginorover
whi
chapl
atf
ormisinstall
edshallbe-
a) ofmateri
alsuff
icient
lystr
ongandf r
eefr
om pat
entdefectt
ocarryt
he
l
oadforwhi chtheplat
formi sint
ended;

b) adequat elysecuredand,wherebyv i
rt
ueofthenatur
eofthemini
ng
operat
ionsthedecki ngisrequi
redtobefrequent
lyr
emov ed,
thedecki
ngshal
lbe
sosecurelyinstalledastoensur et
hesafetyofanypersonworki
ngonorpassi
ng
oversuchplatfor m;

Providedt
hatwheretheremovalofanypar
tther
eofisnecessar
yfort
hepur
pose
ofuseorrepai
r,adequatepr
ecauti
onsshal
lbetakentoensuret
hesafet
yof
personsworki
ngthreat.

Li
fel
i
nesandl i
fej
ackets
37. ( 1) Subjectt
osubsecti
ons(3)and(4),ev
er yperson,whi
leworkingonaminein
pl
aceswhil
ethereisadangerofi
njuryt
hroughfal
li
ng,shallwearasaf et
ychainorl
i
kedevice
att
achedbyali
fel
inetoasecureanchor
agesoast opr ovi
deadequat eprot
ecti
onfr
om such
danger.

(2) Anysafet
ychai
norl
ikedeviceandl
i
feli
ner
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
1)
shal
lbemaint
ainedi
ngoodorderandcondi
ti
on.

(3) Ani
nspect
ormayprohibi
ttheuseofanysafet
ychai
norli
kedeviceor
l
ifel
i
neoranytypeofsaf
etychainorl
ikedev
iceorli
fel
i
neif
,inhi
sopi
nion,itdoes
notaff
ordadequat
eprot
ecti
on.

(4) Theuseoflif
eli
neasrequir
edbysubsecti
on(1)shal
lnotbecompulsor
y
i
nthecaseofper sonswhoareengagedininst
all
ingorrepai
ri
ngequipmenti
na
ver
ticalshaf
torwinzeoranyotherwor
kifthemanageroranof f
ici
alhasgi
ven
permissiont
odispensewit
hsuchuseaf t
erhavingsati
sfi
edhimselft
hat-
 ( a) Theuseofl i
fel
i
nesbyt heper sonsconcer nedwoul dbe
i
mpr acticableandwouldi mpedesuchper sonsinthesaf eperformanceofsuch
work;and
( b) suchpersonshavehadt het rai
ningandexper iencenecessary
securedbyal if
eli
neisundertheimmedi atesuper vi
sionofacompet entper
son.
( c) anysuchpersonwhenengagedi nsuchwor kandnotsecuredby
ali
feli
nei sunderthei
mmedi atesuperv
isionofacompet entperson.
(5) Noper sonshal
lenterorbecausedorper mit
t edtoenteranaccumulation
ofwat erint heworki
ngsofami ne,ot
hert hananaccumul ati
onknownt obe
i
nsignifi
cant ,unl
essheissecuredbyal if
el i
neorwear sali
fe-j
acket.

Sl
i
pingofshaf
t,r
aisesandwi
nzes

38. Atanymi newher

eanyshaft,
raiseorwinzei
sdir
ectl
yconnect
edtoany
othermineworkingandwheresuchshaf t
,rai
seorwi
nzeisbei
ngenlar
gedby
sl
ipping,
thef
ollowingcondi
ti
onsshallapply-

a) wherenoboxisinstalled,thereshal
lbepr ovi
dedatthelowest
l
ashingpointofsuchshaftraiseorwi nzeexcavationofsui
tabl
esize
capabl
eofaccommodat i
ngt hegr eatestamountofr ockbr
okeninany
oneblastduri
ngsli
ppi
ngoper ati
onssoast opr
ev entanypossibi
li
tyof
cl
osureofthebottom ofsuchshaf t,rai
seorwinze;

b) nosli
ppinghol
eshallbebl
astedunt
ili
thasbeenestabl
ished
beyonddoubtt
hattherequi
rementofpar
agraph(a)hasbeencompli
ed
wit
h;

c) nosli
ppingholeshall
beblast
edunti
lithasbeenestabl
i
shed
beyonddoubtthattheunsl
ipedporti
onofsuchshaft
,rai
seorwinzeisfr
eefr
om
anyobstr
ucti
onlikel
ytocauseahang- uporbui
ld-
upofbrokenrock;

d) i
nt heev entofanyknownorsuspect edhand-uponbui l
d-upor
frock,workatt helowestl ashingpoi
ntofsuchshaf t
,rai
seorwi nzeshallcease
forthwit
handev eryper sonatsuchpoi ntshallbewi
thdrawntoapl aceofsaf ety
andnoper sonshall r
e-enterthedangerareaf oranypurposewhat soeveruntil
it
hasbeenest abli
shedbey onddoubtthatthereisnoprogressi
vebuild-
upofwat er
abov etheblockage;

e) intheeventofanybui
l
d-upofwat
erabovetheblockage,
i
mmedi
atest
epsshall
betakentoremovesuchwaterf
rom abov
e;

f) afterr
emov alofsuchwaterfr
om abovetheblockage,a
compet entpersonorpersonsorpersonsmayenterthelowestl ashi
ng
pointforthesolepurposeofrel
easi
ngsuchhang- uporbuil
d-up, andal
l
reasonableprecaut
ionsshallbet
akent oensur
ehisortheirsafety;

g) i
nt heev
entofanysuchknownorsuspectedhang- uporbuil
d-up
ofrock,workatthesl
ipi
ngfacewi
thi
nsuchshaft,
r aiseorwinzeshall
caseforthwit
hunti
lsuchti
measthehang-
uporbui ld-uphasbeen
rel
eased;

h) thereshall
beprovi
dedasui
tabl
emeansofcommuni cat
ion
wher
ebythepersoninchar
geatt
hetopofsuchshaf
t,r
aiseorwinzecan
 communicat
edirectl
ywi t
hthepersoni
nchar
geatt
hel
owestl
ashi
ng
poi
ntofsuchshaft,
raiseorwinze;

i
) nooper
ati
onshallt
akeplaceatt
helowestl
ashingpoi
ntofsuch
shaft
,rai
seorwinzeunti
lal
llashi
nghasbeencomplet
edatthesli
ping
faceofsuchshaft
,rai
seorwinze;

j) precautionsshal
lbetakent
oprev
enttheinf
lowofwaterother
t
handri
l
li
ngwaterint
osuchshaf t,
rai
seorwinzef
rom anysour
cearoundthe
mout
hofsuchshaft,r
aiseorwinze;

k) precaut
ionsshal
lbetakentoensur
ethatt
heinfl
owofany
fi
ssurewi
thi
nthesli
ppedorunsli
ppedporti
onofsuchshaf
t,r
aiseorwi
nze,
causesnodangertoanyperson.

Compl
aint
sandr
epor
tsr
e-saf
etyi
nmi
nes

39. ( 1) Ifanypersoncompl ainsthathi

swor kingplaceisdanger ous,
themineror
competentpersoninchargeshallnotcausehi m oranyot herpersont oremai
norworkinthe
pl
acecompl ai
nedofunt i
lhehasmadesuchsaf eorhashadi texami nedbyanoff
ici
alandhas
obt
ainedtheconcurrenceofthatoffici
alastothesaf etyofsuchpl ace.

(
2) Ifanypersonhasreasontobel
ievethatanypartoft
hemineinwhichheis
workingorthroughwhi chhehastot r
avelt
ogettohiswor kisi
nadanger
ousconditi
on,heshal
l
atonceinformt hemi nerorcompetentper
soninchargewhoshal li
mmediat
elyt
akeany
necessar
yst epst oremovethedangerissuchdangerexist
s.

Saf
etyCompl
aint
sBook

40. ( 1) Abookorbooksshal
lbekeptatorneareachshaf
t,orinsomeother
appropri
atepl
ace,i
nwhi
chanyper
sonshal
lrecor
dininkanycompliantwi
thregar
dtothesafe
workingofthemine.

(2) Ev
erySafetyComplai
ntsBookshal
lbei
nspect
edandini
ti
aledi
ninkdai
l
ybyt
heof
fi
cial
in
chargeandatleastonceamont hbyt
hemanagerandshal
lbeavai
labl
eatanyt
imef
or
i
nspecti
onbyani nspect
or.

41. ( 1) I
neveryworkinginami neapproachi
ngapl acel
ikel
ytocontai
na
danger
ousaccumulat
ionofmud, waterorgas,borehol
esshallbekeptinadvanceofthef
aceand
atsuchanangl
ef r
om theworki
ngsasi snecessarytoensuresafet
y.

(
2) Wher
eunder
groundwor
kingsar
eappr
oachi
ngeachot
herand-

(a) thedi
stanceaparthasdecr
easedt
otenmetr
es,workononefaceshal
lcease
dur
ingtheblasti
ngoperati
onsont heot
herandwher
ethedi
stanceapar
thasdecr
easedtofiv
e
metres,
all
wor kononef aceshal
lcease:

Provi
dedthattheprovi
sionsofthispar
agr
aphshallnotapplyt
obordandpill
arwor
kingswhere
regul
arr
ectangularpi
l
larsareformedofasizenotgreat
erthantwent
y-f
ivemetr
esi
nanydirect
ion.

(
b)whereoneworkingiswithi
nfivemetresoft heot
herworki
ng,theholi
ngpoi
ntand,
whereappli
cabl
e,worki
ngsadjacenttotheholi
ngpoi ntsuf
fi
cientt
oensuresafet
yshal
lbe
examinedandmadesaf ebytheholderofavali
dbl asti
ngli
cence,whoshallr
ecordt
heresul
tof
theexaminat
ioni
ni nki
nabookkeptpl acedeterminedbythemanagerconcerned.
(
3) Ent
ri
esi
nthebookr
efer
redt
oinpar
agr
aph(
b)ofsubsect
ion(
2)shal
lbe-

(
a) counter
signedininkbyev er
yoffi
cial
whoisdirectl
yresponsi
blef
ort
hewor
king
sect
ioni
nwhi
chtheexami nat
ionconcernedwascar r
iedout
;and
(
b) avai
labl
eatall t
imesforinspect
ionbyaninspector
.

(4) Whereamanagersuspectsthedangerousapproachofworki
ngsina
adj
oiningmine,heshal
l,i
nwri
ti
ng,noti
fyaninspect
or,whoshallhavethepower
toordercessat
ionofsuchworkunti
lasurveyhasbeencar r
iedout
.

Pr
otect
ionf
rom I
nundat
ion

42. ( 1) Notwit
hst
andingsect
ion38,themanagershalltakeall
reasonable
precauti
onstoensuret
hatever
ypersonemployedintheworkingsofami neissafeguar
ded
againsti
nundat
ionbywaterormudoraf l
owofr ock,
sand,sl
itorothersi
milarmateri
al.

(2) Everydrai
nshallbesoconst
ruct
ed,posi
ti
onedandmai
ntai
nedast
o
preventwaterinadver
tent
lyent
eri
ngarock-
pass.

(3) Everydrai
nandev er
yborehol
eprovidedfort
hepur
poseofdr
ainageshal
l
,
asfaraspract
icabl
e,bekeptfr
eefrom bl
ockages.

(4) Nopersonshal
lent
erorcauseorpermi
tanypersont
oent
erar
ockpass
atthedi
schar
geendwhilei
tcont
ainswater
,mudorrock.

(5) Anyrockpasswhichhasbecomebl
ockshal
lbecl
earedonl
yin
accor
dancewithaprocedurel
aiddownbyt
hemanageroranoff
ici
al

43. I
nev
erymi
ne,
bot
honsur
faceandunder
ground,
inwhi
chabel
tconv
eyori
sused-

a) themanagershal
ldrawupandenforceacodeofsaf
etypr
act
icef
ort
he
oper
ati
on,mai
ntenanceandpatr
oll
i
ngoftheconveyorsy
stem;and

(
b) sui
tabl
eandadequat
emeansforext
ingui
shi
ngf
ir
esshal
lbeav
ail
abl
efor
i
mmedi
ateusealongev
erybel
tconv
eyor
;and

(c) everybeltconv
eyorshal
lbeequippedwithef
f ecti
vemeansfor
i
mmediatelystoppingt
heconveyororforsi
gnal
ingtot heatt
endantatt
hedr
ivi
ng
headf
rom readil
yaccessi
blepoi
ntsalongtheconveyor;and

(
d) wheretwoormor
ebel
tconv
eyorsareusedi
nser
ies,
sequence
i
nter
lockingshall
bepr
ovi
dedwhi
chwil
lautomati
cal
l
y-

i
) st
opal
lot
herconv
eyor
sfeedi
ngaconv
eyort
hathasst
opped;
and
i
i
) preventaconveyorst
art
ingunt
ilt
heconveyorontowhi
chi
t
feedsismoving;and
(
e) i
fthemi
neisacoal mine,t
hefol
lowi
ngaddit
ionalr
equir
ement
sshal
l
appl
y-

i
) everyconveyorbel
twhichisinstal
l
edorusedi ntheunderground
worki
ngsshallbeofincombustibl
eorfir
e-r
esist
antmat er
ial
;and
i
i) al
lreasonablemeasuresshallbetakentopreventcoalorcoalor
coaldustaccumulati
ngonorar oundthemov i
ngpart
sofany
beltwherefr
icti
onisli
kelytocauseheating;and
 i
i
i) everybel
tconvey
orshallbeequi
ppedwit
hadevi
cewhichwill
stopthedri
veautomat
icall
yshoul
dthebel
tbr
eak,
jam orsl
i
p
excessi
vel
y.

44. Inanyundergroundworki
ngs,
wasteti
mberorot
hercombusti
blematt
ershal
lnot
bepil
edupandper mi
tt
edtodecaybutshal
lber
emovedtothesurf
aceassoon
aspract
icable.

Pent
housesi
nshaf
ts

45. Whenanyshaf tisbeingsunkbelowanylev

el whi
chi sbeingwor kedisconnected
tosuchshaft,
itshal
lbeprotect
edbelowsuchlevelbyasecur elyconstr
uctedpenthouse
and,whereaninspect
orconsider
sitnecessar
y,hemaydi r
ectt hatfur
therpenthousesbe
construct
edi
nanysuchshaf tandsuchpenthouseshallf
orthwi t
htheconstructedin
accordancewit
hhisdir
ecti
ons.

Pr
ohi
bit
ionofunder
cut
ti
ngandot
herpr
ecaut
ions

46. (
1) I
nanyopencastwor
kingorquar
ry,
noper
sonshal
l
-

a) under
cutorper
mitt
heunder
cut
ti
ngofanyf
aceorsi
dewal
l
;
or

b) permitanyfaceorsidewall
tohaveav ert
ical
heightofmoret
han
onecommaf ivemetresunlesssuchfaceorsidewalli
sterr
acedor
sl
opedatanangl esuff
ici
enttoensurethesaf
etyorpersonsoris
adequat
elysupport
ed:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
hissubsecti
onshallnotapplywhere-
i
) theworkingordiggingi
sdonebymechanicalequi
pmentwhich
doesnotexposet heoperat
orofsuchequi
pmentoranyother
persontodangerfrom suchfaceorsi
dewal
l;
or

i
i
) havi
ngregardtothenaturalandphysi
calproperti
esandother
ci
rcumstancesofsuchfaceorsidewall
,nofallordisl
odgement
ofanyearthorothermateri
alsi
sli
kelytooccursoast o
endangerpersonsemployedther
e.

2) I
nev eryopencastworki
ngorquarr
y,anywast
eorot herl
oosemateri
al
andanystoneont hesur
faceshal
lbekeptcl
earedt
odi st
anceofatleastt
wo
metr
esfrom theedgesofsuchopencastworki
ngorquarr
y.

3) Indiggi
nganytrench,
pitorothersi
mil
arworki
ngingravel
,cl
ay,
soi
ls,
tai
l
ings,
sli
mes,ash,debri
sorothersuchgroundordeposi
t,noper
sonshal
l
-

(
a) under
cutorper
mitt
heunder
cut
ti
ngofanyf
aceorsi
dewal
l
;or

(b) per
mitanyfaceorsi
dewal
ltohav
eav er
ti
calhei
ghtofmorethanonecommafivemetr
es
unl
esssuchf aceorsi
dewall
sist
err
acedorsl
opedatananglesuf
fi
cientt
oensur
ethesafet
yof
persons;

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
hissubsect
ionshal
lnotappl
y—
i
) wheresuchdiggingi
sdonebymechanicalequipmentwhi
chdoesnotexposet he
oper
atorofsuchequi
pmentoranyotherper
sonstodangerf r
om t
hef aceorsidewal
l
;or
i
i
) whereper
missi
onhasbeengr antedi
nwrit
ingbyani nspect
orandunder
such
t
ermsandconditi
onsasmaybei mposedbyt hei
nspector
.

(4) Atever
ytr
ench,pi
torothersi
mil
arworki
ngs,
allwast
eandotherl
oosemat er
ialand
stonesonthesurf
aceshal
l bekeptcl
ear
edtoaanypersonoccur
ri
ngfrom suchwasteorloose
mat er
ial
fal
li
ngint
osuchtrench,pi
torworki
ng.

(
5) Not
withstandi
ngsubsect
ion(
3)inever
ytrench,pi
torothersi
mil
arworki
ngwher
eany
v
ert
ical
faceofsidewalli
sofaweaknature,
oralt
ernati
vel
y,ef
fecti
vel
ysuppor
ted.

Wear
ingofhar
dhat
s

47. ( 1) Nopersonshal
lenterorremaini
norbecausedorper mit
tedtoent
erorr
emai
nin
thewor
kingsofamineoratanyplaceatami newherether
eisdangerfr
om fal
li
ngobj
ect
sunl
ess
hewearsahardhati
ngoodconditionandofanapprovedtype.

(
2) Har
dhat
sasr
equi
redi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
10shal
lbesuppl
i
edbyt
he
manager
.

FootProt
ecti
on
48. ( 1) Ev
erypersonshal
lwearf
oot
weardesi
gnedtoprov
ideadequat
epr
otect
ionf
or
thet
ypeofwor
kofact
ivi
tybei
ngperf
ormed.

(
2) Thef
oot
wearr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
10shal
lbesuppl
i
ed.

49. ( 1) Nopersonshall
ent
eranyundergr
oundworki
ngsunl
esshehasinhisimmedi
ate
possessi
onanoper
ablelampofanapprovedt
ype,andsuchl
ampshall
bekeptal
ightandwit
hin
safeandeasyr
eachofthatper
sonatal
lti
mes.

(
2) Ever
ypersoni
nanyill
uminat
edundergr
oundpartofamineshall
atal
l
t
imescarr
ythelamprequi
redbysubsect
ion(
1)onhispersonandl
ight
ed.

Whenper
manentl
i
ght
ingr
equi
red

50. ( 1) sui
tabl
eandsuffi
cientpermanentl
i
ght
ingshal
lbepr
ovi
dedandmai
ntai
nedatt
he
fol
l
owi
ngplacesundergroundi
nregularuse-

(
a) ev
eryest
abl
ishedstat
ion,l
andi
ngofloadi
ngpl
aceandothersi
mil
arpl
acein
ver
ti
cal
andincl
i
nedshaft
s,winzesandplaceswher
et hel
ower
ingorr
aisi
ngofper
sonsisbei
ng
car
ri
edon;

(b) ever
ymai
nti
ppi
ngpl
aceatwhi
chanyv
ehi
cleoper
atesandev
erypl
acewher
eany
v
ehi
clei
smaint
ained;

(
c) ev
erymainsubstat
ionandev
erysubst
ati
oni
nwhi
cht
her
eisi
nher
entdangerdue
t
obar
econduct
orsorot
herwise;

(d) ever
yroom orpl
acemadetohousewi
ndi
ngandmainpumpi
ngmachi
ner
yint
he
proxi
mit
yofwhichanypersoni
sworki
ngormovi
ngabout
;

(
e) ev
erymai
ncr
usherst
ati
onandev
erymai
nconv
eyorr
iveuni
t.
 (2) Sui
tabl
eandsuffi
cientpermanentli
ght
ingshal
lbeprovi
dedandmaint
ainedatal
l
placesonthesurf
acewher eworkisregul
arl
ycarri
edoutdur
ingthedar
knessorwhere
normaldayli
ghti
sinadequateforsaf
ewor ki
ng.

Li
ght
ingofmov
ingpar
tsofmachi
ner
y

51. Al lpl
aceswherepersonsar ewor
kingormovingabouti
ntheproxi
mityofwindi
ng,
driv
ing,
pumpingorothermachi
neryshallbesoli
ghtedthatt
heexter
nalmovi
ngpartsofsuchmachinery
whi
lstinoper
ationar
eclear
lyvisi
ble.

Lamp-
room

52. (1) Thereshal

lbeprov
idedatthesurf
aceofev
erymineinwhi
chpor
tabl
eel
ect
ri
c
l
ampsar
eusedunder
groundaseparat
eroom tobeusedaslamp-
room.

(
2) Themanagershal
lensur
ethat-

(
a) acompet
entper
soni
sappoi
ntedt
obei
nchar
geoft
hel
amp-
room and;

(b) ther
eisav
ail
abl
eint
hel
amp-
room al
ampf
orev
eryper
sonpr
oceedi
ng
under
ground.

(3) Thecompet
entper
soninchargeoft
helamp-room shall
ensurethatno
l
ampi si
ssuedt
oapersonproceedi
ngunder
groundunlessiti
sinproperworki
ng
order
.

Damaget
olamps

53. ( 1) Apersont
owhom alamphasbeenissuedshall
takereasonabl
estepsf
ori
ts
car
eandmaint
enancesot
hati
tisnotdamaged,
tamperedwit
h,dest
royedorlost
.

(2) I
fal ampi slost,
destr
oyed,t
amper edwi
thrdamagedtotheknowl
edgeoft
he
persontowhom i twasi ssued,heshall
reportt
heoccurr
encetoanoff
ici
aloft
hemineassoonas
practi
cablebutnotlaterthantheendoft heshi
ft.

(
3) Anyper
sonf
oundt
ohav
etamper
edwi
thorwi
l
lful
l
ydamagedal
ampshal
lbe
gui
l
tyofanof
fence.

Boundar
y-pi
l
lar
s

54. ( 1) Onthei
nsi
deoftheboundary-
li
nesofeverymine,conti
nuouspil
lar
sshal
lbel
eft
standing,t
hewidt
hofwhi
chincoalminesshal
lbenotlessthatfi
fteenmetresandin
met t
alli
fer
ousandot
hermi
nesnotlessthansi
xmet r
es.

(
2)Nopersonshal
lmi
neorbecausedorper
mit
tedtominesuchboundar
ypi
l
lar
s
unl
essper
missi
onhasbeenobt
ainedi
nter
msofsubsecti
on(3)or(
4).

(3) Onthejoi
ntappl
icat
ionoft
heownersoft
headjoi
ningmi
nes,an
i
nspect
ormaygivepermissi
ontoeit
herpart
ytoweaken,
cutt
hroughorworkfr
om t
he
r
espect
ivepil
l
arsbet
weensuchmi nes.

(4) I
ntheabsenceofjoi
ntappli
cati
onref
erredtoinsubsecti
on(3),
theChi
ef
Gover
nmentMi ni
ngEngineermaygivepermissi
onforthepart
ialworki
ng,weakeni
ngor
cut
ti
ngthroughofboundary-
pil
l
arsundersuchcondit
ionsashemayspeci fyi
nwr i
ti
ng.
 (
5) Anyworkundert
akenintermsofsubsect
ions(3)and(4)shal
lbecl
ear
ly
shownontheunder
groundplanrequi
redinter
msofparagraph(b)ofsect
ion78.

PARTI
V

OUTLEST,
LADDERWAYSANDTRAVELLI
NGWAYS

Ev
eryshaf
ttohav
eladder
way

55. Ev eryshaftorwinzeinthecourseofsi
nki
ngshal
l,
unlesswri
tt
enexempti
onfrom the
prov
isi
onsofthissecti
onhasbeengr antedbyani
nspect
or,haveasafel
adder
way,st
eelrope
l
adderorchainladderl
eadingtothecoll
ar.

Twoout
let
stosur
face

56. ( 1)Subjecttosubsect
ion(3),i
never
yminewheretherear
etwentyormorepersons
employedundergroundatanyonet i
me, t
her
eshall
beatleastt
woshaftsorout
let
stosurfaceso
thatever
ypersonempl oyedi
nt hemineshal
lhav
eatleasttwosepar
atemeansofingr
essand
egressavai
l
abletohim.

(2) Ashaftoroutl
etpr
ovidedforthepurposeofthi
ssect
ionshall
notl
eadt
osur
faceata
closerdi
stancethatt
enmetresfrom anyothersuchshaf
toroutl
et.

(
3) Thi
ssect
ionshal
lnotappl
yto-

(a) anyshaf
torwi
nzeint
hecourseofsi
nki
ngori
nanyaditbei
ngdev
eloped
orinplaceswherewor
kdi
rect
lyanci
l
lar
ytosuchsi
nki
ngordev
elopmenti
sbeing
carr
iedout.

(b) Thel
owestdev
elopmentworki
ngsofaminebefor
econnectioni
smade
betweensuchworki
ngsandanyupperworki
ngsthatar
ealr
eadyconnect
edt
o
thesurf
ace,t
osuchanextentandf
orsuchdist
ancesasaninspect
ormay
speci
fyinwri
ti
ng;

(
c) anunder groundworkingsifoneofthet
wopr escri
bedshaft
soroutl
etsto
surfacehasbecomet empor ari
l
yunavail
abl
ef orusebythemanagerto
restoreavail
abi
li
tyandt hemanagerhasnoti
fiedaninspect
orwi
thout
delayoftheat t
endantcircumst
ances;

(d) anymi
newhereexempti
oninwr i
ti
nghasbeengr
antedbytheChi
ef
Gover
nmentMini
ngEngi
neerundersuchter
msandcondit
ionsashemayspeci
fy.

Requi
rement
sforl
adder
way
sandl
adder
s

57. ( 1) Ev
erymineshal
lbeprov
idedwit
hasuffi
ci
entnumberofl
adder
way
sper
manent
ly
maint
ainedtoenableal
lper
sonstol
eaveever
ypartoft
heminewit
hdispat
ch.

(
2) Al
ll
adder
way
spr
ovi
dedi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
l-

(
a) bef
reef
rom obst
ruct
ions;
and
(
b) wherenecessaryfort
hepr
operpr
otect
ionofper
sons,
be
adequat
elyfenced.

(
3) Ev
eryl
adderusei
nami
neshal
l-

(
a) beofst
rongconst
ruct
ion;
and

(
b) besecur
elyf
ast
enedi
nposi
ti
onandf
reef
rom obst
ruct
ion;
and

(
c) bemai
ntai
nedi
ngoodr
epai
r;and

(
d) Notbef
ixedi
nanov
erhangi
ngposi
ti
on;
and

(e) proj
ectatl
eastonemetreabovethemout
hofeveryshaf
t,winze
orrai
seandeverypl
atf
ormtherei
nexceptwhenst
ronghandr
ail
sare
fi
xedatsuchmouthofplat
for
m;

prov
idedthataladder
waywhichwasinst
all
edbefore1stJanuar
y,1975,
andwhichproj
ectsnoughtcommani
neonef ourfourmetresabovesuch
mouthshall
bedeemedt ocomplywi
ththeprovi
sionsofthispar
agraph.
,

(4) Permanentladder
sregular
lyusedori
ntendedtoberegularl
y
usedasf oott
ravel
ingway sshal
lnotbeatanincl
inat
ionofovereight
y
degreestothehori
zontalandwhen-

a) atanincl
inat
iontothehor
izont
alofsev ent
ydegreesorover
plat
formsshallbeprovi
dedatdist
ancesofnotmor ethantenmetres
apartandeachladdershall
besoar r
angedast ocovert
hemanholeof
theplat
form onwhichitr
estsandshallbesecurel
ybrat
ti
cedofffr
om
haulagecompar t
ments;

b) atanincl
inat
iont
othehorizontalofmorethanthirt
y-f
ivedegr
ees
andlessthanseventydegr
ees,shallbebrokeneverytwentymet r
esby
adequateplat
formsandsecurel
ybr att
icedofff
rom haulage
compartments;

c) atani
nclinati
ontothehori
zont
alofthi
rt
y-f
ivedegreesofless,
shal
lbesoconstructedastominimi
zethedangerfr
om fall
ingorsli
ping
andshal
lbesecurelybrat
ti
cedofffr
om haul
agecompar t
ment sby
meansofhandarail
s.

(5) Alll
addersinshaft
,winzesortunnel
shavi
nganincli
nati
ontothe
hori
zont
alofthi
rty
-fi
vedegreesorlessshall
beconst
ructedwit
hstepsof
woodorconcreteorothersuit
ablemateri
al,
unl
essaninspect
orhas
grant
edwrit
tenexemptionfrom thepr
ovisi
onsoft
hissubsecti
on.

(6) Nopersonshal
lcarr
yorpermitanyot herper
sontocar ryheavy
rool
sorheavyobj
ectswhentrav
eli
ngont heladderwaysi
nst eeply
i
ncli
nedshaft
s,wi
nzesorrai
sesexceptinsof aritmaybenecessar yt
o
execut
erepai
rswit
hthetool
sorobject
si nsuchshaf t
,winzeorraise.

(
7) Anypersoncar
ryi
ngat oolorobjectorusi
ngcatool
orobjecti
na
l
adder
wayshallensur
ethatsuchtool orobj
ectiscar
ri
edorusedinsuch
amannerthati
tcannotbereasonablyexpectedtodr
opdownt he
l
adder
way .
 Wi
rer
opes

58. Wi rer
opesorst
randsofwireropesshall
notbeusedorcaused
orpermi
tt
edtobeusedforcl
imbingpurposesinami neift
heropeor
str
andsareki
cked,
knot
tedorcontai
nbrokenorpr oj
ecti
ngwir
es.

Ent
eri
ngandl
eav
ingunder
groundwor
kings

59. Noper sonshallent

erorleavet
heundergr
oundworki
ngsofamineexceptbythemeans
ofi
ngr
essoregr
essspecial
lypr
ov i
dedorsetapar
tfort
hepur
poseunl
esssuchisauthori
zedt
o
dosobythemanageroranoffi
ci
al.

PARTV

VENTI
LATI
ON,
GASESANDDUST

Machi
nedr
il
li
ngnott
obedonedr
y

60. ( 1) Subj
ectt
osubsect
ion(
2),
noper
cussi
on-
machi
nedr
il
li
ngshal
lbedonedr
yinany
under
groundpar
tofanymine.

(2) Wher ethest r

uctur
eofwor ki
ngcondit
ionsofami near esuch
thatdueobser vanceoftheprovisi
onsofsubsection(1)isimpr act
icabl
e,
ani nspectormaygr antwri
tt
enex empti
onfrom theoperationof
subsect i
on( 1)forsuchperiodashemaydeem necessar y, andift
he
i
nspect orrefusest ograntsuchexemptionanappeal againstsuch
refusalmaybemadet otheChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngi neerwhose
decisionshal lbefinal
.

Bl
ow-
pipes

61. (
1) Al
lbl
ow-
pipesusi
ngcompr
essedai
rshal
lbef
it
tedwi
thawat
erconnect
ion.

(2) Aninspecti
onmayprohi
bitt
heuseofanyblow-pi
peoranyt
ypeofbl
ow-
pipei
f,i
n
hisopi
nion,
itdoesnotaf
for
dadequatepr
otect
iondur
inguse.

(3) Nopersonshalluseorcauset
obeusedablow-
pipef
orcl
eaningouthol
esorfor
cleaningoutanytruckorskipwit
houtasuf
fi
ci
encyofwat
ereff
ect
ivel
ytoall
ayanydust
createdduri
ngt heoperati
on.
Wetti
ngDown

62. (
1) Al
lbr
okenr
ockandcoalint
heundergr
oundwor
kingsofamineshal
lbe
wet
ted-
downbefor
eremovalandkeptwetdur
ingr
emovalfr
om t
heworki
ngplace;

Provi
dedt hat
,ifthestr
uctur
eorwor kingconditi
onsoft heminear
esuchthatdue
observanceofthisprovi
sionisimpracticabl
e,aninspectormaygr
antwr
it
tenexempt
ion
fr
om theoperat i
onofthissubsect
ionf orsuchperiodashemaydeem necessary
.

(2) Atthestar
tofeachshif
tbef
orewor
kcommencest
heroof
,wal
lsandfl
oorforadi
stance
ofatleasteightmetr
esfr
om thepl
acewher
eworki
stobecar
ri
edoutshal
lbethor
oughl
y
wetted-
down.
 Provi
dedthataninspect
ormaygr
antwri
tt
enexempt i
onfr
om t
heoper
ati
onoft
his
subsect
ionforsuchperi
odashemaydeem necessar
y.

(3) Ifaninspect
orref
usest
ograntexempti
oni
nter
msofsubsect
ions(1)and(
2),
an
appeal
againstsuchref
usalmaybemadet ot
heChi
efGover
nmentMiningEngi
neer
whosedecisi
onshallbefi
nal
.

Per
cussi
on-
machi
nedr
il
ls:wat
ersuppl
y

63. Nopersonshal
luseorcauseorper
mittobeusedanyper
cussi
on-
machi
nedr
il
li
nthe
under
groundworki
ngsofanymineunl
ess-

(
a) anadequat
esuppl
yofwat
erf
lowst
hrought
hedr
il
lst
eel
;and

(
c) theworki
ngpr essureoft
hewatersuppl
yatt
hemachi
nedr
il
li
smai
ntai
nedatone
hundr
edkilopascalsormore.

Per
cussi
on-
machi
nedr
il
ls:i
nter
nalwat
erf
eeds
64. (
1) Nopersonshal
lbeuseorcauseorper
mittbeusedanyper
cussi
on-
machi
nedr
il
l
f
it
tedwi
thani
nter
nalwaterf
eedunl
esssuchmachinei
s-

(
a) pr
ovi
dedwi
thf
ront
-headr
eleasepor
ts;
and

(
b) ofanappr
oveddesi
gn;
and

(
c) fi
tt
edwithawat ertubeofsuchl engththat,
whenthemachi nei
snotoperati
ng
andthedri
ll
st eelisinsert
edintot hechucktoit
sful
lestext
ent,
thewatertube-
(
i) enter
stheaxialholei nthedr
ill
st eelshankforadi
stanceofatl
eastt
went y-
fi
ve
mill
imet
ers;
or

(
ii
) fal
l
sshortoftheshankoft
hedri
l
lsteel
bynotlessthansi
xmil
li
meter
sandnot
morethantwenty
-fi
vemil
li
met
ersandisper
fectl
yinli
newit
htheaxi
alhol
eoft
he
dri
l
lst
eel.

(
2) Ever
ywater
-t
uberefer
redtoinsubsect
ion(1)shal
lbemaintai
nedngoodor
der
soastocomplywit
htherequir
ementsofthatsubsect
ion.

(
3) TheChi
efGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngi
neermayper
mit,i
nwr i
ti
ng,t
heuseofany
par
ti
cul
ardr
il
lwhichdoesnotcompl
ywitht
heprovi
sionsofsubsect
ion(
1)i
fhe
i
ssati
sfi
edt
hatnodangertoheal
thwouldr
esul
t.

(
4) TheChiefGov er
nmentMi
ningEngineermaypr
ohibi
t,i
nwr i
ti
ng,theuseofany
par
ti
cularpercussi
on-
machinedri
l
loranyty
peofpercussi
on-machinedri
ll
if,
in
hi
sopinion,t
heuseofdri
ll
ort y
peofdril
lmi
ghtendangerhealt
h.

(
5) Nopersonshal l
blockorother
wi seobstructanyofthefront
-headreleasepor t
s
ofapercussion-
machi nedr
il
lprov i
dedintermsofthissecti
onandnoper son
shal
loperat
eorcauseorper mitt heoperati
onofanysuchdr il
li
fthef r
ont-head
rel
easeportssopr ov
idedarepar t
ial
lyortot
all
yblockedorotherwiseobstructed.

(
6) Wat
ert
obeusedf
ormachi
nedr
il
li
ngorwet
ti
ng-
downshal
lbecl
earandodor
less.
 Wat
erbl
ast
s

65. ( 1) Wherecompressedairi
sav
ail
abl
e,ev
eryworki
ngdev
elopmentendwhi chhas
adv
ancedadistanceofei
ghtmetresormor
eshal
lbeprov
idedwit
hawat er
blastappr
ovedbyan
i
nspect
orwhichshall
-

(
a) di
schar
gewithinadist
anceofnotmor
ethanf
if
teenmet
resoft
hef
ace
bei
ngadvanced;and

(
b) beappl
i
edsoaseffect
ivel
ytowetthef aceandbrokenr
ockforatleast
fi
ft
eenminut
esaft
erbl
asti
ngandagai nforaperi
odoffi
fteenminutes
i
mmediatel
ypri
ort
oentryofanyperson;

Pr
ovi
dedthataninspectormay,bynoti
ceinwri
ti
ng,per
mitt
hemanagerofa
mi
netovarytheprovi
sionsofparagr
aph(a)or(
b).

(
2) Thewat erbl
astreferr
edt oi
nsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbetest
eddail
ypri
orto
chargi
ngupand, itisfoundnott
obeinorder
,nofur
therbl
ast
ingshal
l
takepl
aceunt i
li
thasbeenr epai
red.

Vent
il
ati
on
66. ( 1) Asfaraspr
act
icabl
e,t
hev
ent
il
ati
ngai
rent
eri
ngami
neshal
lbef
reef
rom dust
,s
smokeorot
heri
mpuri
ty.

(2) Theworkingsofeverypar tofami newherepersonsarerequiredtot

ravel
orworkshallbeproperl
yventil
atedt omaintai
nsafeandhealthyenvironmental
condi
ti
onsf ort
hewor kmenandt hev ent
il
ati
onairshal
lbesuchthatitwi l
ldi
l
ute
andrenderharmlessanyinfl
ammabl eornoxiousgasesanddusti ntheambient
air
.

(
3) Noauxiliaryfanshall
beinstal
ledoroperatedunder
groundatanyplace
unlessthequant i
tyofai
rreachingitatal
lti
mesissuffi
cientt
oensure
thatanyr eci
rcul
ati
onofairshallnotprej
udicet
hesupplyofadequat
e
venti
lat
ion.

Nowor
kinhar
mful
air

67. Nopersonshal
lenterorr
emaininorbecausedorper
mitt
edtoenterorremai
nin
anypartoft
heworkingsofamineift
heairi
nthatpar
tcontai
nssmoke,gas,
fumesordustwhi
chi s-

wi
thdr
awalofwor
kmenwher
edangerf
rom gas

68. ( 1) I
fatanyt
imei
tisf
oundbyt
heper
sonf
ort
het
imebei
ngi
nchar
geoft
he
worki
ngsof
amineoranypar tthereoft
hat,
byreasonofinfl
ammableornoxi
ousgases
presentintheworkingsorsuchpartther
eof,t
heworki
ngsorsuchpartthereof
,
thewor ki
ngsorsuchpar ti
sdangerous,ever
yworkmanshal
lbewithdrawnby
himf r
om theworkingsorpartsofounddangerousandthematt
eri
mmedi atel
y
 r
eport
edtothemanageroroffi
ci
ali
nchargewhoshal
lnotal
l
owanyper sonto
r
esumeworkther
einunti
lhehassati
sfi
edhimsel
fbyper
soninspect
ionthatt
he
wor
kingpl
aceismadesaf e.

(
2) Nothinginsubsecti
on(
1)shallbeconst
ruedasappl
yi
ngtopersonsemployedi
n
thepresenceandunderthedir
ectsuper
visi
onofacompet
entpersonforthe
erecti
onofbratt
iceorf
orotherworkwit
hav iewt
othecl
eari
ngawayof
i
nf l
ammabl eornoxi
ousgases.

(
3) Everywit
hdr awalofper
sonsintermsofsubsect
ion(1)shal
lber
ecor
dedini
nk,i
n
abookpr ovidedbythemanager,bytheper
sonfortheti
mebeingi
nchar
geofthe
workingplaceorsuchpartt
hereof.

Act
ionr
equi
redwhenper
sonexposedtosmoke,gas,
fumes,
dur
storhar
mful
temper
atur
es

69. (1) Itatanyti

meami nerinchargeorablast
ingli
cenceholderbecomesawar
eofthefact
thatapersonhasbeenexposedtocondit
ionsari
singfr
om excessiv
eamountsofhar
mfulsmoke,
gasfumesordustorfrom har
mf ult
emperatur
es,heshall—

a) t
akesuchstepsasmaybenecessar
yimmedi
atel
ytor
emov
esuchper
son
fr
om suchexposur
e;and

b) ensur
ethatt
heappropri
ateoff
ici
alort
hemanageri
sinf
ormedwi
thout
del
ayoftheci
rcumstancesofsuchexposur
e.

(
2) anyoffici
alormanagerr
ecei
vinginf
ormati
onofanypersonsexposur
eto
condit
ionsrefer
redt
oinsubsecti
on(1)shal
li
mmediatelyt
akeallf
urt
herst
eps
necessaryto-

a) ensuret
hesaf
etyandhealt
hofthatper
sonthatper
sonofanyot
her
personwhomaysubsequentl
ybesoexposed;and

b) t
ermi
nat
eandpr
eventt
her
ecur
renceofsuchcondi
ti
ons.

(
3) Anyacti
onorst
epstakenintermsofsubsect
ions(
1)and(2)shal
lberecor
dedin
i
nkinthebookasprovi
dedforinter
msofsubsecti
on(30ofsecti
on68,which
bookshall
atal
lti
mesbeav ai
labl
efori
nspect
ionbyaninspect
or.

Per
missi
blequant
it
iesofgas,
noxi
ousdustandasbest
osdust

70. (
1) I
nthegener
albodyoftheai
rwher
eper
sonsar
erequi
redt
owor
kort
rav
elunder
nor
malworki
ngcondit
ions—

(
a) theamountofcarbondioxi
deshal
lnotexceedf
ivet
housandpar
tspermi
l
li
onof
airbyv
olume,noughtcommaf i
vepercentum;

(
b) theamountofcarbonmonoxi
deshal
lnotexceedonehundredpar
tspermi
l
li
onof
airbyv
olume,noughtcommanoughtnoughtonepercent
um;

(
c) t
heamountofoxi
desofni
tr
ogenshall
notexceedfi
vepar
tspermi
l
li
onofai
rby
v
olume,
noughtcommanoughtnoughtfi
vepercent
um;
 (
d) theamountofhydr
ogensul
phi
deshal
lnotexceedt
went
ypar
tspermi
l
li
onofai
r
byvol
ume,noughtcommanoughtnoughtt
wopercent
um

(
e) theamountofammoniashal
lnotexceedfi
ft
ypar
tspermi
l
li
onofai
rbyv
olume,
noughtcommanoughtnoughtf
ivepercent
um

(
f) theamountofinf
lammablegasshal
lbeinsuf
fici
entt
oshowadist
inctgascap
onthereducedfl
ameofanapprovedfl
amesaf et
ylamport
ogiveareadingof
onecommat wofi
vepercent
um onanapprovedmethamomet
er;

(
2)-

(
a) i
nt hegeneralbodyoftheai
rwherepersonsarerequi
redt oworkortr
avelunder
normal wor
kingcondit
ions,
themaximum permissi
blequantit
yofchrysot
le
asbestosdustshall
bet wofi
brespermil
li
li
terperf
our-hourperi
od;

(
b) i
nthi
ssubsect
ion-

“f
ibre”meansthefi
breofchr
ysot
il
easbest
osdustmeasur
ingmorethanfi
ve
micr
ometers
i
nl engt
handlessthatthr
eemicr
ometr
esindi
ameterandhavi
ngalengt
h
di
ameterr
atio
ofatleast3:
1.

Pr
ecaut
ionsagai
nsthar
mfuldust

71. (1) Whererock,

ore,coal
orothermi
ner
alormineral
compoundi
sreducedinsi
ze,
scr
eened,
mov ed,handl
edorother
wisesubj
ectedt
oanyprocesswhichmaypr
oducedusthar
mfult
o
persons.

(
a) t
hel
iber
ati
onofsuchdustint
otheatmosphereshal
lbeeff
ecti
vel
ycontr
oll
edby
t
heuseofwat
erorotherdustal
lay
ingagentorbyadustext
ract
ionsy
stem;and

(
b) ever
ybuildi
nginwhichanyoftheseprocessestakesplaceshal
lbeadequat
ely
vent
il
atedandthefl
oorandothersurf
acesatanypl ace,aswell
amachinery,
shal
lberegular
lycl
eanedsoast opr
ev enttheaccumulati
onofsuchdust.

(
2) Everydril
lshar
peningshoporot herworkshopnecessaryandinci
dentaltothe
sharpeningofdri
ll
sandanyot herbuildi
ngorshedwher eharmfuldustmaybe
producedshallbekeptclanandadequat elyvent
il
atedandtheli
berati
onofsuch
dustintotheatmosphereeff
ectivelycontr
oll
edbyuseofwat erorotherdust
al
layingagentorbyadustextractionsystem.

(
3) Wher
esandblast
ingi
sdone,appr
ovedprot
ect
ivebreat
hingequi
pmentshal
lbe
wor
nbyever
ypersonexposedorl
ikel
ytobeexposedtothedust
.

(
4) Wher eaninspectori
ssatisf
iedthatanymi ni
ngoperat
ionuponanyminehas
causedorislikel
ytocauset hepresenceofdusti nsuchquanti
tyasmaybe
i
njuri
oustoheal t
h,hemay ,i
nwr i
ti
ng, dir
ectthemanager,wit
hinsuchperi
odas
shal
l bespecifi
edbytheinspector,t
oi nstal
lappar
atusfort
heprevent
ionor
abatementofsuchdustt othesat i
sfactionofthei
nspector
.

(
5) Wit
houtder
ogat
ionf
rom t
heresponsi
bil
i
tyofthemanager,
suchdi
rect
ionshal
l
bedeemedtobeadir
ect
iont
ot heper
sonactuall
ycar
ryi
ngonthebusi
nessof
 mini
nguponthemini
nglocati
onconcer
ned,whet
herhei
sthehol
deroft
he
l
esseeorassi
gneeoft
heright
sofsuchholder
.

I
nter
nalcombust
ionengi
nesunder
ground

72. (
1) Exceptasprov
idedfori
nsubsect
ion(8)
,noti
nter
nal
combust
ionengi
ne,
othert
hana
mobi
l
edieselengi
neunit
,shal
lbeusedunder
groundi
nanymi ne.

(
2) Nodi
esel
engi
neshal
lbeusedunder
ground-

(
a) inanymi neunlesst
herei
ssuffi
ci
entventi
lat
iont
orenderhar
mlesstheexhaust
gasespr oduced;
(b) i nanyfierymineori
nanyotherminei
nt heworki
ngsofwhichther
emaybear i
sk
of
suchdi
eselengineigni
ti
nggasorcoal
dustunless-

(
i) i
tisofanappr
oveddesi
gnandconst
ruct
ion;
and

(
ii
) i
tsusehasbeenper
mit
tedi
nwr
it
ingbyt
heChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ning
Engi
neer
;and

(
ii
i) i
tidsusedinaccor
dancewi
thsuchcondi
ti
onsandsubjectt
osuch
r
estri
cti
onsastheChi
efGover
nmentMini
ngEngineermayspeci
fyi
n
wri
ti
ng.

(
3) Exceptwher eother
wiseauthor
izedbyt heChi
efGov er
nmentMini
ngEngineer
,
everydieselengi
neusedundergroundshallbeprovi
dedwithmeanswherebythe
ai
rent er
ingtheenginei
scleaned,theexhaustgasesbefor
ebei
ngexpell
edare
cooled,theconcent
rati
onoftoxicgasesintheexhaustgasesr
educedandthe
emissionoff l
amesorsparksprevented,andthosemeansshal
lbemaintai
nedin
anef f
ectiv
econditi
on.

(
4) Wher
eadi
esel
engi
nei
susedunder
ground,
sampl
esshal
lbet
aken-

(
a) ati
nter
val
snotexceedi
ngponemonth,oft
hegener
albodyoft
heai
r,whi
l
ethe
engi
neisr
unni
ng,atrepr
esent
ati
vepl
acesandti
meslai
ddownbythemanager
;
and

(
b) ati
nter
valsnotexceedi
ngt
hreemonths,
ofgasemit
tedfr
om theexhaustofthe
engi
ne,bothwhentheengi
neisdev
elopi
ngmaximum powerandwheni ti
sidli
ng.

(
5) Theper centagebyvolumeofcarbonmonoxideoroxideofnit
rogenpresentin
eachsampl et akenfort
hepurposesofsubsect
ion(
4)shallbedetermi
nedand
recordedininkinabookpr ov
idedbythemanager.Thisbookshallbeavai
labl
eat
allt
imesf orinspect
ionbyaninspect
or.

(
6) Theoperat
ionofadi
eselengineunder
groundshal
lbedi
scont
inuedunt
il
condi
ti
onshavebeenremedied.

(
a) i
ftheairatanyplacewherei
tisbei
ngusedi
sfoundtocont
ainmor et
hanone
hundr
edpar tsofcarbonmonoxi
deorfi
vepar
tsofoxi
desofnit
rogenprmil
l
ionby
vol
ume; or
 (
b) i
ftheexhaustgasesoftheengi
nearefoundtocont
ainmorethantwot housand
par
tsofcarbonmonoxideoronethousandpart
sofoxideofni
trogenpermill
i
on
byvol
ume; or

(
c) I
ftheengi
nei
sfoundt
ohav
eanydef
ectwhi
chmaycausedangert
oper
sons.

(
7) Theengi
neofadiesel
-power
edunitunder
groundshal
lnotbekeptr
unni
ngi
dleexceptwhi
l
ebei
ng
test
edordur
ingbr
iefhalt
swhil
einuse.

(
8) Whereadieselengineot
hert
hanamobi l
edieselengineisrequi
redtobeusedundergroundina
minei
tshallonl
ybeusedwi t
hthewrit
tenpermissionoftheChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngineer
andundersuchtermsandcondit
ionsastheChiefGov er
nmentMi ni
ngEngineerandundersuch
ter
msandcondi t
ionsastheChi
efGovernmentMi ningEngi
neermayst i
pul
ate.

Di
eself
uel
:del
i
ver
yandst
orageunder
ground

73. ( 1) Di
eselenginefuel
shal
lbedel
i
ver
edunder
groundi
nsuchmannert
hatnospi
l
lage
cant
akepl
acedur
ingdeli
very.

(
2) Whendi
eselengi
nef
uel
isp[
ipedunder
ground,
thepi
pesshal
lbedr
ainedeach
t
imeaft
eruse.

(
3) Di
esel
engi
nefuel
shal
lbest
oredunder
groundonl
yinr
obustcl
osedcont
ainer
s
whi
chdonotl
eak.

(
4) Exceptwit
hthewrit
tenpermi
ssionofaninspect
or,
thequant
it
yofdi
esel
engine
fuelst
oredunder
groundshal
lnotexceedthere-
est
imat
edconsumpt
ionfort
hree
days

Ref
uel
i
ngofdi
esel
-power
eduni
ts

74. (
1) Ev
eryunder
groundf
il
li
ngst
ati
onwher
edi
esel
-power
eduni
tsar
eref
u;l
edshal
l—

(
a) beadequat
elyv
ent
il
ated;
and

(
b) beconst
ruct
edofnon-
inf
lammablemateri
alsandhav
eani
mper
viousconce
fl
oorwhi
chatal
lti
messhallbekeptcl
ean.

(
2) Refuel
ingofdi
esel-
poweredmobi
leuni
tsunder
groundshal
lbecarri
edouta
proper
lyest
abl
ishedfi
ll
i
ngstat
ioncomply
ingwit
htheprovi
sionsofsubsect
ion
(1).

(
3) Equipmentforext
inguishi
ngfi
reshallbekeptateverypl
acewheredi
eselar
e
ref
ueledandeverydieselmobi
leunitusedundergroundshal
lbeequi
ppedwith
sui
tableandadequatemeansf orexti
ngui
shingfi
res.

(
4) Nounauthor
izedpersonshall
enteranyf
il
li
ngstati
onandnoper
sonshal
lsmoke
oruseanopenlighti
nthevici
nit
yofanyfi
ll
ingstat
ion.

Ser
vici
ngorr
epai
rofdi
esel
-power
eduni
tsunder
ground

75. Ev
eryst
ati
onusedf
orser
vici
ngorr
epai
ri
ngadi
esel
-power
eduni
tunder
groundshal
lbe-
 (
a) adequatel
yvent
il
atedandbeofsuf
fi
ci
entdesi
gnt
oper
mitf
reemov
ementof
v
ehi
clesandper
sons;and

(
b) const
ruct
edofnon-
inf
lammabl
emat
eri
alsandhav
eani
mper
viousconcr
etef
loor
;
and

(
c) pr
ovi
dedwi
thsaf
eandsui
tabl
efaci
l
iti
esf
ori
nspect
ingt
heuni
tfr
om bel
ow;
and

(
d) pr
ovi
dedwi
thequi
pmentf
orext
ingui
shi
ngf
ir
e;and

(
e) keptf
reef
rom spi
l
lageandwast
emat
eri
als

Venti
lati
onofmi nes:planstobekept
76. (1) Atev erymineinwhi chmor ethantwentyper sonsareatanyonet i
meempl oyed
undergr
ound, atr
acingorprinttakenfrom anpermi ssi
onofani nspect
or,f
r om aplan
drawntoascal eof1:5000shall bekeptandoni tshallbeshownt heventi
lati
ngdistr
ict
s,
thedi
rectionofai rcurr
ents,thequant i
tyofai
rcirculati
ngineachv ent
il
ati
ngdi st
ri
ctand
theposi
tionofeachper manentf an,door,r
egul
ations,crossi
ng,stoppi
ng.,
t el
ephoneand
anyexplosivesdistri
buti
onst or
es.

(2) Thetr
acingorpr
intrequi
redbysubsecti
on(1)shal
latalt
imesbecor
rect
edt o
wit
hin,atmostthreemonthsfrom date,
and,i
nthecaseofacoalmineorafi
erymine,a
pri
ntshallbesubmitt
edt
oani nspectorati
nter
val
snotexceedi
ngthreemont
hs.

(
3) aninspectormaygrantwr
it
tenexemptionfr
om t
heprov
isi
onsoft
hissect
ioni
n
respectofanymine,t
osuchextentandsubj
ectt
osuchcondi
ti
onsashemay
specif
ytherei
n.

(4) Anyappl
icantforexempti
onfrom t
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hissect
ionwhoi
saggr
ievedbyt
he
deci
sionofaninspectoronhisappli
cati
onmayappealtot
heChiefGover
nmentMi
ningEngi
neer
,
whosedecisi
onshal l
bef i
nal.

PARTVI

MI
NESURVEYI
NGANDPLANPREPARATI
ON

Appl
i
cat
ionof
,andi
nter
pret
ati
oni
n,t
hisPar
t

77. (
1) Thepr
ovi
sionsoft
hisPar
tshal
lappl
yto,
andi
nrespectof
,al
lmi
nesexcept
-

(
a) Anyminewher
ethenat
ur eoft
heminer
aldeposi
tbei
ngmi
nedi
sal
l
uvi
al,
all
uvi
al,
pl
acerofr
ubbl
edeposi
t,ordump;
or

(
b) anyminewheret
hedepthoft
heworki
ngs,eit
herv
erti
cal
orondip,
doesnot
exceedf
if
teenmetr
esbelowt
henat
uralsurf
aceofthegr
ound;
or

(
c) anymi
neonwhi
chf
iveorl
essper
sonsar
eempl
oyed.

(
2) i
nthi
sPar
t-

“bench-
mar
k”meansamar
kthehei
ghtofwhi
chhasbeendet
ermi
nedi
nthe
cour
seofal
evel
sur v
ey;
 “plan”meansanyhor izontalorv er
ti
calproj
ecti
on,i
ncludi
ngat r
acingor
t
ranspar
encyther eof;
“ sheet ”
,inrelat
iontoapl an,meansoneofanumberofpl answhi chtoget
herf
orm
t
hewholeplan;
“sur veyor”meansami nesurveyororacompet entpersonwhohashadadequat e
trainingandexper iencewhi chwoul d,i
ntheopinionoftheChiefGovernment
Mi ningEngi neer,
enabl ehimt oper f
ormt heduties,andfunct
ionsofthi
sPar t
;

“
surv
eypoint
”meansanypointothert
hanasur
veystat
ionwhichcanbepl
ott
ed
f
rom sur
veyobser
vat
ionsofanykind,
andwhi
chiseasi
lyrecogni
zabl
e.

“survey
”meansanypoi
ntwhi
chhasbeensur
vey
edwi
thi
nthel
i
mit
sofer
ror
prescri
bedi
nsect
ion81.

Sur
face,
under
groundandassaypl
anst
obekept
.

78. Ev
erymanagerandownerofamineshall
causet
hef
oll
owi
ngpl
ansofal
lwor
kingsoft
he
minet
obepreparedandkeptatt
hemine-

(
a) asurfaceplan,
ofanypr i
ncipal
surfaceerect
ion,
includi
ngexplosi
vemagazines,
reser
voir
s,dams, dumps,andotherwor ksofasimil
arnatureandtheposi
ti
onof
anyopen-castwor ki
ngsandboreholes,andanyothersurf
aceobjectwhi
chan
i
nspectormayr equir
etobeshown; and

(i
) t
heposit
ionofanypr
incipalsur
faceerect
ion,includingexplosi
ve
magazi
nes,r
eservoi
rs,
dams, dumps,andotherworksofasi mi l
arnat ur
eandt heposi
ti
on
ofanyopen-
castworki
ngsandboreholes,andanyothersurfaceobj ectwhichan
i
nspect
ormayr equi
retobeshown;and

(
ii
) t
heposi
ti
onofanyr
oad,
rai
l
way
,ri
ver
,powerl
i
neandpubl
i
ctel
egr
aph
l
i
nes,
and

(i
i
i) t
heboundar
iesoft
hecl
aim ar
eaandt
hemi
ningar
eai
nwhi
chwor
kis
bei
ngcar
riedout
:

Provi
dedthat,
inthecaseofacl ai
mt heareaofwhichist
ooexpensi
vetoshowthe
boundar
iesont hesamepl an,
theful
lareashall
beshownonasmal l
erconv
eni
entscal
e
pl
an,andsuchsmal lerscal
eplanshall
showt heboundar
iesoft
hesheet
scompri
singt
he
wholecl
aim area;

and
(i
v) t
heboundari
esofanycavedorsubsidedareaoranycavi
tyandt heposi
ti
onof
anyfenceer
ectedtoprot
ectandprev
entinadvert
entaccesst
osuchar eas.The
prov
isi
onsofthissubpar
agr
aphshallbecarr
iedoutatsix-
monthl
yinterv
als;and

(
b) anunder
groundplan,whi
chshallatall
timesbecorr
ectwit
hinatmostsi
x
monthsf
rom thedateofi
tspreparat
ionorlastr
evi
sion,
andwhichshall
show-

(
i) anyshaft,
shaftst
ation,st
ope,permanentexpl
osiv
esdi
str
ibut
ionst
ore,
cross
-cutdr
ive,
winze,r
aise,majorf
aultanddyke;and

(
ii
) anyabandonedworki
ngswhichareadj
acentt
otheminewor
kings,
toget
herwit
hthedegreeofaccur
acyonwhichsuchpl
ani
sbased;and
 (
ii
i) thecol
l
arofeveryshaftorwinze,
whichshallbeindi
cat
edwit
hthename,
numberandcoll
arelev
ationoftheshaftorwinzewit
hthei
ncli
nat
ion
shownbyanarrowandt hedipindegrees;and

(
iv) ev
eryst
oppedar
ea,
whi
chshal
lbei
ndi
cat
edbyhat
chi
ng;
and

(
iv) thedate,monthandyearfworkingsmarkedagai
nstt
hecurr
entposi
tion
ofthewor ki
ngssothatanychangeoradvancecanbeeasi
l
yascert
ained
withreasonabl
eaccuracy;
and

(
c) anassaypl
an,whi
chshal
latal
lti
mesbecor
rectwit
hinatmostsi
xmont
hsf
rom
t
hedat
eofit
sprepar
ati
onorl
astrev
isi
onandwhi
chshall
-

(
i) showthemineworki
ngst
ogetherwit
htheval
ueandwi
dthoft
heor
e
bodyateachsampl
esect
ionofdevel
opment;and

(
ii
) besodrawnthatanystope,dr
ive,
cross-
cutandotherdet
ail
shown
ther
eondoesnotobscurethesampleresul
tsinanyway.

Pl
ansdet
ail
s

79. Thepl
anskepti
nter
msofsect
ion78shal
lcompl
ywi
tht
hef
oll
owi
ngpr
ovi
sions-

(
a) t
heyshal
lbepr
epar
edbyasur
vey
or;
and

(
b) t
heyshal
lbedr
awnt
oascal
eof1:
250;
1:500;
1:1000;
1:2500or1:
10000:

Prov
idedthatt
heChiefGover
nmentMi
ningEngi
neermayappr
ove,
inwr
it
ing,
anyot
her
scal
e,athi
sdiscr
eti
on;and

(
c) i
nal
lmi
nesur
vey
ors,
measur
ement
sshal
lbei
nmet
res;
and

(d) cont
ourl
ines,cover
ingtheextentofallundergroundworkings,shal
lbeshownon
thesurf
aceplanatregulari
nterv
alssothat,withtheaidofelevati
onsintheworkings,
the
depthbelowsurf
aceatanypoi ntint
hewor kingscanbedet ermined;and

(
e) wheretheaver
agedipofthemineworkshopsi
smorethansi
xtydegr
ees,
a
v
ert
ical
project
ionofsuchunder
groundworki
ngsshall
bekept
;and

(
f) onev
erysheetorpl
an,
thef
oll
owi
ngdet
ail
sshal
lbeshown-

(
i) asubj
ectheadi
ng,whichshal
lconsi
stoft
henameoft
hemi
neandt
he
nameofthesheetorplan,
and

i
i
) t
hesur
veysy
stem andt
hec-
ordi
nat
esoft
heor
igi
nused;
and

(
ii
i) anor
thpoi
nt;
and

(
iv) anaccur
atel
ydr
awnscal
e;and

(
v) ani
nseti
ndext
oadj
oini
ngsheet
sofpl
ans;
and
 (
iv) co-
ordi
nat
eli
nesi
nsuit
abl
ecolour
sini
nknotmorethatt
wohundred
mil
li
meter
sapar
twit
hthei
rval
ueswri
tt
eni
ninkatbothendsoft
heli
nes;
and

(
vii
) asurveystati
onshallbei
ndi
catedbymeansofsmal lci
rcl
e,t
oget
herwi
th
i
tsident
if
icationnumber,
andtheelevati
onofthesurveyst
ati
onshal
lbe
shownprefixedaboveorbel
owt hedatum pl
ane;and

g) t
raci
ngsort
ranspar
enci
esofal
lpl
ansshal
l-

(
i) bemadeofdur
abl
emat
eri
als;
and

(
ii
) besopreparedthatt
hesurfaceandunder
groundt
raci
ngsor
tr
anspar
enciesareofthesamescaleandcanbesuperi
mposedone
upontheother
;

h) al
lpl
ans,tr
aci
ngsandtr
anspar
enci
esshal
lbebroughtuptodat
euponcessati
on
ofworkoronthecl
osi
ngdownorabandonmentofthemineorpar
toft
hemi ne.

Sur
veypr
ocedur
e

80. I nanysur
veycarr
iedouttoprovi
deinf
ormat
ionuponwhicht
hepl
ansr
equi
redbysect
ion
78ar
etobebased,t
hefol
lowingprocedur
esshal
lbeadopted-

(
a) suff
ici
entsurveystat
ionsshallbeestabl
ishedonthesur
faceand
undergroundsothatallsur
faceobjectsandallt
heworki
ngscanbe
surv
ey ed;and

(
b) everysurveystat
ionshall
bemar kedwi
thanumberinsuchamanner
thati
tcanbeeasi lydi
sti
nguished,andt
hisnumbershal
lbecl
ear
ly
recordedinthesurveynotebookandcalcul
ati
onbooksandmarkedon
theplan;and

(
c) af
ixedpermanentbenchmar
kshal
lbeest
abl
i
shedandshal
lbecl
ear
ly
marked;
and

(
d) allsurveynotesandthedatesoneachpor ti
onofthesurveywasmage,
togetherwiththenameoft hesurvey
or,shal
lberecordedinthesurv
ey
notebookbear i
ngthenameoft hemine,andtheori
ginalobser
vati
ons
withtheaccompany i
ngremarksandsketchesshall
beent er
edclear
lyi
n
thesurv eynotebook;and

(
e) allcal
culat
ionsandresul
tsdeducedfr
om ori
ginalobservati
onsi
n
respectofsurveyst
ati
onsandpointsshal
lbeenteredlegibl
yina
calcul
ati
onbookbear i
ngthenameoft hemine;and

(
f) thenumbers,inorder ,ofall
surveystati
onsestabl
ishedtoget
herwi t
hthe
l
ocali
ty,co-
ordi
nat es,elevat
ionsandr ef
erencetot
her el
evantcalcul
ati
on
booksofeachst ation,shallbeenter
edi ntabul
arf
ormi napeg-index
regi
ster
,beari
ngt henameoft hemi ne;and

(
g) t
hesurveynotebooksshal
lbecross-
ref
erencedinsuchamannerthat
r
efer
encefrom t
hesurveynot
esot hecal
culat
iondependi
ngt
hereonand
v
icever
sacanbeeasi l
yandreadi
lymade.
 Li
mit
sofer
ror

81. (
1) Thel
i
mit
sofal
l
owabl
eer
rori
nanymi
nesur
veyshal
lbeasf
oll
ows-

(
a) thelengt
hoft heli
nejoi
ningthepositi
onsofanysurveystat
ionsasdeter
mined
bythebeginningandclosingofatr
av erseshal
lnotexceednoughtcommaone
percentum oflengt
hofsucht r
averse;

(
b) t
heerrori
nlengt
hbetweenanyt
wosurveystati
onsofat
raversemeasur
edal
ongt
he
t
rav
erseshal
lnotexceednoughtcommaonepercentum oft
het
ruelengt
h;

(
c) theer
rori
nlev
elbet
weenanytwosurv
eystat
ionsshal
lnotexceednought
commanoughtfi
vepercent
um oft
hetruel
engthbet
weenthem

d) theerrori
ndir
ecti
onofal i
nebetweenanyt
woconsecuti
vesurv
eystat
ionsofa
transver
seshal
lnotexceedfourminut
esofar
cwit
hreferencet
otheaxesof
co-coordi
nat
es;

(
e) theerrorinspecialmeasurementswhichhavefortheirobj
ectthefi
xi
ngofthe
posit
ionofshaf t
stobesunkandt heestabl
i
shmentofconnexi onsshal
lnot
exceedf i
ftypercentum ofthel
i
mi tsgi
veninparagraphs(a)t
o( d)
.

(
2) Theerr
orinrepr
esent
ati
ononapl anofanypintshall
notexceednoughtcomma
twopercent
um ofthedenominat
orofthesal
eoft heplani
naddit
iontothe
all
owabl
eerr
oratthenearestsur
veyst
ati
on.

(
3) wherethediff
icult
iesincident
altotheaccuraterepresent
ati
onofanywor ki
ngs
onaplanar esucht hatthesurveyorcannotacceptresponsi
bili
tyoft
hei
raccur
acy
wit
hintheli
mitsspeci f
iedinthissecti
on,suchwor ki
ngsshallbeindi
cat
edonthe
pl
anbybr okenlines.

Si
gni
ngofpl
ansandr
esponsi
bil
i
tyf
oraccur
acy

82. (1) Everymanagerorownerofamineshall

ensurethatal
lpl
anstracingsor
transpar
encies
thereofheisrequi
redt
oprepareandkeepinter
msoft hisPar
taresi
gnedanddat edby
himselfandthesurvey
orhentheyarefi
rstpr
eparedandoneveryoccasionwhentheyar
e
broughtuptodat e

(
2) Asur
vey
orwhopr
epar
esapl
anorat
raci
ngt
her
eofshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ori
ts
accur
acy
.

Exempt
ions

83. (1) Notwi

thst
andi
nganyot
herpr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisPar
t,i
ftheChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ning
Engineer—

(a) i
ssat
isfi
edt
hatmanagerorownerofaminei
sunabl
etopr
epar
eorcauset
obe
prepar
edtheplansr
equi
redbythet
hisPart
;and

(
b) i
fthemanagerorownersor
equest
s,i
nwr
it
ing;
hemaycausesuchpl ansasheconsider
snecessar
ytobeprepar
edbyasurveyoremployedby
theSt
ate,
whoshallthereaf
terbekepti
nfor
medatnotmor et
hanquar
ter
lyi
nter
valsbysuch
managerorownerofalldevel
opmentworkcarr
iedoutatt
hemine.

(2) Wit
ht heappr
ovaloftheChi
efGovernmentMini
ngEngineer,
aninspectormay
grantexemption,
inwri
ti
ng,tothemanager,
orownerofami nefrom compl
yingwithany
oftheprovi
sionsofsect
ions78to81inrespectoft
hepreparat
ionandkeepingofany
plan.

(
3) anyexempt
iongr
ant
edi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
2)

(
a) shal
lbesubj
ecttosuchcondi
ti
onsastothepr
eparat
ionandkeepi
ngofpl
ansas
maybedeter
mi nedbyt
heChiefGov
ernmentMini
ngEngineer
;and

(
b) Notwi
thstandi
ngtheprov
isi
onsofsect
ion298,maybegrantedi
ndefini
tel
yorf
or
suchperi
odast heChi
efGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngi
neert
hinksfi
t,and

(
c) maybev
ari
edorr
evokedbyt
heChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ningEngi
neatanyt
ime.

(
4) Ever
ypersontowhom anexemptionhasbeengr
ant
edi
ntermsofsubsect
ion(
2)
shal
lcomplywithanycondi
ti
onsdeter
minedbyt
heChi
efGover
nmentMini
ng
Engi
neerinter
msofsubsecti
on(3).

Unsat
isf
act
oryplansandfai
lur
et okeeppl
ans
84. (1) I
fthemanagerorownerofamine,ot
herwisethani
naccor
dancewi
thpr
ovi
sions
of
sect
ion83-

(
a) f
ail
stopr
epar
eorkeepanypl
ani
naccor
dancewi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
his
Par
t;
or

(
b) Pr
eparesorkeepsanyplanwhich,
int
heopi
nionoft
heChi
efGov
ernment
Mi
ningEngineer
,isunsat
isf
act
ory;

theChiefGov
ernmentMiningEngineermay,
notwi
thst
andi
ngt
hei
nst
it
uti
onofa
prosecut
ioni
nrespecti
nrespectofsuchfai
lur
e-

(
i) di
rectthatt
hemanagerorownerprepar
espl
ansi
naccordancewi
tht
he
pr
ov i
si
onsofthisPar
twit
hinsuchperi
odast
heChiefGover
nment
Mini
ngEngineermayspeci
fy;and

(
ii
) i
fthemanagerorownerf
ail
stocomplywi
thadirect
ionmadeinter
msof
subpar
agraph(
1),
causesuchpl
anstobeprepar
edattheexpenseoft
he
managerorowner

(
2) Nopersonshallf
ail
tocomplywit
hadi r
ect
ivemadebyt heChiefGov
ernment
Mi
ningEngineeri
ntermsofsubparagr
aph(1)ofsubsecti
on.

Pl
anst
obeconf
ident
ial
85. Allsurface,
undergroundandassaypl ansofanymi newhi
chhavebeenpr eparedbyany
Gov ernmentsurvey
or ,
andanysuchpl anssubmittedtoani
nspectorbyanymanageror
ownerofami neforsafekeeping,otherwisethaninter
msofsecti
on86, shall
be
confidenti
al,
andnoi nfor
mationrelati
ngtosuchpl ansshal
lbediv
ulgedtoanymember
ofthepubl i
c,sav
ewi ththewrit
tenaut hor
ityofsuchmanagerorowner;

Pr
ov i
dedthat,
att
hediscret
ionofaninspector
, i
nformati
onr
elat
ingt
osuchplansmaybe
madeav ai
labl
ewi
thoutsuchwrit
tenauthori
tyiftheminehasbeenabandonedandt
he
cl
aimshavebeenforf
eit
edintermsofPar tXII
Ioft heAct
.

Not
iceofi
ntent
iont
ocl
osedownorabandonami
ne

86. (1) Inaddi

ti
ontotherequi
rementsofsubsecti
on(1)ofsecti
on256oftheAct ,
ifany
ownerormanagerofami neonwhi chmini
ngoperati
onsarebeingcar
ri
edouti nt
endst o
closedownsuchmi ne,gi
vewri
ttennoti
cetotheinspect
orofthemini
ngdistr
icti
nwhi ch
suchmi neissi
tuat
edofsuchintenti
on.

(2) Inaddi
tiontotherequi rementsofsubsect i
on( 2)ofsect i
on256oft heAct ,t
he
managerorownerofami neshal l
,withinthirt
y-oneday soft heclosingdownoft hemi ne,
l
odgewi ththeinspect
oroft hemi ningdi st
ricti
nwhi cht hemi neissituat
edallplans,
traci
ngs,tr
ansparenci
es,surv eyco-or
di nat
el edgers, calculati
onsbooksandont he
wr i
tt
eninstr
ucti
onsofsuchi nspector
, surveynot ebook, extantatthedateofclosure,and
allsuchinf
ormat i
onshal
l thereuponbecomet hepr oper tyofGov ernment.

PARTVI
I

COALMI
NESANDFI
ERYMI
NES

I
nter
pret
ati
oni
nthi
sPar
t

87. I
nthi
sPar
t-

“accessi
bleworki
ngs”i
ncl
udesal
lwor
kingsothert
hanabandonedwor
kingst
hathav
ehad
allent
rancesef
fecti
vel
yscal
edbyst
oppings;

“
incombust
ibl
emat
ter
”doesnoti
ncl
udemoi
stur
e;

“r
oad”incl
udesanyroadofanydescri
pti
onint
heunder
groundworki
ngsofacoal
mine
extendi
ngfrom t
heshaft
s,out
letori
nlet
stowi
thi
ntenmetresoft
hecoalf
ace.

Decl
arat
ionofaf
ier
ymi
ne

88. ( 1) TheChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngengi
neermaydeclareanymineorpar
tofamineto
beaf
ier
yminei
finf
lammabl
egasispresentori
s,i
nhisopi
nion,
likel
ytopr
esenti
nthatmine.

(
2) WheretheChiefGover
nmentMini
ngEngi
neerhasmadeadeclar
ati
oni
ntermsof
subsect
ion(1),
heshal
lnot
if
ythemanageroft
hemineconcer
nedinwr
iti
ngof
thedecl
arat
ion.
 Coalmi
nes:pr
ecaut
ionsagai
nstcoaldustexpl
osi
ons

89. (1) Excepti

nsofarasexempt
ionmayhav
ebeengrantedbyaninspectortosuch
degreeandsubjectt
osuchcondi
ti
onsashemayspeci
fyinwri
ti
ng,t
hef ol
lowing
provi
sionsshall
appl
yatever
ycoalmine-

(a) noplantforsort
ing,
screeningorcrushi
ngcoal shal
lbeerectedi
ntheworki
ngsandno
suchpl
antshallbeerect
edonsur facewithi
nadi st
anceofsev ent
y-f
ivemet
resf
rom any
downcastshaf
torotheropeningwher eventi
lat
ingairent
erstheundergr
oundworki
ngs;

(
b) ar
rangementshal
lbeprovidedandusedatever
ypl
antforsor
ting,
screeni
ngor
cr
ushingcoalt
oensur
et hatasli
tt
lecoal
dustaspr
acti
cableenter
sthewor ki
ngs;

(
c) arrangementsshallbeprovi
dedandusedint
heundergr
oundworkingst
oprevent
,
suppr ess,
col
lectandremove,asfaraspr
act
icabl
e,
,t
hefinecoal
andcoaldust
createdbyminingoperati
ons;

(
d) i
nallaccessi
bleworkingsundergr
oundev er
yroadshall
betreat
edwi t
h
i
ncombust i
bledusttoensureatal
l t
imesthatt
hedustthatcanber ai
sedi
ntothe
ai
rfr
om thef l
oor,r
ooforsidesoftheroadshall
notcontai
nlessincombust
ibl
e
matt
erthanisdeterminedinaccordancewitht
hefoll
owingtabl
e-

percentagebymassofv ol
ati
l
e Mini
mum percent
age
mat t
ercont ent
,calcul
atedonan bymassof
ash-fr
eedr aybasis,oft
hecoal i
ncombusti
blematt
er
bei
ngmi ned cont
ent

Over14butnoexceeding20………………………………………..
…….50
Over20butnotexceeding22……………………………………….
.…..55
Over22butnotexceeding25……………………………………………..
60
Over25butnotexceeding27……………………………………….
….…65
Over27butnotexceeding30……………………………………….
…….68
Over30butnotexceeding32……………………………………………..
70
Over32butnotexceeding35……………………………………………..
72
Exceedi
ng35………………………………………………………………75

(
2) Forthepurposesofpar agraph(d)ofsubsecti
on(1),thevolat
il
emat t
ercont
ent
ofanycoal shal
lbet hatdeter
minedbyanalysisofarepresentat
ivesect
ionofthe
seam ofrepresentat
ivesampleofr unofminecoal f
rom theseam takenwit
hin
theprecedi
ngt welvemont hsand,wherenosuchdet erminati
onhasbeenmade,
thecontentshallbedeemedt oexceedthirt
y-f
ivepercentum.

Coalmi
nes:suppl
yofi
ncombust
ibl
edust

90 (1) Thepurposeofcompl yi
ngwiththepr
ovisi
onsofsecti
on89,themanagershal
l
ensur
et hatsupplyofincombust
ibl
edustequiv
alentt
oatleastoneweeksrequi
rement
shal
lalwaysbeav ail
ableint
heundergroundworki
ngsfordi
stri
but
ionanduseandthat
suchincombustibledust-

(
a) cont
ainsnotl
esst
hanni
net
y-f
ivepercent
um bymassofi
ncombust
ibl
emat
ter
;
and

(
b) i
sofsuchfi
nenessthat
,whendry,all
ofitwil
lpassthr
oughasiev
eofsixhundr
ed
micr
ometr
esapertur
eandatleastfi
ftypercent
um ofitbymasswil
lpass
t
hroughasi
eveofseventy
-fi
vemicrometresapert
ure;
and
 (
c) i
sali
mestone/
dolomi
tedustt
hedoesnotcontai
nmorethanf
ivepercent
um by
massoff
reesi
li
caori
ssomeot herappr
oveddust
;and

(
d) i
slighti
ncolourandofsuchcharact
ert
hat,
unlessdir
ect
lywett
edbywat
er,
it
doesnotcakeandwillr
eadi
lydisper
sei
ntotheairwhenblown;
and

(
e) i
stested,
ati
nter
valsnotexceedi
ngt
hreemont
hs,
fori
tsi
ncombust
ibl
emat
ter
cont
entandfi
neness.

(
2) arecordshal
lbekeptofthet
estscar
riedoutforthepur
poseofparagr
aph(
e)of
subsecti
on(1)andshal
lbeavai
l
ableforinspect
ionbyaninspect
or.

Coalmi
nes;
test
ingef
fect
ivenessofpr
ecaut
ionsagai
nstcoaldustexpl
osi
on

91. (1) Forthepur poseofdet er

mi ningtheadequacyoft hemeasur estakent ocompl y
wi t
ht hepr ovisionsofpar agraph( d)ofsubsect i
on(1)ofsect i
on89, sampl essuf fi
cienti
n
numberandf rom appr opriatelocationssoast ober epr esentati
veofdustcondi ti
ons
shal l
besy stemat icall
ycol l
ected, i
naccor dancewi t
ht hepr ovi
sionsoft hissection,at
i
nt ervalsnotexceedi ngt hirt
yday s,from theroadsinact ivewor kingareasofeach
vent i
lati
ngdi strictorineachsuchsect ionofthewor kingsasani nspect or,
after
consul tati
onwi ththepr ovisionsoft hissecti
on,atintervalsnotexceedi ngthirtydays,
from t heroadsi nactivewor kingar easofeachv ent
il
at i
ngdi str
ictorineachsuchsect i
on
oft hewor ki
ngsasani nspect or,aft
erconsultati
onwi tht hemanager ,mayr equir
e.

(2) Thefol
l
owi
ngpr
ovi
si
onsshal
lappl
ytot
hecol
l
ect
ionofsampl
esi
nter
ms
subsect
ion(
1)-

a) eachsampl
eshal
lbecol
l
ect
edov
eral
engt
hofr
oadnotl
esst
hanf
if
tymet
resi
n
l
engt
h;

(
b) thesampleofdustont
heroofandsi
deshal
lbet
akensepar
atel
yfr
om t
he
sampleofdustonthef
loor
;

(c) i
nthecaseoft hedustonther
oofandsi
des,t
hesampl
eshal
lbetakentoadepthnot
exceedi
ngsixmill
i
met ersand,i
nthecaseoft
hedustont
hefl
oor,
toadepthnotexceedi
ng
twenty-
fi
vemil
li
met er
s;

(
d) ever
ysamplet akenshallber
epr
esent
ativ
eofthewhol
esurfaceofther
oofand
si
desofthefloor,asthecasemaybe,ofthel
engt
hofroadbeingsampl
edand
shal
lbecol
lectedeither
-

(
i) byamet hodoftr
ipsampli
ngbywhi
chthedusti
scol
lect
edfr
om asuccessi
onof
transv
ersestri
psareonehundr
edmil
li
meter
swideandequal
lyspacednotmor
e
thanfivemetresapart
;or

(
ii
) byamethodofspotsamplingbywhi
chthedustforeachpar
ti
cul
arampl
eis
col
l
ect
edfrom onepointf
oreachmetr
eofthatlengt
hofroad.

(3) Eachsamplecoll
ectedintermsofthi
ssectionshallbewellmixedanda
repr
esent
ati
veport
ion,af
terdry
ingintheai
rifnecessary,shal
lbepassedthroughasi
eve
oftwohundredandfif
tymicrometresaper
tureandr et
ainedforanal
ysis.
 (
4) Analy
sisofeachsampl
ecollect
edinter
msofthi
ssect
ionshal
lbecar
ri
edoutby
t
hefol
l
owi ngmethodofbyanyotherapprov
edmethod-

(
a) awei ghedquant it
yofdustshal
lbeheat edinaopenvessel
toatemperatur
eof
notlessthanf ourhundr
edandei ghtydegreesandnotmorethanf
ivehundred
andt wentydegr eesCel
si
usuntilthecoal i
scomplet
elybur
ntaway,andthe
i
ncineratedresidueshal
lbeweighed;

(
b) thei
nci
nerat
edr
esi
dueshal
lbereckonedasi
ncombusti
blemat
terandbe
expr
essedasaper
cent
ageofthetotal
massofthedust
.

(
5) arecordshal
lbekeptofthedateandpl
aceofeachsampl
i
ngandt
her
esul
tof
t
het est
scarr
iedoutundersubsect
ion(
4).

(
6) aret
urnshal
lbesenteachmonthtoaninspectorcl
ear
lydescr
ibi
ngt
hepl
aces
sampledandther
esult
softheanal
ysi
sobtained.

(
7) Inev
erycasewhereanal
ysi
srev
eal
sunsati
sfact
orycondit
ionsi
nthepl
aces
sampled,
theret
urni
nter
msofsubsect
ion(6)shal
lref
lectwhatr
emedi
alact
ion
hasbeentaken.

Coalmi
nes:r
oadsandcoalt
ubs

92. (1) Undergroundroadsalongwhichcoal i

smov edortr
anspor
tedshal
lbe
systemati
call
yclearedofanycoalspi
llageand, beforeanyar
eaofthemineisi
sol
atedby
stoppi
ng,thefloor,r
oofandsidesofallroadsthereinshal
lbesyst
emati
cal
lycl
ear
edof
dustandfreshlystone-
dusted.

(2) Coaltubsshal
lbeconst
ruct
edandmai
ntai
nedsoast
opr
eventcoal
dust
escapi
ngthr
oughthesides,
endsorbot
tom.

St
onedustorwat
erbar
ri
ers

93. (1) Stonedustorwat

erbar
ri
erserect
edf ort
hepurposeofsuppressingcoaldust
expl
osi
onsshallbeofadesi
gnandconstructi
onapprovedbyaninspectorandlocat
edat
suchpoi
ntsasthemanager,
aft
erconsult
ationwit
htheinspect
or,maydet er
mine.

(2) Stonedustorwat
erbarr
ier
ser
ect
edinter
msofsubsection(1)shal
lbei
nspect
ed
byanof
fi
cial
everythr
eemonthsandt
her
esult
softhi
sinspect
ionshallber
ecor
dedin
i
nkinabooksuppli
edbyt
hemanager.

Dai
l
yrepor
tonpr
ecaut
ionst
aken

94. Onceinev eryt

wenty-f
ourhoursanoffi
cial
shal
lrepor
tinwri
ti
ngi
nabookpr
ovidedfor
thepurposebyt hemanageront hemeasurest
akentoensur
ecompl
i
ancewit
ht he
provi
sionsof
paragr
aph( c)ofsubsect
ion(1)ofsect
ion89andsecti
on92.

Coalmi
nes:r
esponsi
bil
i
tiesofmi
neri
nchar
ge

95. (
1) I
nev
eryunder
groundcoal
mine-

(
a) ev
eryworkingplacewhichhasremai
nedidlef
ormorethansixhour
sorwhichhas
r
emai
nedidl
eforsuchlesseri
nter
valt
hansixhoursasani
nspectormaydir
ectandever
ywor
king
pl
acei
nwhichblast
inghastakenpl
aceshall
beexami nedandmadesafebythemineri
nchar
ge
oft
hesecti
oninwhichsuchworki
ngplacei
slocatedbeforeanyworki
sresumedi
nsuchworki
ng
pl
acei
slocatedbef
oreanyworkisresumedinsuchwor ki
ngplace;

(b) noperson,otherthanthehol
derofanappropr
iat
ebl asti
ngli
cence,shal
lenter
andnomi nerinchargeshal l
causeorpermi
tanyotherpersontoenteranytravel
ingway
orworki
ngplacet owhi chanypersoni
srequi
redtohaveaccesshasbeenexami nedby
theminerinchargeoft hesecti
onandfoundtobesati
sfactori
lyvent
il
atedandinasaf e
condi
ti
on;

(
c) att
hecommencementofashi
ftt
hemi
neri
nchar
geshal
l
-

(
i) examineev
eryworki
ngpl
acei
nhissecti
onfori
nfl
ammabl
egaswi
thanappr
oved
f
lamesafetyl
amporapprovedmet
hanometr
e;and

(i
i) pl
acehisi
nit
ial
sandthedat
eofexaminat
ioni
nchal
korcray
oninaconspi
cuous
place,
otherthant
hewor ki
ngpl
acei
tsel
f,i
nev
eryworki
ngpl
acei
mmediatel
yaf
terhehas
examinedit;
and

(i
ii
) i
mmedi at
elyf
enceofforsetupabarri
erattheentr
ancet
oanypl acewhichhe
fi
ndstobei naunsafecondi
ti
onsandcannotthereandthenmakesafeand; unti
lhe
haspersonall
ymadesuchplacesafe,shal
lnotal
lowanypersont
oent erther
einexcept
suchpersonsasmaybenecessar ytoassi
sthiminmakingsuchplacesafe;and

i
v) i
nform anof
fi
ci
albyt
hequi
ckestmeansav
ail
abl
eifnoxi
ousori
nfl
ammabl
egas
i
sexami
nati
ons;

v
) i
mmedi
atel
yaf
tert
hei
nspect
ionoft
hesect
ion-

A. recordindupli
cat
einabookpr ovidedbythemanageraful
landaccur
ate
repor
tspecif
yingwhetherornotanwher enoxiousori nf
lammablegas,
defect
sinroof
andsidewall
andot hersourcesofdangerweref oundorobserv
ed;and

B. si
gnininkoft
herepor
tandsendtheori
ginal
ther
eofi
mmedi at
elyi
thas
beenmadetothesurf
acefort
ransmi
ssi
ontothemanagersoff
ice.

(2) Theorigi
naloft
herref
err
edandsendinsubparagr
aph(v)ofpar
agr
aph©of
subsect
ion(shal
lbecount
ersi
gnedbyanoff
ici
alonrecei
ptandshall
beret
ainedbyhi
m
foratl
eastt
hreemonths.

(3) Aminerinchar
gecar
ryi
ngoutt
heexami
nat
ionr
equi
redbypar
agr
aph©of
subsect
ion(
1)shal
l-

(a) t
akeallreasonabl
emeasuretoprev
entper
sonsnotr
equi
redt
oassisthi
mf r
om
anysuchwor ki
ngpl aceunt
ilhehasexami
nedandmadesafeandunt
ilhehasgi
venthem
defi
nit
einst
ructi
onsnt oent
er;and

(
b) takeal
lreasonableprecauti
onsfort
hesafetypresenttohisknowledgeinhi
s
sect
ionandf ort
hesafet
yofhi sworkmen, andsuchprecauti
onsshallconti
nueaslongashe
al
lowsanysuchper sontoremaininhissectionorunti
lheisrel
i
ev ed ofr
esponsibi
l
ityby
anotherminerofcompetentpersoninaccordancewit
hsubsection(4);and

(
c) notbeacont
ract
orf
ort
heget
ti
ngofmi
ner
alsi
nthemi
ne.
 (4) Ar
eli
evingmi nerorcompet
entper
sonshall
,bymeanofat okentobehandledto
theminerr
eli
evedorbysuchot hermeansastheChiefGovernmentMini
ngEngineermay
approv
e,si
gnif
yt hathehasassumedresponsi
bil
i
tyforthesafet
yofthesect
ion.

(5) subjectt
osubsect
ion(7),i
neverycoalmineamineri
nchargeshal
l
,int
hecour
se
ofhisshif
t,makeatleastt
hreeinspect
ion,ati
nter
val
snotexceedi
ngthr
eehour
s,of
ever
ywor kingplacei
nhissect
ion.

(6) Wherecoal pi
ll
arsar ebeingextract
ed,
aminershallnothavechargeofmore
thantwelv
ewor kingplacesorsuchl essernumberorwor ki
ngplacesasaninspect
ormay
deter
minef ort
hepar t
icularsecti
onoft hemineandinspecti
onsshalli
ncl
udeall
accessi
bleposit
ionsoft hecoal edgeofeachworkingplace.

(7) Whereasecti
ongi
vi
nginfl
ammablegasfreel
yisopenedout,aminershal
lnotbe
i
nchar geofmorethansi
xworki
ngplacesandheshallmakeinspect
ionsati
nter
val
snot
exceedingonehour.

(8) I
nthecour seofev er
yinspectionmadei ntermsofsubsection( 3)themineri
n
chargeshalltestforinfl
ammabl egaswithanappr ovedfl
amesaf etyl
amporanappr oved
met hanometerand, ifi
nflammabl egasisdetectedinaquant i
tysuffi
cienttoshowa
disti
nctcapont her educedflameoft hesafetyl
amport ogivear eadi
ngofonecomma
twof i
vepercent um ont hemet hanometersoast onecessit
atethewithdr awalofper
sons
i
nt ermsofsect i
on68, heshal li
mmedi atel
yreportit
spresencetothemanagerofan
offi
cialbymessagesentwr i
ti
ng.

Coalmi
nes:ent
ryi
nabsenceofmi
neri
nchar
ge

96. ( 1) Notwithstandi
ngtheprovi
sionsofsecti
on31and95andsubj ecttothissect
ion,
acompetentpersonmaywi thhisworkmenenterandwor ki
nworkingplacesinbyoft hewaiti
ng
pl
acerequiredbyparagraph( f
)ofsubsect
ion(1)ofsect
ion(9)whenthemi nerinchargeora
bl
ast
inglicencehol
deri snotpresent
.

(
2) Subsect
ion(
1)shal
lonl
yappl
yif-

(
a) thecompet entper
sonhasbeenappoi ntedforthepurposebythemanagerand
hassatisf
iedaninspectorast ohisknowledgeofgasesandt hetest
ingthereof;
and
(
b) thework,whichshallnoti ncludecoalgett
ing,hasbeenspecif
iedandauthorized
bythemanageroranof ficial;and
(
c theminerinchargehas, att heendofthepr ecedi
ngshift
,examinedand,if
necessary,madesafetyev eryworki
ngplacet owhichthecompetentper
sonand
hisworkmenar erequir
edt ohaveaccess;and

(d) theworkdoesnotconti
nuef
ormorethanfourhour
sint
heabsencef
rom t
he
secti
onofthemineri
nchargeorabl
ast
ingl
icencehol
ders;
and

(e) atal
lti
mesanapprov
edf l
amesafetyl
ampappr
ovedmet
hanomet
eri
spr
ovi
ded
andusedwherethewor
kisbeingunder
taken.

(3) Thecompet entper

soninchar geofwor kbeingcar
ri
edouti nter
msoft his
sectionshalli
mmedi atel
yceasewor kandwi thdrawalal
lpersonsift
hev enti
l
ati
ngair
currentdiminishesnoti
ceablyofi
fthepl acewher etheworki sbei
ngcarriedoutbecomes
unsaf eorifanyinfl
ammabl egasisdet ectedand, i
ntheeventofinfl
ammabl egasbeing
detected,shallmakeani mmediat
er epor ttoanof f
ici
al.
 Of
fi
cialt
otestf
ori
nfl
ammabl
egas

97. (1) I
neveryundergr
oundcoalmi neofeachshi f
tatestfori
nfl
ammablegassimil
ar
tothetestr
equiredbysubsecti
on(
8)ofsect i
on95shal lbemadebyanoffici
alor
competentperson,ot
herthantheminerincharge,appoi
ntedbythemanagerofevery
minerssect
ioninwhichwor kmenwor kort
ravelormayber equi
redtowor
kort rav
el
duri
ngthatshi
ft.

(2) Ar eportoneverytestmadeinter
msofsubsection(1)shal
lberecordedininkat
theendofthatshif
tbyt hepersonmaki
ngt het
estonaf or
m approvedbyani nspect
orin
abookprov i
dedforthepurposebythemanager,andsuchreportshal
lbesignedbyt he
personmakingitandshallbeexaminedandcounter
signedbythemanageroranof f
ici
al
withi
ntwenty-
fourhours.

Coalnott
ocont
ainexpl
osi
ves

98. I neverycoal
minethemanagershal
ltakeal
lreasonabl
epr
ecat
ionst
oensur
ethatno
expl
osi
vesar
econtai
nedinthecoal
thati
sproduced.

Coalmi
nesandf
ier
ymi
nes:whenf
ir
ingofchar
gespr
ohi
bit
ed

99. I neverycoalmineandever
ymi nenoper
sonshal
lfi
reexpl
osi
vechar
gei
nanywhere
ther
eissuffi
cienti
nfl
ammablegaspresentl
amporgi
veareadingofonecommatwof
iveper
centum onanapprovedmethanometer
.

Coalmi
nes:per
mit
tedexpl
osi
ves

100. (1) I
nev
eryunder
groundcoal
minenoexpl
osi
ves,
othert
hanper
mit
tedexpl
osi
ves,
shal
lbeused:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
heChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ningEngi
neermay—

(
a) pr
ohi
bitt
heuseofanysuchper
mit
tedexpl
osi
ves;
or

(
b) ifhei
ssati
sfi
edthatt
heycompl
ywit
hsafet
yrequi
rement
s,mayper
miti
nwr
it
ing
t
heuseofanyexpl
osi
ves,ot
hert
hanper
mit
tedexpl
osi
ves.

(2) Fort
hepur
poseofsubsect
ion(
1)t
hef
]ol
l
owi
ngshal
lbedeemedt
obeper
mit
ted
expl
osi
ves-

(
a) bl
ast
ingcar
tri
dges-

(i
) Ajax;
(i
i
) Monobel;
(i
i
i) CoalexNo.1
(i
v) Saxonit
e:
pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
hechar gepershothol
eshal
lnotexceed800g;
and

(
b) det
onat
ors-
 (
i) i
nstantaneousel
ect
ri
cdetonat
orswithacoppercapsul
eandofastrengt
hnot
l
esst
hanNo.6D;
(
ii
) “Car
rick”shor
tper
diodel
aydetonat
ors,
maximum delay150mil
l
iseconds

Firi
ngofchar gesincoal
101. ( 1) Thissecti
onshallf
ir
echargesorcauseorpermitanyotherpersontofi
re
char
gesincoal unlessthecoaltobeblast
edhast wofreef
acesandt heendoft heshot
-hol
eisat
l
eastonehundr edandf it
ymil
li
mt er
esshortofthebackofthecutprovi
dingthesecondofthe
twofr
eef aces;

Providedthat,atpl
aceswher etopcoali
ngistaki
ngpl aceandt wofreefacescannotbe
establi
shed,thedri
ll
ingandblastingoftheroofofthecoal seam maybeunder takeninadi
ff
erent
manneri faninspectorhasgrantedwr i
tt
enpermissiontherefore,
inwhichevent,anyper
sonfi
ri
ng
charges,orcausingorper mit
ti
ngchar gestobefir
ed, shal
lcompl ywit
ht het
ermsandconditi
ons
fi
xedbyt heinspectorinsuchwr i
ttenpermi
ssion.

(3) Noshot-
holeshal
lbef
ir
edunlessthepor
ti
onofthehol
ebetweentheexpl
osi
ves
andt
hecol
lari
sadequat
elyt
ampedwithnon-
infl
ammabletampi
ngsuppl
iedbythemanager.

(4) Nopersonshal
lfi
reanychargeunlesshehasexami nedasshor
tlybefor
efir
ing
aspract
icabl
e,t
heplacewherethechargei
st obefir
ed, al
laccessibl
eworki
ngsintowhichthe
chargemayblastandthevent
il
ati
ngairent
eringtheplacewher ethechar
geistobef i
redandhas
foundnodangerofthefi
ri
ngcausinganexplosionofi
nf l
ammabl egasorcoaldust.

(
5) Theexami
nat
ionrequi
redbysubsect
ion(4)shal
lbemadewi
thanappr
oved
f
lamesafet
ylamporanapprovedmethanometer
.

Dev
elopmentdr
ives,
etcet
era:speci
alpr
ovi
sions

102. I never
yfi
erymineandeverycoalmine,nopersonshal
l,
inanydevel
opmentdr
ive,
headi
ngorbordmorethanfif
tymetresinadvanceoft
hegeneralli
neofworki
ng,
fir
echargesor
causeorper
mitanyotherper
sontof i
rechar
gesexceptbetweenshif
ts.

Coalmi
nes:par
kingofdi
eseluni
twhennoti
nuse

103. Inanycoal
mineeverymobil
edi
esel-
powereduni
tunder
groundshal
l
,whennoti
nuse,
be
kepti
naplaceappr
ov edbyani
nspect
or.

Coalmi
nes:r
etur
nai
rway
s

104. (
1) I
never
ycoalminethereshal
lbeineachvent
il
ati
ondi
str
ictar
etur
nai
rway
l
eadi
ngt
othemai
nreturnai
rcourseoft
hemi ne.

(
2) Ever
yr et
urnai
rway,
incl
udingt
hemainreturnair
course,
shallbekeptfencedof
f
f
rom di
susedwor ki
ngsandmaintai
nedinpr
operstateofrepai
rsothatitcanbe
t
rav
ersedwithoutdanger
.

(3) anoffi
cialshal
linspectal
lret
urnairways,ati
nter
val
snotexceedi
ngsev
enday s,
andshal
lrecor
dt heresult
sofhisinspect
ionsininkinabooksuppli
edbythemanager.

(4) Therecordrequi
redbysubsect
ion(3)shal
lbekepti
nanoff
iceonsurfaceand
shal
lbecounter
signedbythemanageratinter
val
snotexceedi
ngf
ourteenday
s.
 Coalmi
nesandf
ier
ymi
nes:f
ans

105. (
1) I
nev
eryf
ier
ymi
neandev
erycoal
mine—

(
a) everyf
anshallbesoinst
all
edandposi
ti
onedast
oensur
e,asf
araspossi
ble,
thati
tisnotdamagedbyanexplosi
on;
and

(
b) exceptwi
tht
hewr
it
tenper
missi
onofani
nspect
or,
evenmai
nfanshal
lbe-

(
i) si
tuat
edonsur
face;
and

(
ii
) f
it
tedwi
thanaut
omat
ical
armt
oal
ertper
sonsshoul
ditst
op;
and

(
c) i
ntheeventofamai
nfanst
oppingforanyr
easonandther
ebyendanger
ingt
he
saf
etyofper
sonsi
nthewor
kings,
themanagershal
lensur
ethat
-

(i
) i
mmedi
atest
epsar
etakent
owi
thdr
awal
lper
sonsf
rom suchwor
kingst
oapl
acesaf
ety
;
and

(i
i
) assoonassuchpersonshavereachedapl
aceofsafet
y,al
lel
ect
ri
cal
powersuppl
i
edtotheworki
ngsv ent
il
atedbysuchf
anisswit
chedoff
;and

(i
ii
) aftert
hemainf anhasbeenre-star
ted,
noelect
ricalpowertothe
worki
ngsshallbeswit
chedonandnoper sonothert
hant hoseengagedin
makingthenecessar
yexami nat
ionshall
entersuchworkingsunti
lsafe
condi
ti
onshav ebeenrestor
ed;and

(
d) everymai nfanshal
lbeexaminedint
ernal
lyandext
ernal
ly,
toget
herwi
thit
s
appurtenantgear,
atint
erv
alsnotexceedi
ngthreemonths,byacompet
ent
persons.

(2) Themanagershallkeeporcausetobekeptatthemineabooki nwhichthe

personcarr
yingouttheexaminat
ionrequir
edbypar
agraph(d)ofsubsecti
on(1)shal
l
recordi
ninkat r
uereportonthecondit
ionoft
hefananditsappurt
enantgearfoundat
everyexaminat
ion.

(3) I
f,onanyexami nat
ion,
anyweaknessordefecti
sfoundbywhi
chtheeff
ici
ent
andcont
inuousoperat
ionofaf anmaybeaffect
edandsuchweaknessofdef
ectcannot
beimmediatel
yremedi
ed, i
tshall
berepor
tedwit
houtdelayt
othemanager
.

Coalmi
nesandf
ier
ymi
nes:i
nst
all
ati
onandoper
ati
onoff
ans

106. (1) Nofanshal

lbeinst
all
edoroper
atedi
ntheworki
ngsofanyf
ier
ymi
neoranycoal
mineex
cepti
naccor
dancewit
htheprovi
si
onsofthi
ssect
ion.

(2) Wher eiti

si nt
endedtoi nstal
lanauxi li
aryfaninanret
urnairwayfrom a
ventil
atingdi stri
ct,aninspect
orshal lf
irstbenot i
fiedi
nwrit
ing,thesi
teofsuchfanshall
besel ectedbyt hemanagerandt heinst al
lati
onshallbesuchthatthemot ori
ssit
uatedi
n
i
nt akeairandt hereisnopossi bil
i
tyofret urnairpassi
ngoverthemot orandancil
l
ary
electr
ical gear.Inspecialcir
cumst ancesexempt ionmaybegi v
eni nwri
ti
ngf r
om the
abov epr ovisi
onbyani nspectorofmi nes.

(
3) Int
hecaseofanyf
ani
nst
all
edel
sewher
ethani
nar
etur
nai
rwayf
rom a
v
ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ict
-
 (
a) eachsuchfanshallbei
nst
all
edatasi
teper
sonal
l
ysel
ect
edandaut
hor
izedby
t
hemanageroranoff
ici
al;
and

(b) nosuchf anshallbeinst

all
edoroperat
edatanyplaceunlessthequant
it
yof
freshairreachi
ngitatal
ltimesissuff
ici
enttoensur
ethatanyreci
rcul
ati
onofairshal
l
notpr ejudi
cethesupplyofadequateventi
l
ati
on;

(
c) nosuchf
anshal
lber
emovedwit
houtt
heaut
hori
tyoft
hemanageroranoff
ici
al
whoshall
makeasui
tabl
eendor
sementi
nthebookr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
4);
and

(d) thepowersuppl
ytoeachsuchf anshal
lbecontr
oll
edfr
om aswit
chonthe
secti
ondist
ri
but
ionpaneli
ndependentoftheswi
tchescont
rol
l
inganyot
hermachi
ner
yin
thesect
ion.

(4) Ever
yfanshallbeoperatedinaccordancewit
hthei
nstr
ucti
onsgi
venbythe
manageroranof fi
cial
whoshal l
r ecor
dininkinabookprov
idedfort
hepurposet
he
part
icul
arsoftheauthori
zat
ionandshal l
ensurethatt
hemineri
nchargei
smadeaware
ofsuchinstr
ucti
ons.

(5) Intheworkingsofanycoal mineorfi

erymineanel
ectri
cal
ly
-dri
venfanshal
lnot
best ar
tedorre-st
artedafteri
thasstoppedunless,
immedi
atel
ybeforethefanisst
art
ed
orre-st
arted,
testshav ebeencarr
iedoutwit
hanappr ov
edpersonandt hesit
eofit
s
mot orandancil
laryelect
ri
calgearhavebeenfoundtobecl
earofinfl
ammabl egas.

Coalmi
nes:ai
rcour
ses

107. I
nev
erycoal
mine-

(a) al
ldoorsconnecti
ngamai
nintakeai
rcour
sewithamai
nr et
urnai
rcour
seshal
lbe
str
ongl
yconstr
ucted,af
for
danef
fect
ivesealandshal
lbei
ndupl
icate;

(b) allstoppi
ngsanair-
crossi
ngsshal
lberobustandbui
l
tinsuchamannerast o
preventleakageandatleastonesideofev
erystoppi
ngshallbekeptaccessi
blef
or
i
nspection.

Coalmi
nes:suppl
yofai
r

108. I
nev
erycoal
minenotexempt
edi
nwr
it
ingbyani
nspect
or-

(a) thequanti
tyoffreshairi
ncubi
cmet respersecondsuppli
edthroughoutt
he
twenty
-fourhoursforeachv ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ictshal
lbenotl esst
hannoughttwof i
ve
multi
pli
edbyt hemaximum numberoft onesofcoalandr ockminedpershif
tinsuch
dist
ri
ct;and

(b) nov
ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ictshal
latanyt
imecont
ainmor
ethant
wohundr
edper
sons;
and

(
c) i
nbor dandpi ll
arwor ki
ngs,r
oadwaysthatcarr
yauni dir
ecti
onalfl
owairoverthe
wholeoft hecross-secti
onalar
eafrom t
hemai nintakeair
coursetothemain
retur
naircourseofanysect i
onoftheworkingsforthepurposeofv ent
il
ati
ng
suchwor kingsshallbeprovi
dedandmai nt
ainedt ocarrysuchfl
owascl oseas
practi
cabletov er
ywor ki
ngplacei
nsuchsect i
on;and
 (d) t
hequant i
tyofai
rsuppliedatt hefaceofanyheadi ngwhichisbeingadvancedin
coalandwhi chhadadvancedmor ethanei ghtmetr
esfrom itspoi
ntsofcommuni cati
on
withthenearest
roadwayt hatiscar
ryi
ngauni -
directi
onal f
lowofairoverthewholeofitscross-
secti
onal
arefrom t
hemai nint
akeaircourseoft hesectionofworkingsinwhichsuchheadingis
beingadvancedshallbenotlesst hannoughtcommaonef iv
ecubicmet respersecond
foreachsquaremet r
eoftheav eragecr oss—secti
onalareaoftheheading;and

(e) t
hequant i
tyofairsuppl
i
edatt hefaceofanytunnelbei
ngadv
ancedinstoneorin
dykeandatt hefaceofanyshaftinthecourseofbeingsunkshall
benotl
essthan
noughtcommaonef ivecubicmetrespersecondforeachsquaremetr
eoftheaverage
cross-
secti
onalareaoftheexcav ati
on.

Coalmi
nes:measur
ementofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngmeasur
ementofdust

109. (1) I
nev
erycoalminemeasur
ement
sshal
lbemadenotl
esst
hanonceamont
h,
duri
ngt
hemainworki
ngshi
ft
,of-

(
a) t
hequant
it
yofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngt
hrought
hemi
neandeachv
ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ict
;and

(
b) t
hequanti
tyofai
rcir
culat
ingthr
ougheachwor
kingsect
ionandt
heav
erage
v
eloci
tyoftheai
rcur
rentalongt
heroads.

(2) Ineveryundergroundcoalminesmeasur ement sshallbemadenotl essthan

onceinev erysi
xmont hsoratsuchgr eateri
nter
valsast heChiefGovernmentMi ning
Engineermayper mitinwrit
ingdur
ingt hemainwor kingshift
,oftheamountofdusti nthe
mai nworkingshi
ft,oftheamountofdusti ntheairinrepresentat
iveworki
ngplacesin
eachsect i
onwhiledril
li
ng,cut
ti
ng,br
eaki ng,
loadi
ngort ransferofcoalorr
ockist aki
ng
place.

Recor
dtobekeptmeasur
ement
sofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngandofdust
 (5) Copiesofthecodeofsignal
srequi
redbysubsect
ion(4)shall
bemaintai
nedi
n
properrepai
randshallbesoplacedthatt
heycanconveni
entl
yber eadbyper
son
operati
ngthesignali
ngsyst
em.

(6) Wher
eblast
ingoper
ati
onsar
ebei
ngcar
ri
edouti
nashaf
torwi
nzei
nthe
courseofsi
nki
ng-

(a) thepersoninchargeofthebl
asti
ngoper
ati
onsshal
lnoti
fyt
heengine
dri
verwhenblasti
ngisabouttotakepl
acebymeansofaspecial
“bl
ast
ing”si
gnal
,
namely,
fiv
eknocksorr i
ngs;and

(b) exceptinthecaseofremotefi
ri
ngbyelectr
ici
ty,
theengi
nedri
vershal
l
repl
ytot hatspeci
al“bl
ast
ing”si
gnalbyrai
singandloweri
ngtheconv
eyance
approxi
mat elyonemetre;and

(c) onreceiv
ingthesi
gnal
torai
seper
sons,t
heenginedri
vershal
lrai
set
he
convey
ancewithoutdel
ay.
Noti
ceofmaximum numberofper
sonstobeconveyed

(7) Nopersonshall
fai
ltoobser
vethecodeofsi
gnalsetoutinsubsecti
on(2)orany
addit
ional
signal
sauthori
zedbythemanageri
ntermsofsubject
ion(3)orthespeci
alsignal
s
speci
fiednsubsect
ion(6).

Pr
ovi
sionsofsi
gnal
sdur
ingexami
nat
ionofshaf
tofwi
nze

151. Ev er
yshaftorwinzewherepersonstravelonorintheconveyancewhilecarr
yingout
examinat
ionsther
eofshallbepr
ov i
dedwi t
hsomeef f
ici
entmeans,inrespectofeachconveyance
usedinconnecti
onwi t
hsuchexami nat
ions,wherebysuchpersonscansi gnal
effect
ivel
yfr
om
anydepthintheshaftorwinzet
othewi ndingenginedri
ver.

Cagest
ohav
edoor
s

152. ( 1) Subj ecttosubsecti

on(2),
inallcaseswherecagesareusedf
orlower
ingor
rai
singofpersons,suitabl
yconstruct
eddoor sshal
lbeprovi
dedforuseandusedwhenpersons
aretrav
elingt
opr eventthem fr
om inadver
tentl
yfail
ingoutofcages.

(2) Onl
ywhenr epai
rs,
mai
ntenanceandi
nstal
l
ationwor
kinthe
shafti
sbeingcar
riedoutmayuseofthedoor
srequir
edbysubsect
ion(
1)
bedispensedwit
h.
153. Not iceoft
hemaximum numberofpersonsper
mit
tedt
ori
deatanyonetimeincage,ski
p
ofothermeansofconvey
anceshal
lbepost
edupandkeptsopost
edinlegi
blechar
acteratt
heto
oftheshaf
torwinzeandateachst
ati
oninuse.

Faci
l
iti
esf
ormai
ntenanceofheadgear

154. Ineveryheadgeart
hereshal
lbeprovi
dedsuchpermanentl
adder
waysandpl
atf
ormsas
maybenecessar
yforthepropermai
ntenanceofal
lequi
pmentinst
all
edt
her
eat.

Pr
ovi
si
onsf
orwi
ndi
ngpl
ant

155. (
1) Ev
erywi
ndi
ngengi
neshal
lbesucht
hat—

(a) whenrunni
ngatv ar
iousspeedswit
hlightandheav
yloads,i
tcan
readi
lybeslowedandstoppedandaf t
erst
oppingcanimmediatel
ybe
start
edagaininei
therdi
rect
ionbythedri
ver;

(b) eachwi
ndingdrum,whenunclut
chedfrom t
heengi ne,canbe
maintainedinaposit
ionofr
estbymansofi tsownbr akeorbr akeswit
h
noslippingwhenloadedtodoubl
et hemaximum permittedmassof
personsort obemaximum permit
tedmassofmi neral,whicheveri
sthe
greater
;

(c) wher
eonpartoftheropei
sr i
gidl
yfi
xedt
othedrum orsheave,
ther
eshallbenodangeroussli
ppi
ngoft her
opeonthedrum orsheave,
underanypossi
bleworkingcondi
ti
ons.

(
2) I
ncalcul
ati
ngthemassofpersonsf
rothepur
posesofpar
agraph
(
b)ofsubsect
ion(1)
,sevent
yki
l
ogramsshallbeal
l
owedforeachper
son.

Fur
therpr
ovi
si
onsf
orwi
ndi
ngpl
ant

156. (
1) Subj
ectt
osubsect
ions92)and(
3),
ever
ywi
ndi
ngpl
antshal
l—

(
a)i
nthecaseof-

(
i) asingledrum orsingl
esheav ewinder,haveanoverlay
rope;and
(
ii
) adoubl edrum ordoubl
esheav ewi nder,
haveanov erl
ay
ropeont hedrum orsheav
eont hright-
handsideas
seenf r
om thedriv
erscontrolposit
ion;whichover
lay
ropeshallbetermedthe“referencerope”and

(b) onthedrum orsheavesthereof,

havesuchgrooves,f
langesorhor
nsand,
i
fthedrum ifconical
,suchotherappli
ancesi
naddit
iontheret
oasmaybe
suff
ici
enttopreventtheropefrom sl
ippi
ngoff
;ands

(c) Have,inthecaseofadialdept
hindi
cat
or,apoi
nter
,whichmov esi
na
clockwisedirection,whent
herefer
enceisl
oweredand,
inthecaseofapostor
spiraldepthindicator,
apoi
nterwhichmovesupordownast heref
erencer
ope
mov esupordown;

providedt
hat
,inthecaseofbal
ancedwindi
ngwheret
wodept hi
ndicat
orsare
fi
ttedtoonewindingengi
ne,
thedir
ect
ionofmovementofeachdepthindi
cat
or
 shal
lbedeter
minedbyconsi
der
ingt
her
opecar
ryi
ngt
heconv
eyanceasbei
ngt
he
ref
erencer
ope;and

(d) haveal
lbol
tsandfi
tt
ingswhich,
int
heev
entoft
heirbecomi
ngloosened
mightbeasour
ceofdangerrender
edsecur
ebymeansofsuit
ablel
ocki
ng
devi
ces;and

(
e) bepr
ov i
dedwithalocki
ngdev
icewhi
chshal
lpr
eventi
nadv
ert
ent
wi
thdr
awaloftheclut
ch;and

(
f) bef
it
tedwi
thani
nter
locki
ngdev
icemaki
ngi
timpossi
blet
o-

(
i) uncl
utchanydr
um unl
esst
hebr
akesofsuchdr
um ar
eful
l
yappl
i
ed;
and

(
ii
) rel
easethebrakesofsuchdr
um unt
ilt
hecl
utchi
sful
l
yengagedand
securel
ylocked;
and

(
g) bepr ovidedwit
hprotecti
vedevicestoshutofft
hepowerandapplythe
brakesaut omati
call
yintheeventofanov er
windofaconveyanceori
n
theev entofthespeedofaconv eyanceexceedi
ngthemaximum
authorizedspeedoffif
teenpercentum:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hat—

(
i) i
nt hecaseofwi ndi
ngengi
neoperat
ingaconv ey
anceinashaf torwinze
i
nt hecourseofsinki
ngsuchover
winddevicesneedtobepr ovi
dedonly
toguardagainstoverwi
ndofaconveyanceabovethehigheststoppi
ng
place

i
i
) inthecaseofwindi
ngengineusedf rom r
egularmanwi nding,suchdev i
cesshall
besosetthatanypassengerconveyancewi l
lbebroughttorestwithinadi st
ance
ofthreemetr
esabovethehigheststoppi
ngpl aceusedforpassengerl andingand
threemetr
esbelowtheloweststoppingplaceusedforpassengerl anding;and

(
h) whenf it
tedwi thamul t
i-t
oothedtypeclutchorcl
utcheswhichar
enot
vi
sibletot hedr i
verf
rom hisposit
ionatthecontrol
s,besoprovi
dedwi t
h
mirrorsorot hersuit
ablemeanst hatt
hedr iv
ercansee,wi
thoutmov i
ng
fr
om hi sposi t
ionatthecontrol
s,whetherornotaclutchi
sincorrect
positi
onf orengagement ;

(
i) Haveanef fi
cientbr akef oreachdr um orsheav ewhi chshal lbekepti npr oper
order;and
(
j) Whent hewi ndingengi nei sdr i
venbyel ectricpower ,befitt
edi naddi t
ionwi t
h
anemer gencybr akesy stem whi chshall besoar rangedt hatt hebr akeswi ll
beappl iedaut omat i
callyint heev entofaf ailureoft heelectricpowersuppl y,
savehowev er,thatt hebr akeshoesmaybecommont obot hbr eaki ng
systems; and
(
k)Wher enecessar y,bepr ovidedwi thguar dsov ert hedr umsandbr akepat hst o
protectt hedr iverandanycont rolgearf r
om f lyi
ngr opedr essing; And
(
l) Excepti nt hecaseofaf r
icti
ng-dr i
veorsheav e-t
y pewi ndingengi ne, havenot
l
esst hant hreet urnsofr oper oundt hedr um whent heconv eyancei satthe
l
owestpoi ntint heshaf tfrom whi chwi ndingi sef fectedandhav et heendof
theropesecur elyf astenedt ot heshaf t
, hub,bossoranar m ofthedr um; and
(
m)Hav eani ndicatingdev i
cewhi chwi ll
clear l
yandaccur at
elyshowt hewi nding
enginedr i
vert heposi t
ionoft heconv eyancei nt heshaf t:
 Providedthat,int
hecaseofasheav
e-t
ypewinder
,di
sconnexi
onofthei
ndi
cat
or
dri
venf orthepurposeofadj
ust
ingt
heindi
cat
orposi
ti
onshallaut
omati
cal
l
y
applythebr akes;
and;

(
n) wheni tisusedf orr egul armanwi ndingandt hespeedoft hewi nding
ropemayexceedt hr eehundr edmet r
espermi nut e,bepr ov i
dedwi t
ha
devicewhi chwi ll prev entt hebr akesf rom bei ngappl i
edathi ghr ope
speedwi thsuchpr essur eist opr oducedanger ousr ateofdecel eration;
and
(
o) haveal l inst r
ument s, signal light ,swi tchesandpushbut tonsr equi r
edby
thedr i
v erf orcont rol oft hewi ndingengi necl ear lylabeledwi t
ht heir
functionswher esuchf unct i
oni snotobv i
ous; and
(
p) haveal l pushbut tons, cont rols, adj ustingdev icesandl evers, i
ncluding
clut
choper ati
ngl ever s, usedbyt hedr iverf ort hecont roloft hewi nding
enginewi t
hi nther eachoft hedr i
v erwi thoutmov ingf r
om hi sdr ivi
ng
positi
on; and
(
q) haveacont rollev erwhi chf ollowst her ef erencer opei ndi r
ect i
onof
mov ement ;and
(
r) haveaposi ti
vebr akel ev erwhi ch, ifitisahand- oper atedl ever ,mustbe
pull
edt owar dst hedr i
veri nor dert oappl yt hebr akes; and
(
s) excepti nt hecaseofwi ndingpl anthav i
nganaut horizedmaxi mum r ope
speedofl esst hant hreehundr edmet respermi nut ebef ittedwi thar ope
speedi ndicat orwhi chshal lbesosi tuatedt hatt hewi ndingpeedcanat
allt
imesber eadeasi l
ybyt hewi ndi ngengi nedr i
v erfrom hi sdr i
ving
positi
on; and
(
t) bepr ov idedwi thapr operpr essur egaugeor ,
int hecaseofel ectri
cal
power , wi t
hmet rest oindi cat et ot hedr i
v eratal ltimest heamountof
mot i
vepowerav ai l
abl ef orit.

(
2) Paragr
aphs(c),(g)
,(j
),(
q)and(
t)ofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lnotappl
yin
r
espectofsmallhoi
sts;

Providedthatsmallhoistshal
l beprovidedwithreli
ablemeans,ei
therby
conspicuousmar ksont heropeorbysomeot hersuit
ablemethod,showing
clear
lyandaccuratelytothehoi stdr
iverathisoperati
ngpositi
onthepositi
onof
thecage,skiporotherconv eyanceinrelati
ontoallestabl
ishedl
andingand
stoppingplacesapproachingwhi char educt
ioninwindingspeedisnecessary
.

(3) TheChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngineermaygr
antexempti
oninwrit
ingf
rom anyofthe
provi
sionsofsubsect
ion(1)inrespectofanywindi
ngpl
antinoperat
ioni
mmediatel
ybeforethe
dateofcommencementft heseregul
ati
ons.

Pr
ovi
si
onf
orov
erwi
ndi
ng.

157. ( 1) Exceptwherethewindi
ngpl
anti
sbei
ngusedforsi
nki
ngorequippi
ng,inany
ver
ticalshaf
torwinzeinwhichther
aisi
ngandl
oweri
ngofper
sonsisregul
arl
ycarr
iedoutandt
he
authori
zedmaximum ropeismor et
hanhundr
edandfi
ft
ymetresperminut
e-

(
a) wheret
heendoft hewindingr opei
sf ast
enedtot hedrum ofthewindi
ng
engi
ne-
(i
) foreachwindi
ngengi nethereshall
bepr ovi
dedcatchpl at
esand
safet
ydetachi
nghookst odetachfrom t
hewi ndi
ngr opeandto
supportanyconveyanceov erwoundintheheadgear ;
and
 (
ii
) theheadgearshal lbecarriedsuf fi
cientl
yhightoal l
owan
unobstructedspaceofatl eastsev encommaf i
vemet r
esi n
whichtheconv eyancecant r
av elabov eorbeyondt hehi ghest
l
andingpl aceforpersonsbef orei tcomesi nt
ocont actwi t
hany
fi
xedobst acl
e;
(
ii
i) theshaftshallbecarri
edsuf ficientlydeeptoall
owanov err
un
spaceofatl eastsevencommaf i
v emet er
sinwhi cht he
conveyancecant ravelbelowofbey ondthelowestl andpl ace
befor
eitcomesi ntocontactwi thanyf ixedobstacle;

Providedthatsuchov err
unspaceneednott obepr ovi
dedi na
shaftinthecourseofbei ngsunkori nashaf tnotexceeding
threehundredmet resindept horl engthbel owbankwher ethe
windingsystem doesnoti ncl
udet heuseofabal anceropeort ai
l
rope;
(
b) wher ethewi ndingropeisnotf astenedt ot hedrum orsheav eofthe
windingengi ne-
(i
) theov er
runspacei ntheheadgearabov et hehighestestabli
shed
stoppingpl aceshallbeprov i
dedwi t
hrigi
dorot herappliancesso
arrangedt hatanov erwoundconv eyanceisr etardedinor dertomi ni
mize
theriskoft heconv eyancecolli
dingwi t
ht her opesheav eoranyf ixed
obstaclei ntheheadgear ;
and

(
ii
) t
heov
err
unspaceatt hebot t
om oft heshaf tbel
owt helowestestabli
shed
stoppingplaceshal lbeprov i
dedwi thri
gidguidesorot herappli
ancesso
arrangedthatanov erwoundconv eyanceisretardedandar restedbefor
e
i
tcancol l
idewi thanyf i
xedobst acle;and
(
ii
i) thereshallbefitt
edspr i
ngkeepsofj ack-cat
chesabov et hebankto
arrestanyconv eyancewhi chbecomesacci dentall
ydisconnectedfrom
theropeasar esultofanov erwi nd.

(
2) I
nrespectofanywi ndi
ngpl antinoperat
ionbefor
ethedateofcommencementoft hese
r
egulati
onsorinrespectofanywi ndingplantwher et
heprovi
sionsofsubsect
ion(
1)are
i
nappropri
ateinrelat
iontosafet
y,theChi efGovernmentMini
ngEngineermaygrantexempti
on
f
rom anyofthepr ovi
sionsofsubsect i
on( 1)
.

Windingropes
158. (1) Ev
eryr
opeusedorthesuspensionofaconv
eyanceshal
lbemadeofst
eel
wir
e
whent
hedept
hofwindexceedst
hir
tymetr
es.

(2) Everyst
eel
wir
eropeusedfort
hesuspensi
onofaconvey
anceshal
lbethatt
he
di
ameterofthewir
esusedint
heconst
ruct
ionoft
heropeissui
tedt
othediamet
eroft
hesheaves
andt
hedr umsfi
tt
ed.

(
3) I
nnocaseshal
lawi
ndi
ngr
opebeusedwhi
chhadaspl
i
ceorj
oinofanyki
nd
exceptati
tsat
tachment
s.

(
4) Theconnect
ionbetweenawi ndingr
opeandaconv
eyanceshal
lbofsucha
nat
uret
hatnoacci
dent
aldi
sconnecti
onscant akepl
ace,
ther
opeatt
achmentsshal
lbepr
oper
ly
madeandnopenhooksshal
l beusedther
efore.

(
5) Nowi
ndi
ngr
opeshal
lbet
urnedendf
orenddur
ingi
tsper
iodofuse.

(
6) Nof
ri
cti
onhoi
sti
ngr
opeshal
lbeusedunl
essi
tisofani
mpr
oved
const
ruct
ion
 I
nit
ialt
est
ingandcar
eofwi
ndi
ngr
opes:RopeRecor
dBook

159. ( 1) Wheneverawindi
ngr opeorbalanceropef oruseinashiftor
wi
nzeis
notaccompaniedbyacer t
if
icat
efr
om theamanuf acturershowingthebreakingforceas
obtai
nedbyactualtestonawholesampleoftherope, suchropeshallnotbeusedunt i
la
speci
mencutf rom t
heropehasbeentestedbyareliableauthor
ityandtheresultofsuchtesthas
beenfurni
shedtothemanager .

(2) Awindi
ngropeorbalanceropenewlyputon,whet
hernewofpr evi
ousl
yused,
andtheat tachmentsconnecti
nganysuchr opetoanyconvey
anceshallbecareful
l
yexaminedby
acompet entper sonappoi
ntedorthepurposebythemanagerandshallnotbeuseduntilt
he
conveyancel oadedwithmaximum permitt
edmasshasbeenr unatleasttwotri
psdownandup
betweent hehighestandlowestst
oppingplacesordi
nar
il
yinusedandf oundt
obei norder
.

(3) Theresultoft
heexaminat
ionandt estr
equi
redbysubsect
ion(
2)shall
be
recordedinaRopeRecordBookprovi
dedforthepurposebythemanagerandtherecor
dshal
lbe
signedbythepersonwhoconduct
edtheexami nat
ionandtest.

(
4) Newropesandropesnotinuseshal
lbestoredundercoverinadr
yplaceandt
he
reel
sshallbej
ackedupclearoft
hegroundorfl
oorandshallbeturnedthr
oughhal
faturnat
i
nterval
sofnotmorethanthreemonthssoastopreventmigrat
ionoftheropel
ubr
icat
iont
othe
bott
om ofthereel
.

(
5) TheRopeRecor dBookshal
l,i
naddi
ti
ont
otheresult
softheexami
nat
iontest
requi
redbysubsect
ion(2),contai
nthenameofever
yper
sonappoint
edinter
msofsecti
on172
andthefoll
owi
ngpar t
icul
arsregardi
ngther
ope-

(
a) themanuf actur eroft her ope;
(
b) thedat eofmanuf acture;
(
c) thedat eofpur chase;
(
d) thedat eonwhi cht her opewasi nstall
ed;
(
e) af ulldescr i
ption, themakeandconst ruct
ionoft herope;
(
f) thel engt hoft her opei nmet res;
(
g) thedi amet erofr opei nmi l
li
met ersorwi dthandthicknessofr opein
millimet ers;
(
h) themassoft her opepermet rei nkilograms;
(
i) thebr eaki ngf or ceoft her opei nki l
onewt onsaspermanuf acturers
certifi
cat ewher et her opewasaccompani edbysuchcer t
ifi
cate;
(
j) theor dinarywor kingload;
(
k) thedat eofcut t i
ngandr ecappi ngand, addit
ional
l
yoral ternativelyt
he
dat eoft henon- dest ructivetest ;
(
l) thebr eaki ngf or ceateacht estanddat eofeachsucht est ;
(
m) thesummar yofcondi ti
onofr opeatt hetimeofcut t
ingandt he
recappi ng;
(
n) thedet ailsandr esultsofnon- destruct i
vetest;
(
o) thedat et her opewast akenof f
;
(
p) wher eappl i
cabl e, thedat eofanneal ingorr enewi
ngat tachment s.

Per
iodi
ctest
ingandexami
nat
ionofr
opes

160. (
1) Forev
erywi
ndi
ngpl
antusedi
nashaf
torwi
nzei
nwhi
chwi
ndi
ng
i
s
 carri
edout ,
unlessthewindingplantissuchthati
tdoesnot
al
lowf ortheshorteni
ngoft hewindingrope,
aporti
onoft herope
shallbecutofffrom theendat t
achedtotheconveyance,the
balancemassort hecounterpoi
se,asthecasemaybe, at
i
ntervalsnotexceedingsixmont hsandtheroperecapped.

(
2) Thepor t
ioncutofff
orthepurposesofsubsecti
on(1)shal
lbeof
alengthofatleastf
ourmetresorsuchshorterl
engthasthe
ChiefGov er
nmentMini
ngEngi neermaypermiti
nwr i
ti
ng.

(
3) For
mthepor
ti
onoftheropecutoff,speci
menshallbesentbythe
manager,wi
thoutdelay,
foratestt
oanapprovedtest
ingst
ati
on
wherei
tsactualbr
eakingfor
ceandgeneralcondi
ti
onshall
be
det
erminedattheexpenseoftheowner.

(
4) Ift
hespecimenoftheroper
ecei
vedatt hetesti
ngstat
ionisina
condit
ionnotadmi
tti
ngofasati
sfact
orytestforthepurposeof
subsecti
on(3),
afr
eshspeci
menshal lbesentbyt hemanager.

(
5) Oncompl et
ionofthetestrequi
redbysubsecti
on(
3)thetest
ing
st
ati
onshall sendthemanageracerti
fi
cateshowi
ngtheresult
s
ofsuchtestandshallsendacopyofthecerti
fi
cat
etotheChief
GovernmentMi ni
ngEngineer.

(6) Wher eawi ndingplanti

ssuchthatitdoesnotal
lowforthe
shor
teni
ngofthewi ndingrope,
thewindi
ngr opeshal
lbeexaminedat
i
nter
valsnotexceedingsixmonthsbynon-destr
ucti
vemanswith
appr
ovedequipment .

Par
ti
cul
arst
obegi
venwhennewr
opef
it
ted

161. Whenev eranewwindi

ngr ope,balancer
opeort ai
li
sputona
windingpl
ant,t
hefol
lowi
ngparti
cularsofsuchwi ndingrope,balance
ropeortai
lropeshal
lbefor
wardedi nwriti
ngtotheChi efGovernment
MiningEngi
neerandtoanapprovedt est
ing—stat i
on-

(
a) thenameoft hemi neconcer ned;
(
b) thenameoft heshaf tandcompar t
menti nwhi chtheropeis
used;
(
c) adescr i
pti
onoft heshaf treferredt oi nparagraph(b);
(
d) thecoilnumberoft her ope;
(
e) thedateonwhi chther opewasi nst alled;
(
f) thedateofmanuf act ureoft her ope;
(
g) thelengthoft heropei nmet res;
(
h) thediamet erofther opei nmi ll
imet ers;
(
i) themassoft heropepermet reinki lograms;
(
j) theconstructionoft her opeandt henumberofwi r
esineach
str
andandt henumberofst r
ands;
(
k) thediamet erofallwi resusedi nt her ope,i
nmi ll
i
met er
s;
(
l) thelayoft herope;
(
m) theclassoft hehear torcor eoft her ope;
(
n) thequalit
yofst eelusedf orthewi rei ntheropeandt hetensi
le
str
engthinmegapascal s;
(
o) thebreakingf or
ceoft her opei nki l
onewt ons
(
p) thecoilnumberoft her opebei ngr eplaced;
 Speci
alpr
ovi
si
onsf
ori
nter
pret
ati
onofsect
ion163t
o168—

162. ( 1) Forthepurposesofsect
ions163to168-
“Att
achment s”i
ncludeanybalanceortai
lropeandever
ythi
ngsuspended
from oratt
achedtot heconveyanceot
herthanthewi
ndingrope;
“eff
ecti
vecombi nedmass”means—

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
on,
1990

(
a) wherewindi
ngi sconduct edinv erti
cal pl
ane,thestati
cforceresult
ingfrom the
massofanyl oad;
(
b) wherewindi
ngi sconduct edinani nclinedplane,onecommanoughtf i
vet i
mes
theincl
i
necomponentoft hestaticforceresulti
ngfrom themassofanyl oad.
2) Indeter
mini
ng, inaccordancewi tht heprovisi
onsofsections163t hemi nimum
all
owablebreakingforceofanyr opeusedi nconnect i
onwi t
hwi ndi
ng,theforcein
newtonsexertedbyanymasscar r
iedbyt heropeshallbeobt ai
nedbymul t
iply
ing
thatmassinkilogramsbyaf actorofni necommaei ght.

3) Incalcul
ati
ngthemassofper
sonsf
ort
hepurposesofsect
ions163t
o168
seventyki
logr
amsshall
beall
owedf
oreachperson.

Totalmasstobeatt
achedt owindi
ngrope
163. Thet otalmassat
tachedtothewindi
ngropewhenper sonprmat
eri
alar
econv
eyedshal
l
notexceednoughtcommaninet i
mesthemassattachedtothewindi
ngr
opewhenminer
ali
s
conveyed.

Useofmor
ethanoner
ope

164. Wher
eaconv
eyancei
ssuspendedbyt
woormor
ewi
ndi
ngr
opes-

(
a) theropesshall beofapproximatel
yequal si
zeandst r
ength;and
(
b) adequatearrangement sshallbemadet oequalizet
het ensi
oninthe
ropes;and
(
c) i
ncal cul
ati
ngt hebreakingforceoftheropes,eachropeshallbe
assumedt ocar ryanequalshareoft hel
oad.

Per
iodi
cal
l
ytest
edwi
ndi
ngr
opes:mi
nimum-
breaki
ngf
orce

165. Wher ethewindingsy st

em issuchthattshowsal l
owsoft he
peri
odi
ct est
ingofthewindingropeorr opesasrequir
edbysect ion160
andbalanceropeortai
l ropeisnotused,awindingropeshallnotbe
usedfortherai
singorloweringofpersonsormat eri
als,i
fthebreaki
ng
for
ceatanypoi nti
nther opeislessthanwhicheveri
st hegreat
estof-

Coalmi
nes:ai
rcour
ses

107. I
nev
erycoal
mine-
 (a) al
ldoorsconnecti
ngamai
nintakeai
rcour
sewithamai
nr et
urnai
rcour
seshal
lbe
str
ongl
yconstr
ucted,af
for
danef
fect
ivesealandshal
lbei
ndupl
icate;

(b) allstoppi
ngsanair-
crossi
ngsshal
lberobustandbui
l
tinsuchamannerast o
preventleakageandatleastonesideofev
erystoppi
ngshallbekeptaccessi
blef
or
i
nspection.

Coalmi
nes:suppl
yofai
r

108. I
nev
erycoal
minenotexempt
edi
nwr
it
ingbyani
nspect
or-

(a) thequanti
tyoffreshairi
ncubi
cmet respersecondsuppli
edthroughoutt
he
twenty
-fourhoursforeachv ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ictshal
lbenotl esst
hannoughttwof i
ve
multi
pli
edbyt hemaximum numberoft onesofcoalandr ockminedpershif
tinsuch
dist
ri
ct;and

(b) nov
ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ictshal
latanyt
imecont
ainmor
ethant
wohundr
edper
sons;
and

(
c) i
nbor dandpi ll
arwor ki
ngs,r
oadwaysthatcarr
yauni dir
ecti
onalfl
owairoverthe
wholeoft hecross-secti
onalar
eafrom t
hemai nintakeair
coursetothemain
retur
naircourseofanysect i
onoftheworkingsforthepurposeofv ent
il
ati
ng
suchwor kingsshallbeprovi
dedandmai nt
ainedt ocarrysuchfl
owascl oseas
practi
cabletov er
ywor ki
ngplacei
nsuchsect i
on;and

(d) t
hequant i
tyofai
rsuppliedatt hefaceofanyheadi ngwhichisbeingadvancedin
coalandwhi chhadadvancedmor ethanei ghtmetr
esfrom itspoi
ntsofcommuni cati
on
withthenearest
roadwayt hatiscar
ryi
ngauni -
directi
onal f
lowofairoverthewholeofitscross-
secti
onal
arefrom t
hemai nint
akeaircourseoft hesectionofworkingsinwhichsuchheadingis
beingadvancedshallbenotlesst hannoughtcommaonef iv
ecubicmet respersecond
foreachsquaremet r
eoftheav eragecr oss—secti
onalareaoftheheading;and

(e) t
hequant i
tyofairsuppl
i
edatt hefaceofanytunnelbei
ngadv
ancedinstoneorin
dykeandatt hefaceofanyshaftinthecourseofbeingsunkshall
benotl
essthan
noughtcommaonef ivecubicmetrespersecondforeachsquaremetr
eoftheaverage
cross-
secti
onalareaoftheexcav ati
on.

Coalmi
nes:measur
ementofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngmeasur
ementofdust

109. (1) I
nev
erycoalminemeasur
ement
sshal
lbemadenotl
esst
hanonceamont
h,
duri
ngt
hemainworki
ngshi
ft
,of-

(
a) t
hequant
it
yofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngt
hrought
hemi
neandeachv
ent
il
ati
ngdi
str
ict
;and

(
b) t
hequanti
tyofai
rcir
culat
ingthr
ougheachwor
kingsect
ionandt
heav
erage
v
eloci
tyoftheai
rcur
rentalongt
heroads.

(2) Ineveryundergroundcoalminesmeasur ement sshallbemadenotl essthan

onceinev erysi
xmont hsoratsuchgr eateri
nter
valsast heChiefGovernmentMi ning
Engineermayper mitinwrit
ingdur
ingt hemainwor kingshift
,oftheamountofdusti nthe
mai nworkingshi
ft,oftheamountofdusti ntheairinrepresentat
iveworki
ngplacesin
eachsect i
onwhiledril
li
ng,cut
ti
ng,br
eaki ng,
loadi
ngort ransferofcoalorr
ockist aki
ng
place.
 Recor
dtobekeptmeasur
ement
sofai
rci
rcul
ati
ngandofdust

110. Arecordofthemeasur ement

smadei nter
msofsect
ion109shal
lbekeptandshal
lbe
av
ailabl
eforinspect
ionbyaninspect
or.

Coalmi
nes:f
lamesaf
etyl
ampsormet
hanomet
erst
obepr
ovi
ded

111. Subjectt
osecti
on112,atever
ycoal minet
her
eshal lbepr
ovi
dedatleastonefl
ame
saf
etylampormethanometerforever
y20undergroundemployeesunl
essaninspect
or
hasinwrit
inggr
ant
edexempt i
onfrom t
heprov
isionsofthi
ssecti
on.

Coalmi
neandf
ier
ymi
nes:met
hanomet
ersandl
ampst
obeappr
oved.

112. (
1)Nomet hanomet
ershal
lbeal
l
owedorusedintheworki
ngsofanycoal
mineorf
ier
y
mineunl
essiti
sofanapprov
eddesi
gnandconst
ruct
ion.

(2)Noflamesafet
ylamporotherpor
tabl
elampshal
lbeal
l
owedorusedint
hewor
kings
ofanycoalmineorfi
erymi
neunlessiti
sanencl
osedandl
ockedorseal
edl
ampofan
approv
eddesignandconst
ructi
on.

Appr
ovalofl
ampsandmet
hanomet
ersbyChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ningEngi
neer

113. Everyappl
icat
ionforappr
ovalbyt
heChiefGov
ernmentMi ni
ngEngineerofthedesign
andconstr
uctionofamethanometerofl
ampforthepurposeofsecti
on112shal lbe
accompaniedbyasampl eofthemethanomet
erorlampanddr awingsgivi
ngful
ldetail
s
andspecif
icat
ionsofthedesi
gnandconstr
uct
ionther
eof.

Compet
entper
sont
ohav
echar
geofl
amps

114. ( 1)Atever
ycoal
mineandev er
yfi
erymi
net
hemanagershal
li
nwr
it
ingappoi
nta
compet
ent
personwhoshal
lensur
ethat—

(
a)al
lmet
hanomet
ersar
eaccur
atel
ycal
i
brat
edandi
ngoodwor
kingor
derwhenev
eri
ssued
f
or
use; and
(
b)al lport
abl elampsareingoodworkingor
derandinsafecondit
ionwheneveri
ssued
foruse
and,mor epar ti
cul
arl
y,t
hat-
(
i) ev eryfl
amesafetylamphasbeenproperl
ycl
eaned,fi
l
ledwithf
uel,
assembl ed
andl ockedorsealed.
(
ii
) ev eryport
abl
eelectri
clamphasbeenproper
lycl
eaned,assembl
edandl ocked
or
sealed;

(
c) t
her
ecor
drequi
redbysect
ion115i
spr
oper
lykept

2)Al
lport
abl
elampsshall
ber
etur
nedt
othel
ampr
oom att
heendofshi
ftbyt
heper
sons
towhom t
heywerei
ssued.

3)All
repai
rstoport
abl
elampsatacoalmi
neorfi
erymi
neshal
lbeconduct
edi
na
separ
ateroom ori
naseparat
ecompart
mentoft
helamproom.
 Recor
dofl
ampst
obekept

115. Atever
ycoalmineandeveryfi
erymineall
portablel
ampsinuseintheunderground
worki
ngsoft
hemi neshal
lbenumber edandar ecor
dkeptint
helampr oom ofthe
per
sonstowhom eachlampisissuedinorderthatt
heuserofanypart
icul
arlampcanat
anyti
mebeidenti
fi
edfrom t
herecords.

Lampsnotbeunl
ockedorunseal
ed

116. Nopersonshallunl
ockorbreakt
heseal
ofapor
tabl
elampi
ntheunder
groundwor
kings
ofanycoal
mi neorfier
ymine.

Sel
f-
rescui
ngdev
icesi
ncoalmi
nesandf
ier
ymi
nes

117. 1)Atev erycoalmineorfieryminenopersonmaygounder gr

oundorbe
permit
tedtof or cedt ogoundergr
ound, unl
essheisissued,fr
eeofcharge,wit
h
sel
f-r
escuingdev ice.Suchdevi
ce.Suchdev i
ceshall
be-
a)keptont hisper sonatallt
imeswhi l
ehei sunder
ground;
b)ingoodcondi ti
onandr eadyforinst
antuse;
c)oftheself -
cont ainedty
pewithadur ati
onofthi
rt
ymi nutesataventil
ati
onrateoft
hir
ty
l
itr
espermi nute;and
d)ofadesi gnandconst ruct
ionapprovedbytheChiefGov er
nmentMi ningEngi
neer.

2)Atev erycoal mi neorf ier ymi neintheunder groundwor kings,themanager

shallmakeadequat earr
angement st oensur ethatadequat eandsuf fi
cientrefugebay sor
othersaf eplacesar eprov i
dedsot hatanyper soninanypar toft hemi newher ehemay
havet otravelorwor kwillbeabl e,int heev entofanexpl osion, fi
reorot heremer gency
whichmaynecessi tatetheuseofsel f-
rescuingdev ices, toreachsuchr efugebayorot her
safeplace, withoutdueexer t
ion, wi thi
nt helimitofpr otect i
onaf f
ordedbyt he
self
-rescueingdev ice.Suchr efugebay sorot hersaf epl acesshal lbe-
a)equippedwi thmeansf orreliablesuppl yofbr eathableai r;
b)equi ppedwi thmeansf orar eliabl esuppl yofpor tabl
ewat er;
c)suppl i
edwi thadequat eandsui tablef ir
staidequi pment ;
d)ofsuf fici
entsizet oaccommodat ethegr eatestnumberofper sonsl ikelytobei nthe
areaatanyonet i
me;
e)capabl eofbei ngsealedof forequi ppedwi thalternativ eef fect
ivemeanst opr eventthe
entryofnoxi ousgases;
f)equippedwi that elephoneorot hermeansofcommuni cationwi ththesur face;and
g)const ructedoff i
reresistantmat eri
al.

3)Everymanagerofev eryundergr
oundcoalmineandfierymineshal
ldrawupa
codeofpract
iceforrescueoperati
onsandheshallensur
ethatev er
ypersonwhogoes
under
groundonhi smineisadequatelyt
rai
nedintheuseofself
-rescuei
ngdevi
cesand
thepr
ocedurenecessary,f
ir
eorot heremergency
.

4)Tr
aini
nginthecor
rectuseofsel
f-
rescuei
ngdevi
cesshal
lber
epeat
edat
i
nterv
alsnotexceedingoneyear
,andshal
lbegiventoal
lper
sonswhomayhavetogo
undergr
ound.

5)Subsecti
ons(1)
,(2),(
3)and( 4)shal
l appl
ytoaspecif
icundergroundcoal
mineorfi
eryminedetermi
nedbyt hechiefGover nmentMini
ngEngineer
, asfr
om adate
speci
fi
edinwri
tingbythechiefGover
nmentMi ningEngi
neerhasinwrit
inggivenpri
or
noti
cetotheManageroftheowneroft hemi neconcerned.
 Cont
raband

118. 1)Exceptasot herwisepr ovi

dedbysect i
on120, noper
sonshallatany
undergroundcoalmi neorfierymi ne-
a)takeintotheworkingsorhav einhispossessionintheworki
ngsanydev i
cefort he
i
ntentionalcr
eati
onofanar c,sparkorf l
ameoranymat chorappli
anceofanykindf or
str
iki
ngal i
ght;or
b)smokei nthewor kingsort akeint
ot heworkingsorhav ei
nhispossessi
oninthe
workingsanypipe,cigar,ci
gar et
te,t
obacco,otherthanchewingtobaccoorsnuff,
orany
contri
vanceormat erialf
orsmoki ng.

2)Subsect
ion(
1)shal
lnotappl
ytot
her
eli
ght
ingdev
icewi
thi
nanappr
ovedf
lamesaf
ety
l
amp.

Sear
chofper
sonsent
eri
ngcoalmi
neorf
ier
ymi
ne

119. 1)Atever
ycoalmi
neandev eryf
ier
yminethemanagershal
li
nwri
tingappoi
nta
per
sonorper
sonstobepr
esentateachentr
ancet
otheworkingsoft
hemineatallt
imes.

2)Anypersonappointedintermsofsubsection(1)whenondut yaskevery
personabouttoentertheundergroundworkingsofthemi newhetherornothei sin
possessionofanyoftheprohibit
edarti
cl
esr efer
redtoinsection118orsubsection(1)of
secti
on120andanyper sonwhenaskedt hatquesti
onshal li
mmedi at
elyproduceand
handov ertosuchfi
rst
-mentionedpersonanypr ohi
bit
edar t
icl
ewhichmaybei nhis
possession.

3)Anypersonappoint
edintermsofsubsecti
on( 1)shal
lal
sohavetheri
ghtt
o
searchanypersonabouttoentert
heundergroundworkingsofthemineforanyoft
he
prohibi
tedar
ti
clesref
err
edtoinsection118orsubsecti
on( 1)ofsect
ion120andtotake
possessionofanyprohi
bit
edarti
cl
ef oundi
nsuchsearch

4)Anoff
ici
alshal
lhavetheri
ghttosear
chanypersonintheunder
ground
worki
ngsofanycoal mineorfier
ymineforpr
ohibi
tedar
ti
clesref
err
edinsecti
on118or
subsecti
on(1)ofsecti
on120ifhesuspectst
hatsuchpersonhasanysucharti
clesi
nhi
s
possessionandtotakepossessi
onofanyprohi
bit
edart
iclef
oundinsuchsearch.

5)Nopersonshall
hinderorobstructanyper
sonappoi
ntedi
nt er
msof
subsect
ion(
1)oranyoff
ici
alinthecarr
yingoutofanysear
chauthor
izedbyt
hissect
ion.

6)Subj
ecttoprov
isi
onsofanyot herlaw,anyar
ticl
etakenpossessi
onofinter
ms
ofthi
ssect
ionshal
linduecoursebereturnedtothepersonfrom whom i
twastaken
aft
erhehaslef
ttheunder
groundworkingsoft hemine.

Coalmi
nes:r
est
ri
cti
onsonwel
ding,
flamecut
ti
ngetcet
era

120.(
1)NoWel di
ng,fl
amecut
ti
ng,gri
nding,v
ulcanizi
ng,sol
deringorsol
deri
ngor
si
milarequipmentshallbetakeni
ntoorusedintheundergroundwor ki
ngsofanycoal
mineorf i
erymineexceptinaworkshopestabl
ishedwiththepermissionofaninspect
or
i
nwr i
ti
ngunderconditionsapprov
edbytheChiefGov er
nmentMi ni
ngEngineer
.

2)Anapplicat
ionforpermi
ssionfort
heestabl
i
shmentofaworkshopfort
he
pur
posesoft hissecti
on(herei
naft
erinthi
ssect
ioncal
led“
aworkshop”
)shall
bemadet
o
anInspectorandshallbeaccompaniedby—
 (a)t
hreecopiesofaplandr
awntoscal
eshowingt
helocati
onoftheproposed
workshop,isaccessr
oadsandt
hequanti
tyanddi
rect
ionofvent
il
ati
ngair
curr
ents;and

b)threecopi
esofadrawi
ngshowingthedesi
gnandconst
ruct
ionoft
he
proposedworkshopandi
tscompart
ments.

3)Ev er
yworkshopshal
lbeunderthechargeofacompetentper
son,appoint
edin
wri
tingbythemanager ,whohassati
sfi
edaninspect
orastohisknowledgeof
gasesandthet est
ingt
hereof
.

4)Theper
sonappoi
ntedt
obei
nchar
geofawor
kshopshal
lensur
ethat—

a)theworkshopi
skeptcl
eanatall
times;
and
b)anyequipmentt
obewelded,f
lamecutorf
lameheat
edi
spr
oper
lycl
eanedand
fr
eefrom oil
.

5)Ifforanyreasonthepersonappointedt
obei nchar geofawor kshopi s
requiredto
l
eavethewor kshop,heshal
lsati
sfyhimsel
fthatall
gasandel ectri
calwelding,cutt
ing,
gri
ndi
ng, vulcanizi
ng,sol
der
ingorsimil
arequipmentisrenderedinoperat
iveandi s
secur
elylockedi naboxorcompar tmentofrobustconstruct
ioninthewor kshopofwhi ch
boxorcompar t
menthehast hekey.

6.Ineachworkshopaseff
ecti
veal
arm sy
stem shal
lbeinst
all
edandmaintai
ned
i
nworkingor dert
ogiv
eandalarminthewor
kshopissit
uatedceasestooper
ateand,
whensuchal armisgi
ven,
theuseofall
equi
pmentforanypurposeref
err
edinsubsect
ion
(
1)shal
l ceasefort
hwit
h.

(7)Eachelectr
icpower
-fedcir
cui
tintoanyworkshopshallbecontr
oll
edbya
ci
rcui
tbreakersi
tuatednotmor
et hanonehundredmet resoutbyoftheworkshopinan
i
ntakeai
rwayandev erysuchci
rcuitbr
eakershal
lincor
porateeff
ecti
ve“novol
t”,
“ov
erl
oad”
and“ear
thleakage” t ri
ps.

(
8)ahoseofsuffi
ci
entl
engthtoreachfrom anadequat
ewat
ersuppl
ytoal
l
poi
ntsi
ntheworkshopshal
lbekeptconnectedandreadyfori
mmedi
ateuse.

(
9)Forintent
ionalcreat
ionofanarcorspar
kforthel
ighti
ngofweldi
ngorcut t
ing
t
orchesinawor kshoponlylight
ersofthefr
icti
ont
ypemaybet akeni
ntoworkingsforuse
i
nthewor kshoponlylight
ersofthefri
cti
ontypemaybetakenint
oworkingsforuseinthe
workshop.

10)Eachlight
errefer
redtoi
nsubsect i
on(9)shal
lbearadist
inct
ivemarkor
numberandshal lbeissuedundersi
gnatureofthemanagertothepersonappoint
edto
beinchargeofthewor kshopandnolightershal
lbetakentoorfr
om theworkshop
exceptpersonal
l
ybyt hatperson.

Coalmi
nesandf
ier
ymi
nesmachi
neoper
ator
sandar
ti
sanst
obeabl
etot
estf
orgas

121.(1)Ateverycoalmi neandeveryfierymine-
(a)everyoperatorofanelect
ricalmachineusedunder
groundf
ordr
il
li
ng,
cut
ti
ng,
breakingorloading;and
b)everarti
sanwor ki
ngunderground;
shal
lbeinstr
uctedintestingfori
nfl
ammabl egas.
 2)Anappr ovedmet hanometerorappr ovedf l
amesaf et
ylampshal lbeprovided
foreachmachi nereferredtoinpar agraph(a)ofsubsect i
on( 1)andt heoper atorthereofshalluse
themet hanometerorflamesaf etylampatt hemachi net otestf ort
hepr esenceofi nflammabl e
gaswhi l
ethemachi neisinoper ati
onand, i
fhedet ectsanyi nflammabl egas, shal
l f
orthwit
hcut
offthepowersuppl yt
ot hemachi neandr eportthemat tertot heminerinchar geofthewor king
sectionortoanof f
ici
al.

Fl
exi
bleel
ect
ri
ctr
ail
i
ngcabl
es

122.(1)Inev erycoalmineandfieryminetheoperat
orofanelectr
icall
y-
dri
vencoal cut
ter
orothermobi leorportabl
eelect
rical
machi neusedundergr
oundwhi chisservedbya
fl
exi
bletrai
lingcableshall—
a)takeal lr
easonabl
emeasur estosafeguar
dt hefl
exi
blecableagainstdamage;
and
b)r
epor
timmedi
atel
ytot
hemi
neri
nchar
geanydamageordef
ecthemay
obser
vei
nthe
cabl
eiscutoff.
c)notleav
esuchmachinewhi
lei
tiswor ki
ng;and
d)beforel
eavi
ngtheworki
ngpl
ace,ensurethatt
hepowersuppl
ytot
hef
lexi
ble
tr
ail
i
ngcabl ei
scutof
f.

2)Everyfl
exi
bleelectr
ical
trail
i
ngcableinuseint hewor ki
ngofacoal mineor
fi
erymineshallbeexami nedatthebeginningandagainatl eastoncei nthecourseof
eachshiftbytheminerinchargeorbyacompet entpersonappoi ntedbyt hemanagerand
i
fanysuchcabl eisdamagedordef ecti
ve,
itsuseshal
lforthwithbedi sconti
nuedandi t
shall
notbef urt
herusedunt i
li
thasbeensentt othesurfaceandt her
epr operl
yrepai
red.

Wor kprohibit
edinvici
nityofinfl
ammabl egas
s
123( 1)Subj
ecttosubsection( 2),nopersonshallcommencewor korcont inuetoworkor
causeorper mitanyotherpersont ocommencewor korcontinuetowor kinanypartof
thewor ki
ngsofanycoal mineorf i
erymineif
,inthesamev enti
lat
ingdistr
ictorwit
hina
radiusofthi
rtymetresofsuchpar t
,ther
eisanypl aceknownt ocontainsuf f
ici
ent
i
nflammabl egastoshowadi stinctcaponther educedf l
ameofanappr ovedflame
safetylamport ogi
v eareadi
ngofonecommat wof iv
epercent um onanappr oved
met hanometer.

2)Subsecti
on1)shallnotapplytothehol derofanappr
opri
atebl
ast
ingli
cence
whoisengagedintheerecti
onofbratti
ceori notherworknecessar
yfort
heclear
ing
awayofinf
lammablegas, ort
oanyot herpersonsoengagedi ntheact
ualpr
esenceof,
andunderthedi
rectsupervi
si
onof,suchhol der
.

3)Fort
hepur
poseofsubsect
ion(
2)“
hol
derofanappr
opr
iat
ebl
ast
ingl
i
cence”
means—

a)inthecaseofacoal mine,t
heholderof-
i
)acoalbl asti
ngl i
cence;or
i
i)afullbl
asti
nglicenceendorsedforuseonacoal mineinter
msofsubsect
ions
(3)and(4)ofsection12oft heExpl
osivesRegul
ati
ons,1989;
i
ii)amineblasti
ngl i
cencevali
dforthatmine;

b)inthecaseofaf i
erymine,theholderof
-
i
)af ul
lblasti
nglicenceendorsedforuseonaf i
erymi
nei
nter
msof
subparagraph(i
i)ofparagraph(a);
or
i
i)ami neblasti
ngl i
cencevali
dforthatmine.
 Useofel
ect
ri
calappar
atuspr
ohi
bit
edwhereinf
lammabl
egaspr
esenti
nwor
king
pl
ace.

124.(1)Noper sonshal
luseorcauseorper mitanyotherpersontouseanyelectr
ical
apparatus,otherthananappr ovedport
ableel
ectri
clamp,inanywor ki
ngpl
aceinacoal
mineorf i
erymi newher
et hereissuf
fi
cienti
nfl
ammabl egast oshowadist
inctcapont he
reducedflameofanappr ov edfl
amesafetyl
amport ogivear eadi
ngofonecommat wo
fi
vepercent um onanappr ovedmethanometer.

2)Inaddit
iont othepr ovi
sionsofsubsect ion(1),al
lelectr
icalequi
pmentand
appar
atusinst
all
ed—
a)atanyplaceatorwi thi
nt wohundr edandf ift
ymet resofanywor ki
ngfacein
anyint
akeai rway;or
b)atanypl acewhat soeverinar eturnai
rway ;or
c)atanyot herplaceifinthatplacet her
epr esentat
ivemet hanecontenti
nthe
gener
albodyoftheai rexceedsnoughtcommaf iv epercentum byv olume;or
d)inanysituati
onwher ethereislikel
ytobeheav yconcentrati
onsofcoaldust
;or
e)inanyplaceundersuchcondi ti
onsasi nspectordetermine;
shal
lbeofanappr ovedf l
amepr ooforintri
nsical
lysaf econstr
uction.

Onl
yappr
ovedel
ect
ri
calappar
atusper
mit
ted

125.1)I
neveryundergr
oundcoal
mineandfier
ymineal
lel
ect
ri
calequi
pment
appar
atusshal
lbeofapproveddesi
gnandconst
ruct
ionandi
nst
all
edandmaint
ainedi
n
anapprovedmanner
.

2)Inadditi
ont othepr ovi
sionsofsubsect i
on(1),al
l el
ect
ricalequipmentand
apparatusinstall
ed-
a)atanyplaceatorwi thi
nt wohundr edandf i
ft
ymet r
esofanywor kingfacein
anyintakeairway;or
b)atanypl acewhat soeverinar eturnai
rway;or
c)atanyot herplaceifinthatplacet her
epresentat
ivemet hanecont entinthe
generalbodyoft heairexceedsnoughtcommaf ivepercent um byv olume;or
d)inanysituationwher ethereislikel
ytobeheav yconcentrati
onsofcoal dust
;or
e)inanyplaceundersuchcondi ti
onsasani nspectormaydet ermine;
shal
lbeofanappr ovedf l
amepr ooforintri
nsical
lysafeconst r
uct
ion.

Pl
ansofel
ect
ri
cali
nst
all
ati
onst
obemai
ntai
ned

126.( 1)Atev erycoal minethereshal lbekeptinthemi neoffi

ceatracingorprint
t
akenf
rom anunder gr oundpl andrawnt oascal eofnotlessthan1: 5000,onwhi chthe
f
oll
owi
nginformat i
onshal l
becl earl
yshown—
a)theposi ti
onofal lmainelectr
icalappar at
usinthemi ne;and
b)ther outesandsi zesofallfi
xedf eedercables,
branchf eeder
sandf inal
di
stributi
oncabl es;and
c)ther ati
ngofal lf
eedercont r
olappar atusandequipment ,whet
herornoti ti
sa
ci
rcuitbreaker ,switch,fuseorcontractorstart
erunitandal l
motorsand
tr
ansf ormers; and
d)theconst ructionofappar atus,namel ywhetherfl
amepr ooforotherwise.
 2)Theplanrequi
redbysubsection(1)shall
becorrectedasof
tenasmaybe
necessaryandshallatt
imesbecorrecttowithinatmostthreemonthsfr
om dat
eanda
pri
ntthereofshal
lbesubmitt
edtoani nspectorati
nter
val
snotexceedingthr
eemont
hs.

El
ect
ri
calshot
-f
ir
ingappar
atust
obeusedf
orf
ir
ingofchar
ges

127.(1)Nopersonshallfi
reorcauseorpermitanypersontof i
reexpl
osive
chargesi
nanycoal orfi
erymineexceptbymeansofanef f
ici
entandproperlymaintai
ned
el
ectri
calshot
-fi
ringapparat
us,cableandaccessories,
approvedfort
hepur posebyani nspect
or,
whichisprovi
dedwi thamov ableoperat
inghandleorkeyorwi t
halockingarrangementtosecure
i
tagainstunauthori
zeduse.

2)Aremovabl
eoperat
inghandl
eorkeyrefer
redinsubsect
ion(1)shal
lnotbe
pl
acedinposi
ti
onunti
ltheexpl
osi
vechargeisaboutt
obef ir
ed.

3)Noper
sonshal
lopenort
amperwi
thanyel
ect
ri
cal
shotf
ir
ingappar
atusbel
ow
gr
ound.

4)Noper
sonshallusecabl
ewhichhasbeenpr
ovi
dedf
orshotf
ir
ingf
orany
pur
poseothert
hanshot-
fi
ri
ng.

5)Allel
ectr
icalshot-
fi
ri
ngapparatusshal
lbebroughtt
othesur
face,
ati
nter
val
s
notexceedi
ngt hreemonths,f
orthoroughcl
eaningandexami
nati
onbya
competentpersonappointedfort
hatpurpose.

6)Allmult
i-
shot
-f
ir
ingapparat
usshal
lbebr
oughtt
othesurf
ace,
ati
nter
val
snot
exceedi
ngsevendays,f
ortest
ingi
nanapprov
edmanner.

7)Nointer
nalexaminat
ionofanyel
ect
ri
cal
shot
-f
ir
ingappar
atusshal
lbecar
ri
ed
outbel
owgr ound.

8)Eachshot-
explodershal
lbemar kedwit
haseri
alnumberandarecor
dofal
l
examinat
ionsandtestscarr
iedoutonitshal
lber
ecordedi
ninki
nabooktobe
prov
idedforthepurpose.

9)Ifanyshort-
fi
ri
ngapparatusappearstobedef
ecti
v e,t
heblast
ingli
cence
holdershal
lnotuseitfur
therbutshal
lcausei
ttober et
urnedtothesurf
ace
fort
hwithandshallcauseitt
ober et
urnedtot
hesurfacefort
hwithandshall
reportt
hecircumstancestothemanageroranoffi
cial.

10)Noel
ectr
ical
shot-
fi
ri
ngapparatusshal
lbet
akenorusedundergr
oundunl
ess
onthel
astpr
ecedingt
estther
eofitwasfoundt
obeinsati
sfact
oryorder
.

Requi
rement
sformachi
nes:al
l
ayi
ngofdust

128.1)Intheundergroundwor ki
ngsofev er
ycoalmineever
ymachi
nef
orr
ippi
ng,
pi
cking,cutti
ng,dr
il
li
ngorloadingrockorcoalshal
lbefi
tt
edwit
hmeansor
meansshal lbeprovi
ded—
a)byapplyingwater,f
oreffect
ivel
ypreventi
ngdustfr
om bei
ngcr
eat
edbyt
he
operat
ionoft hemachines;or

b)byt
heuseofsomesuitabl
eapparat
usapprov
edbyaninspect
or,for
eff
ect
ivel
ytr
appi
nganydustcreat
edbytheoper
ati
onoft
hemachi ne.
2)Thechi
efGovernmentMini
ngEngineermaypr ohi
biti
nwri
ti
ngtheuseofany
ty
peormakeofmachi nef
orri
pping,pi
cking,
cutti
ng,dri
l
li
ngorl
oadi
ngrockor
coali
ncoali
ncoal mi
nesi
fheconsidersthattheuseofsuchty
peormakeof
machinemayseri
ousl
yandmat er
ial
l
yendangert hehealt
hofworkmen.

3)Nomachine,t
heuseofwhi chhasbeenpr
ohibi
tedi
ntermsofsubsect
ion(
2),
shal
lbeusedintheunder
groundworki
ngsofanycoalmine.

Mont
hlyr
epor
tofi
nfl
ammabl
egast
oinspect
or

129.(1)Themanagerofev erycoalmineorf
ier
ymi neshal
lsubmitamont hl
y
reporti
nwrit
ingtoaninspectorgiv
ingofdet
ail
sofallpl
aceswhereinfl
ammable
gashasbeendet ect
edinquant i
tytoshowadisti
nctcaponthereducedfl
ameof
anapprovedflamesafetyl
amport ogi
veareadi
ngofonecommat wof i
veper
centum onanapprovedmet hanometer.

2)Shouldani
nspect
orsorequi
reanimmediater
epor
tofinf
lammabl
egasi
n
quant
it
iesassti
pul
atedi
nsubsecti
on(1)shal
lbemadetohim

PARTVI
II

WI
NDI
NGANDTRI
MMI
NG

A.GENERAL

I
nter
pret
ati
oni
nthi
spar
t

130.Whenanyprovi
si
oninthi
spartr
equi
rest
hedoingofanyt
hingi
nr el
ati
ono
thedriv
ersLogBookt
hatr
equir
ementshal
lbeconst
ruedasnotappl
icabl
ein
respectoft
hedri
vi
ngofasmallhoi
st.

Rest
ri
cti
onofuseofwi
ndl
asses

131.Nowi
ndlassshal
lbeusedfort
herai
singorl
ower
ingofper
sonsi
nashaf
tor
winzet
hedepthofwhi
chexceedsthi
rt
ymet r
es.

Dr
iver
sLogBook

132.(
1)Subjectt
othi
ssecti
on,
themanagerofever
ymi neshallkeeporcauseto
bekeptateachwindi
ngengi
ne,ot
hert
hanthewindi
ngengi neofasmallhoist
,a
booktobetermedtheDri
ver
sLogBookinwhichshall
ber ecor
dedi ni
nk—

a)signedr
eport
softhecondit
ionoft
hewi ndingengi
ne,
incl
udingbr
akes,
cl
utches,r
ever
singgear
s,dept
hindi
cator
s, si
gnal
ingdev
icesandall
protect
ive
 devi
ces,suchr
epor
tst
ober
ecor
dedbyt
hewi
ngi
ngengi
nedr
iverf
oreachper
iod
orchar
ge;

b)anyspeci
ali
nstr
uct
ioninv
olvi
ngthesafet
yofpersonsgi
ventot
hewindi
ng
engi
nedriv
erandtheti
meatwhichsuchinstr
uct
ionwasgiven,
suchent
ryt
obe
si
gnedbythepersongi
vingthei
nst
ruct
ion;

c)anyot
hermat
terr
equi
redbyt
heser
egul
ati
onst
ober
ecor
dedt
her
ein.

2)Whereawi ndi
ngenginedr i
veri
sunabletor
eadandwriteandaprovisi
on
cont
ainedin
thi
sPartrequir
esanent r
yintheDriversLogBooktobemade,orsigned,byt
hewi ndi
ng
enginedri
ver,
thefol
lowingprovi
sionsshallappl
ycompli
ancet
herewithshal
lberegar
ded
ascompl i
ancewiththeprovi
sionconcerned—

a)inthecaseofaninst
ruct
ionwar ni
nggiventot hewindingenginedriv
er,the
i
nstructi
onorwarni
ngshallbegivenverbal
lytohim byt heresponsi
bleoff
icial
in
chargeandthedri
vershal
li
ndicatehisunderstandingthereofbymakinghismar k
againstt
heentr
yoftheinst
ructi
oni nt
heDr i
versLogBook.

b)inthecaseofar eportrequi
redtobegi venbythewi ndingenginedriveronthe
conditi
onofanypar tofthewindingengine,thedri
vershall—
i
)makehi smarkagainsttheappropri
ateitem onasuitablechecklistt
obe
provi
dedi ntheDriv
ersLogBook; and
i
i)orall
yreportanydefectorweaknesstot heresponsibl
eof fi
ciali
nchar ge,
whichreportshallf
orthwit
hber ecor
dedi ninkintheDriversLogBoobysuch
offi
cialandendorsedbyhedr i
verbyhim maki nghismar kagainsttheent r
y.

Entryt
owindingcompartmentprohibit
ed
133(1)subjecttosubsect
ion(2)nopersonshal
lenterinanywayencr oachi nt
othe
wi
ndingcompar t
mentofanyshaf t
,winzeorheadgearexceptforthepurposeofent eri
ngor
l
eavi
ngaconv eyanceorforthepurposeofconducti
nganexami nati
on,eff
ecti
ngr epair
sordoi
ng
ot
hernecessaryworkingsuchcompar t
ment.

(2)Subsecti
on(1)shal
lnotappl
ytoper
sonswor
kingatt
hebot
tom ofashaf
torwi
nzei
n
t
hecour
seofsinking.

Wi
ndi
ngpr
ohi
bit
eddur
ingr
epai
roper
ati
onsandv
icev
ersa

134.(1)Nowi ndi
ngoper at
ionshal
lbecarr
iedoninthewindingcompar t
mentofashaft,
winzeorheadgearwhi lepersonsareengagedinef
fecti
ngrepai
rs,conduct
inganexaminati
onor
doinganyotherwor kinsuchcompar tmentunl
ess—
a)windingoperati
onsinsuchcompar t
mentarenecessaryforthepurposeofef
fect
ing
therepair
s,conducti
ngtheexaminati
onordoingtheotherwork;and

b)thepersonsengagedineffect
ingtherepai
rs,
conducti
ngtheexami
nat
ionordoi
ngthe
otherwor
ki ntheshaft
,winzeorheadgearareadequat
elypr
otect
edfr
om anyconv
eyance
aswellasfrom fal
l
ingobj
ects.

2)Noper sonshallef
fectr
epai
rs,conductexaminat
ionordoanyot
herworki
nthe
windingcompar t
mentofashaft,winzeorheadgearwhil
ewindi
ngoper
ati
onsar
ebei
ng
carr
iedoni nsuchcompartmentunless—

a)windi
ngoperat
ionsi
nsuchcompartmentarenecessaryfort
hesuchper
sont
oef
fect
repai
rs,
conductt
heexaminat
ionordotheotherwork;and
 b)hei
sadequat
elypr
otect
edf
rom anyconv
eyanceaswel
lasf
rom f
all
i
ngobj
ect
s.

3)Theper soni
nimmedi atechar geofanywor kint hewindingcompar t
mentofashaf t,
winzeorheadgearinwhichwi ndingisbeingdonebymechani calpowershal
l,
bef or
eany
workiscommencedspeci fi
call
ywar nthedriveroft hewindingengineoper
ati
ngt he
conveyanceinsuchwindingcompar t
mentt hatsuchwor ki sabouttobeundertakenand,
exceptinspeci
alci
rcumst anceswher eiti
simpr acticabl
eforhimt odoso,shallfor
thwi
th
recor
dininksuchwar ni
ngandt heti
mei ntheDr iversLogBook:

Prov
idedthatt
hissubsect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytowor
katt
hebot
tom ofashaf
tint
he
cour
seof
si
nki
ngotothel
oadingorunloadi
ngofaconveyance.

4)Thepersoninimmediatechargeofanywor kinrespectofwhichanentryhasbeen
madeintheDr i
ver
sLogBooki ntermsofsubsect i
on(3)shalloncompleti
onofsuch
workreportt
hecompleti
onthereoftothewindingenginedri
ver,andexceptinspeci
al
ci
rcumstanceswhereiti
simpracti
cabl
ef orhi
mt odoso, shal
l f
orthwi
threcordini
nk
suchandthetimeintheDriv
ersLogBook.

5)AnyentrymadeintheDri
ver
sLogBooki
nter
msi
fsubsect
ions(
3)and(
4)shal
lnotbe
val
idunt
ilcount
ersi
gnedbythedr
iver
.

6)Aft
eral
ter
ationsorrepai
rstothewindi
ngcompart
mentofashaf torwinzeortoit
s
windi
ngpl
ant,nopersonshallt
ravel
orbepermit
tedtotr
av el
inaconveyancether
einunti
l
suchti
meast heconveyancehasbeencausedtomakeacompl et
etr
ipupanddownt he
worki
ngport
ionoftheshaftorwinzeandfoundtobeinorder.

Speci
alpr
ecaut
ionsdur
ingsi
nki
ngoper
ati
ons

135.1)Nopersonshallworkorbepermitt
edtoworkatthebottom ofavert
icalorst
eepl
y
i
ncli
ned
shaftorwinzeinthecourseofsinki
ngunlessprot
ectedbyanadequat
ecov eri
ngextendingover
thewholeareaofsuchshaf torwinze,
onl
ysuf f
ici
entopeni
ngbeingl
efttherei
nfort
hepassageof
theconveyance.

2)Thecov
eri
ngr
equi
redbysubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbesi
tuat
ed—

a)i
nthecaseofav
ert
ical
shaf
torwi
nze,
notmor
ethant
went
y-f
ivemet
resf
rom t
he
bot
tom
ther
eof.
b)inthecaseofast
eepl
yincl
i
nedshaf
torwi
nze,
notmor
ethant
hir
tymet
resf
rom t
he
bot
tom
t
her
eof
.

3)Asetofdoorst
ocov ert
hesinki
ngcompartmentshal
lbemai
ntai
nedatt
hecol
laror
ot
herpoint
sofser
viceofever
yv er
ti
cal
orsteepl
yincl
i
nedshaftorwi
nzei
nthecour
seofsinki
ng.

4)Thedoorsrequi
redbysubsect
ion(
3)shal
lbecl
osedwhi
leper
sons,mater
ial
orr
ock
ar
ebei
ngloadedi
ntoorunloadedf
rom aconvey
anceabov
ethepoi
ntofser
vice.

Hoi
sti
ngdur
ingsi
nki
ngoper
ati
ons

136.I
nver
ti
cal
shaf
torwi
nzei
nthecour
seofsi
nki
ng—
 a) thewi
ndi
ngengi
nedr
ivershal
lpi
ckupt
hecr
ossheadwi
thoutundueshock;
and

b)t
heconv
eyanceshal
lnotbef
il
ledwi
thl
ooser
ockorgr
oundabov
ethel
evel
oft
hebr
im;
and

c)exceptabl ast
ingtime,
ev er
yconv eyance,
whenbei nghoistedfrom thebottom oft
he
shaftor
winze,shallbestoppedapproxi
mat elytwometresfr
om t hesaidbottom, st
eadiedand
anystones
ormudshal l ber
emov edfrom thesidesandbottom oftheconv eyanceandt he
conveyanceshal l
notbef urt
herhoistedbythewindingenginedri
veruntilasignaltodosohasbeen
recei
ved;

d)thecr ossheadment i
onedinparagr
aph( a)shal
lbesodesi gnedandmaint ai
nedast o
preventhol d-
uporjammi ngint
hehoistingcompartmentsoast oendangerper sons
duringsinkingoperat
ions;
e)allcrossheadsshallbeofsoundconst r
ucti
onandsodesi gnedt opr
eventswi ngi
ngof
thebucketorki bble;
f)aftercompl et
ionofsinki
ngandequippingoperat
ionstheuseofanunat tached
crossheadshal lbedispensedwi t
handtheprotecti
vecover
ageasr equiredint
ermsofsect ion
145shall beprov i
ded.

Lower
ingdur
ingsi
nki
ngoper
ati
on

137.Inashaf
tofwi nzei
nthecourseofsi
nki
ngtheconveyanceshallnotbelower
ed
di
rectl
ytothebottom ofsuchshaftorwi
nzebutshal
lbestoppedatleastfourmetr
esfrom t
he
bott
om untilasi
gnalt
ol oweritf
urt
herhasbeengi
venbyoneoft hement hereat
:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
hissect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytoshaf
tsandwi
nzesl
esst
hatf
if
teenmet
resi
n
dept
h.

securi
ngofmat er
ialbei
ngconveyed
138.Mat
eri
albei
ngraisedorloweredi nashaftorwinzeshal
l,i
fitpr
ojectsbeyondt
he
topoftheconvey
ance,befast
enedtohewi ndingr
opeort osomesuitabledeviceatt
achedt
othe
convey
ancesoast oensuresafepassageint heshaftorwinze.

Di
stur
banceofwindingenginedri
verpr
ohibi
ted.
139Noper son,ot
herthanapersoni
naut hori
tyandthenonl
yinanemer gencyshall
in
anywaydist
ractt
heat t
enti
onofthepersonoperati
ngawi ndi
ngenginewhil
stiti
sinmotion.

Unaut
hor
izedent
ryt
owi
ndi
ngengi
ne r
oom pr
ohi
bit
ed

140.Nounaut
hor
izedpersonshal
lenterawi
ndi
ngengi
ner
oom andnot
icest
othi
sef
fect
shal
lbepostedatt
heent
rancetoever
ywindingengi
ner
oom.

Maxi
mum hour
sofwor
kforwi
ndi
ngengi
nedr
iver
s

141.Noper
soni
nchargeofawindi
ngengineshallbecausedorper
mi t
tedtowor
kmor
e
t
hant
enhoursi
nanyoneper
iodoftwent
y-f
ourhoursexceptincasesofemergency
:
 Pr
ovidedt hat,
duri
ngthenormalchangeoverofhi
swor ki
ngshift
,suchper
sonmaywor k,
withi
nonetwent y-fourhourper
iod,
twoshift
sofnotmor ethaneighthoursdur
ati
oneach,which
shall
besepar at
edbyaper i
odofnotlesst
haneighthoursbetweentheendofthefir
stshi
ftand
thestar
tofthesecondshi ft
.

Tr
avel
i
ngwi
thmi
ner
al,
mat
eri
alorexpl
osi
ves

142.(1)Noper sonshal
ltrav
elorbepermit
tedtotrav
elinaconv ey
ancetoget
herwit
h
mi
neral
ormat er
ialwhensuchmi ner
alwhensuchmi ner
alormateriali
sofsuchshape,si
zeor
massorisstoredinsuchamannert hatthesaf
etyofpersonsisli
kelyt
obeendangered.

(2)Noperson,
otherthananauthori
zedper
sonort
hecaget
enderandhi
scr
ew,
shal
l
t
rav
eli
naconveyancetoget
herwithexplosi
ves.

Gui
desf orconv
eyanceinverti
calshaf
tsorwinzes
143.(1)All
vert
icalshaf
tsorwinzesexceedingthi
rt
ymet r
esi
ndepthwhichar
eusedfor
windi
ngpur posesshall
bepr ovi
dedwithguidesforski
ps,cagesorot
herconv
eyanceunl
ess
exemptedbyani nspector.

(
2)Inthecaseofv er
ti
calshaft
sorwinzesinthecourseofsi
nki
ng,t
heguidesrequi
redby
subsecti
on(1)shallextenddownt otwent
y-fi
vemet r
esorlessfr
om t
heshaftbott
om and,when
windingi
sbeingdonet otheshaf
tbottom,thecrossheadshal
ltr
avel
toasneartheendofthe
guidesasispract
icable.

Si
gnal
stobeexchangedbefor
eentr
ytoorexitfrom conveyance
144.Nopersonshal
lent
erorleav
eorbepermittedtoenterorleaveaconv eyanceor
cont
inuet
ot r
aveli
nsuchconveyanceunl
essandunti
ltheappropri
atesignal
sr equi
redbysecti
on
150havebeenexchanged.

Prot
ecti
veandwar ningdev icesf orper sonst rav el
ingi nconv ey ance
145.Whenmechani cally-power edmeansar eusedf orlower i
ngorr aisingper sonsbya
convey
ance—
a) inashaf torwi nzeexceedi ngt hirtymet resindept handhav ingani nclinat i
onofmor e
thansev ent ydegr eesf rom t hehor izont al,suff
icientov erheadcov ershal l bepr ov ided
onev erysuchconv ey ancef orthepr ev enti
onofi njurytoper sonst ravelingt herein;
b) inaninclinedshaf torwi nze, war ni
ngdev i
cesshal l beinstalledt ogi veadequat e
warningt oper sonst r
av eli
ngi noront heconv eyancewhensuchconv ey ancei s
approachi nganydol larset ,station,br ow, chuteorot herpr ojection.
c) Noper sonshal lt
rav el orbeper mi tt
edt otravel i
nanyshaf torwi nzeont her oof,top,
ri
m ori nanyposi tionout sidet heconv eyance:
Pr ovidedt hatper sonsengagedi nexami ni
ngorr epairingt heshaf torwi nzemay
travel ont her ooforbr idleofsuchconv eyance, ifi
tisnecessar y,tot heef fi
cient
conductofsuchexami nati
on, repai rsorwor kandi fsuchper sonswhenengaged
inav erticalshif torwi nzear eadequat elypr otectedf rom obj ect sfal l
ingabov e.
d) Aninspect ormaygr antexempt ioni nwr iti
ngf rom t heprov isionsofpar agr aph( c)
provi
dedt hatingr ant ingsuchexempt ionnoper sont r
avelingout sideanyconv eyance
issubjectedt oanydanger .

Wi
ndi
ngpl
antoper
ator
s

146.(
1)Noper
son,
othert
hanadul
yaut
hor
izedper
son,
shal
loper
ateanywi
ndi
ngpl
ant
.
 (2)Noperson,whosesightorhear
ingi
sdef
ici
entorwhoissubjecttoanyotheri
nfi
rmit
y,
mentalorbodil
yorisundermedicat
ionort
reat
mentwhichisl
ikel
ytoi
nterfer
ewiththeeff
ecti
ve
di
schar
geofhi sduti
esshall
dri
veorbecausedorpermit
tedtodri
veanywindingengineor
mechanicalhoi
st.

(
3)Tocomplywi t
hsubsecti
on(2)al
lauthori
zedpersonsshallunder
goamedi cal
examinati
onbyaregist
eredmedicalpr
acti
ti
oneratint
erv
alsnotexceedingtwelvemonthsand
ther
esultofeachsuchexaminat
ionshall
beav ai
labl
etoaninspectoratallt
imes.

(4)Al
lauthor
izedpersonsshallbeinpossessionofa“
HoistDr
iversCert
if
icat
e”i
ssuedby
hisminemanagerandt hi
scerti
fi
cateshal
lrecor
dt henameofthemine,thety
peandpowerof
thehoistorhoi
stswhichheisaut hori
zedtooperate.

Dut iesofwi ndi ngengi nedr iver

147.(1)Thedr iverofawi ndi ngengi ne- -
-
a) immedi at elyont aki ngchar geofawi ndi ngengi ne, shall exami net heDr iver sLog
Bookandacknowl edgebyhi ssi gnat ur eori niti
al seachuncancel l
edent rymadei n
termsofpar agr aph( 1)oft hissubsect ionorofsubsect i
on( 3)ofsect ion134; and
b) shallnotst arthi sengi nebef or ehehasr ecei vedadi stinctandpr opersi gnal todoso
unlessi nst r
uct edt odosobyt hemanagerorot herof f
icial responsi blef orsuchshaf t
orunl esshehasr ecei vedt he“ clear ”si gnal ;and
c) shallnotactonanysi gnal i
fhehasbeenunabl et odosowi thinonemi nut eaf ter
receivingi tbutshal lcal lfororawai taf reshsi gnal :
Pr ov i
dedt hat , i
nt hecaseoft he“ clear ”si gnal ,thedr ivermay ,athi sdi scr et ion,
mov eawayt heconv ey ancebut , ifaper iodofmor et hanf ivemi nut eshasel apsed
sincer ecei vingt he“ cl ear ”si gnal ,heshal lmov eawayt heconv eyancev er ysl owly;
and
d) shallav oi dundueshocksi nst ar ting, runni ngandst oppi ngt hesai dengi ne; and
e) shallappl ycor rect lyev erydev iceandmeansathi sdi sposal topr ev entt he
conv ey anceov errunni ng, toanext entwhi chmayendangert hesaf et yofper sonsor
causedamaget ot hewi ndi ngequi pment ---
i) t hesi gnal eddest inat ion; or
ii
) wher enodest i
nat ionhasbeensi gnal edand—
A. per sonsar ebei ngconv ey ed, thehi ghestorl owestl andi ngpl ace; or
B. per sonsar enotbei ngconv ey ed, thehi ghestorl owestst oppi ngpl ace; and
f) afterrecei vingasi gnal tor aiseorl owerper sons, shal lnotst arthi sengi neunt i
l aft
er
theexpi rationoft ensecondsaf t err ecei vingt hesi gnal :
Pr ov i
dedt hatt hispar agr aphshal l notappl ywhenbl ast ingi saboutt ot akepl ace
inashaf torwi nzei nt hecour seofbei ngsunkandt heengi nedr i
v erhasr ecei v
ed
thespeci al “blast i
ng”si gnal ref er redt oi nsubsect ion( 6)ofsect i
on150; and
g) shallnotuncl utchadr um ofhi sengi neunt i
l hehasassur edhi msel fi
mmedi at ely
beforehandbyt est i
ngt hebr akeoft hedr um agai nstt henor mal startingpoweror
normal st artingcur r
entoft heengi neappl iedi nt hedi rect i
ont ohol dt hel oad
suspendedf or mt hesai ddr um, nosuchuncl utchi ngoper ationort estshal lbe
performedwhi leper sonsar ei nanyconv ey anceoper atedbyt heengi ne; and
h) shall,whent hedr um i suncl ut ched, uset hebr akeonl yf ort hepur poseofmai ntaining
suchdr um st ationer yandshal l onnoaccountl owerf r
om uncl utcheddr um; and
i
) shal lobser veonl yaut hor i
zedsi gnal sandoper at ehi sengi nei naccor dancet her ewith;
and
j
) shal lwhenev eranyconv ey ancei snoti nuse, l
eav esuchconv eyanceatsomepoi ntin
theshaf torwi nzeot hert hanatt hebankoratast ati
on; and
k) shall,att hef irstav ailabl eoppor tuni tyaf tert akingov ertheengi ne, testt hebr akes
andsuchov er wi ndpr ev ent iondev i
cesoft hewi ndingengi neascanber esetbyt he
driver;and
 l
) if,dur i
ngt hetestrequiredbypar agr aph(k) ,
thereisdiscoveredanydef ectbywhi ch
thesf et
yofanyper sonmaybeendanger ed,shallr
ecordininksuchdef ecti
nthe
DriversLogBooki mmedi at
elyandshal lreportitt
ot heresponsibleoff
iciali
nchar ge,
andunt ilsuchweaknessordef ectther emedi ed,shallnotusethewi ndingplant;
and
m)hav i
ngt akenchar geofawi ndingengi ne,shall,
throughouthisper i
odofdut y,r
emai n
availabl
et oacti naccordancewi llallauthorizedsignalsreceiv
ed; and
n) afterreceivi
ngt he“shaf tl
ocked”si gnal,shallnotmov ehisengi neunti
lhehas
receivedt he“shaftunlocked”signal .

(2)Forthepurposesofparagraph(k)ofsubsecti
on(1),
thebrakesshal
lbeconsi
der
ed
satisf
actor
y
onlyift
het estshowstheyarecapableofholdingthedrumsstati
onar
yagainstt
henormal
start
ingpowerornor malstar
ti
ngcurrentoftheengineappli
edinthedir
ecti
onoftheoutof
balanceload.

Per
sonsnott obeloweredbyhoistdrivenbyf r
ict
ion,f
latbeltorchain
148.Nowi ndingplantdr
ivenbyfri
cti
on,f
latbeltorchainshallbeusedf ortheraisi
ngor
l
owering
ofpersons.Thisrestr
ict
ionshallnotbeconstr
uedtopr ohibi
ttheuseofaf rict
ionhoistcommonly
ref
err
edtasa“ Koepe”wi nderwhichmaybeusedf orther ai
singandloweringofper sons.

Provi
sionsconcerningmot i
vepowerofwindingplants
149.(
1)Ev erywindi
ngpl antworkedby -
--
a) Steam orcompr essedairshallbeequippedwithaproperpressuregaugetoindi
cate
tothewi ndi
ngenginedr i
vertheamountofpr essureav
ail
ableforwor ki
ngit
;
b) Electri
cit
yshall
beequi ppedwithanef fi
ci
entdesir
etoindi
catetot hewindi
ngengine
driveranydi
srupti
onoft hepowersuppl y.

(2)I
nnocaseshall
thesteam,compressedairorot
hermoti
vepowerofawindi
ngplant
becutoff
unlessandunti
ltheper
soninchargeofthegenerat
ingpl
antonthesur
facehasgi
venduenoti
ce
thereoftothewindi
ngengi
nedri
v er
.

B.RAI
SINGANDLOWERINGOFPERSONS
ETCETERA

Hoi
sti
ngsi
gnal
s

150.(
1)I
Nshaft
sorwi nzesexceedi
ngt
hirt
y-f
ivemet
resi
ndepthhoi
sti
ngsi
gnal
sshal
lbe
gi
venbymeansofbell
ringsorothermeansapprovedbyani
nspect
or.

(2)Subjectt
osubsect
ion(3)
,wher
esuchsi
gnal
saregivenbymeansofbel
lri
ngsor
knocks,
thefol
lowingcodeshall
beusedandst
ri
ctl
yobser
ved—

Knocksorr
ings Meaning
1 Raisewhenengineatrest
1 Stopwhenengineinmot i
on
1 (From dr
iver
)Repeatsi
gnall
astgi
ven
2 Lower

2Pause1 “Cl
ear”si
gnal-
engi
ne-dr i
ver
maymov eathisdi scr
eti
on
2pause2 Lowerconveyanceslowl y
3 Personsabouttotr
av el
 3 (
Inr
epl
yfr
om dr
iver
)Per
sonsmayt
rav
elormayent
er
conv
eyancef
or
purposeoftr
avel
i
ng.
3 (Fr
om dri
verwhenconv
eyancei
sbr
oughtt
orest
)Per
sonsmay
ent
eror
l
eav econv ey ance.
3pause3 Raiseconv ey ancesl owl y
3pause3pause3 Per songi vingsi gnal aboutt otravel.
3pause3pause3 (I
nr epl
yf r
om dr i
ver)
Acknowl edgementt hatper songi vi
ngsi gnal abouttotravel
.
2pause2pause2 (Fr
om dr i
v er )Personsmustl eaveconv ey ance
2pause2pause2 (Inr epl ytodr iver)Noper sonsconv eyance
4 (Fr
om dr i
v er )Enginet empor ar i
l
yunav ailable
4pause4 (Todr i
ver)“ Mar k”si gnal
4pause4 (I
nr epl
yf r
om dr i
ver)
Acknowl edgementof
“Mark”si gnal
4pause4pause4 (Todr i
ver)“ Clutching”si gnal
4pause4pause4 (Inr epl yfrom dr iver)Clut chi
ngoper ationscompl eted
5pause5 (Todr i
ver)Expl osi
v esaboutt obepl acedi nconv eyance
5pause5 (I
nr epl
yf r
om dr i
ver)Expl osivesmaybepl acedi nconveyance
5pause5pause5 All expl osivesr emov edf rom conv eyance
6pause6 (Todr i
ver)Wi ndingcompar tment sservedbyengi nelocked.
6pause6 (I
nr epl
yf r
om dr i
ver)Acknowl edgementof“ Compar t
mentl ocked”
si
gnal
6pause6pausef ol
l
owedby (Todri
ver)Shaftlockedbelow
stat
ionsignal stat
iondesignated.
6pause6pausef ol
l
owedby (I
nreplyfr
om dr i
ver)Acknowledgementthatshaf
tlocked
stat
ionsignal bell
owstati
ondesi gnated.
6pause6pause6 (
Todr i
ver)Compar tmentsser
vedbyenginer e-
opened.
6pause6pause6 (
Inreplyfrom dri
ver)Acknowl
edgementthat
compartments
servedbyengi ner e-
opened
7f
oll
owedbyst
ati
onsi
gnal Accidentt opersons,stationwher econveyancerequi
red
10 Telephonecommuni cati
onr equi
red
13 Electr
ici
ant esti
ngbel l
s
13 (I
nr eply
)Bel lt
estsat i
sfactory
1l
ongri
ng Accidentinshift,windingoper at
ionst obesuspended
i
mmedi atelyi
nallcompar tmentsoft heshaftunt
ilar
esponsi
ble
personinst r
uctsthedr iv
erast ofurtherprocedur
e.

(
3)Themanagerofami
nemayaut
hor
izesuchaddi
ti
onal
signal
sasl
ocal
condi
ti
onsmay
demand.

(
4)Copiesoft
hecodeofsi
gnals,
incl
udi
nganyaddit
ionalsi
gnalsaut
horizedbythe
manager
,inuseonamineshal
lbesui
tablydi
spl
ayedinthewindi
ngenginedriv
ersplat
form ori
n
asuit
abl
eplaceint
hewindi
ngengi
neroom andatthebankandatallshaf
tstati
onsfortheti
me
bei
nginuse:

Providedthat
,inthecaseofawindi
ngcompartmentwheresomeonlyof
theabove-
ment i
onedsignalsarei
nuse,i
tshal
lbenecessar
ytodispl
ayonl
ythat
port
ionofthecodewhi chisinusei
nthatcompar
tment.
 (5) Copiesofthecodeofsignal
srequi
redbysubsect
ion(4)shall
bemaintai
nedi
n
properrepai
randshallbesoplacedthatt
heycanconveni
entl
yber eadbyper
son
operati
ngthesignali
ngsyst
em.

(6) Wher
eblast
ingoper
ati
onsar
ebei
ngcar
ri
edouti
nashaf
torwi
nzei
nthe
courseofsi
nki
ng-

(a) thepersoninchargeofthebl
asti
ngoper
ati
onsshal
lnoti
fyt
heengine
dri
verwhenblasti
ngisabouttotakepl
acebymeansofaspecial
“bl
ast
ing”si
gnal
,
namely,
fiv
eknocksorr i
ngs;and

(b) exceptinthecaseofremotefi
ri
ngbyelectr
ici
ty,
theengi
nedri
vershal
l
repl
ytot hatspeci
al“bl
ast
ing”si
gnalbyrai
singandloweri
ngtheconv
eyance
approxi
mat elyonemetre;and

(c) onreceiv
ingthesi
gnal
torai
seper
sons,t
heenginedri
vershal
lrai
set
he
convey
ancewithoutdel
ay.
Noti
ceofmaximum numberofper
sonstobeconveyed

(7) Nopersonshall
fai
ltoobser
vethecodeofsi
gnalsetoutinsubsecti
on(2)orany
addit
ional
signal
sauthori
zedbythemanageri
ntermsofsubject
ion(3)orthespeci
alsignal
s
speci
fiednsubsect
ion(6).

Pr
ovi
sionsofsi
gnal
sdur
ingexami
nat
ionofshaf
tofwi
nze

151. Ev er
yshaftorwinzewherepersonstravelonorintheconveyancewhilecarr
yingout
examinat
ionsther
eofshallbepr
ov i
dedwi t
hsomeef f
ici
entmeans,inrespectofeachconveyance
usedinconnecti
onwi t
hsuchexami nat
ions,wherebysuchpersonscansi gnal
effect
ivel
yfr
om
anydepthintheshaftorwinzet
othewi ndingenginedri
ver.

Cagest
ohav
edoor
s

152. ( 1) Subj ecttosubsecti

on(2),
inallcaseswherecagesareusedf
orlower
ingor
rai
singofpersons,suitabl
yconstruct
eddoor sshal
lbeprovi
dedforuseandusedwhenpersons
aretrav
elingt
opr eventthem fr
om inadver
tentl
yfail
ingoutofcages.

(2) Onl
ywhenr epai
rs,
mai
ntenanceandi
nstal
l
ationwor
kinthe
shafti
sbeingcar
riedoutmayuseofthedoor
srequir
edbysubsect
ion(
1)
bedispensedwit
h.

153. Not iceoft

hemaximum numberofpersonsper
mit
tedt
ori
deatanyonetimeincage,ski
p
ofothermeansofconvey
anceshal
lbepost
edupandkeptsopost
edinlegi
blechar
acteratt
heto
oftheshaf
torwinzeandateachst
ati
oninuse.

Faci
l
iti
esf
ormai
ntenanceofheadgear

154. Ineveryheadgeart
hereshal
lbeprovi
dedsuchpermanentl
adder
waysandpl
atf
ormsas
maybenecessar
yforthepropermai
ntenanceofal
lequi
pmentinst
all
edt
her
eat.

Pr
ovi
si
onsf
orwi
ndi
ngpl
ant

155. (
1) Ev
erywi
ndi
ngengi
neshal
lbesucht
hat—
 (a) whenrunni
ngatv ar
iousspeedswit
hlightandheav
yloads,i
tcan
readi
lybeslowedandstoppedandaf t
erst
oppingcanimmediatel
ybe
start
edagaininei
therdi
rect
ionbythedri
ver;

(b) eachwi
ndingdrum,whenunclut
chedfrom t
heengi ne,canbe
maintainedinaposit
ionofr
estbymansofi tsownbr akeorbr akeswit
h
noslippingwhenloadedtodoubl
et hemaximum permittedmassof
personsort obemaximum permit
tedmassofmi neral,whicheveri
sthe
greater
;

(c) wher
eonpartoftheropei
sr i
gidl
yfi
xedt
othedrum orsheave,
ther
eshallbenodangeroussli
ppi
ngoft her
opeonthedrum orsheave,
underanypossi
bleworkingcondi
ti
ons.

(
2) I
ncalcul
ati
ngthemassofpersonsf
rothepur
posesofpar
agraph
(
b)ofsubsect
ion(1)
,sevent
yki
l
ogramsshallbeal
l
owedforeachper
son.

Fur
therpr
ovi
si
onsf
orwi
ndi
ngpl
ant

156. (
1) Subj
ectt
osubsect
ions92)and(
3),
ever
ywi
ndi
ngpl
antshal
l—

(
b)i
nthecaseof-

(
ii
i) asingledrum orsingl
esheav ewinder,haveanoverlay
rope;and
(
iv) adoubl edrum ordoubl
esheav ewi nder,
haveanov erl
ay
ropeont hedrum orsheav
eont hright-
handsideas
seenf r
om thedriv
erscontrolposit
ion;whichover
lay
ropeshallbetermedthe“referencerope”and

(b) onthedrum orsheavesthereof,

havesuchgrooves,f
langesorhor
nsand,
i
fthedrum ifconical
,suchotherappli
ancesi
naddit
iontheret
oasmaybe
suff
ici
enttopreventtheropefrom sl
ippi
ngoff
;ands

(c) Have,inthecaseofadialdept
hindi
cat
or,apoi
nter
,whichmov esi
na
clockwisedirection,whent
herefer
enceisl
oweredand,
inthecaseofapostor
spiraldepthindicator,
apoi
nterwhichmovesupordownast heref
erencer
ope
mov esupordown;

providedt
hat,i
nthecaseofbal
ancedwindi
ngwheret
wodept hi
ndicat
orsare
fi
ttedtoonewindingengi
ne,
thedir
ect
ionofmovementofeachdepthindi
cat
or
shallbedeter
minedbyconsi
deri
ngtheropecar
ryi
ngt
heconveyanceasbeingthe
refer
encerope;and

(d) haveal
lbol
tsandfi
tt
ingswhich,
int
heev
entoft
heirbecomi
ngloosened
mightbeasour
ceofdangerrender
edsecur
ebymeansofsuit
ablel
ocki
ng
devi
ces;and

(
e) bepr
ov i
dedwithalocki
ngdev
icewhi
chshal
lpr
eventi
nadv
ert
ent
wi
thdr
awaloftheclut
ch;and

(
f) bef
it
tedwi
thani
nter
locki
ngdev
icemaki
ngi
timpossi
blet
o-

(
i) uncl
utchanydr
um unl
esst
hebr
akesofsuchdr
um ar
eful
l
yappl
i
ed;
and
 (
ii
) rel
easethebrakesofsuchdr
um unt
ilt
hecl
utchi
sful
l
yengagedand
securel
ylocked;
and

(
g) bepr ovidedwit
hprotecti
vedevicestoshutofft
hepowerandapplythe
brakesaut omati
call
yintheeventofanov er
windofaconveyanceori
n
theev entofthespeedofaconv eyanceexceedi
ngthemaximum
authorizedspeedoffif
teenpercentum:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hat—

(
i) i
nt hecaseofwi ndi
ngengi
neoperat
ingaconv ey
anceinashaf torwinze
i
nt hecourseofsinki
ngsuchover
winddevicesneedtobepr ovi
dedonly
toguardagainstoverwi
ndofaconveyanceabovethehigheststoppi
ng
place

i
i
) inthecaseofwindi
ngengineusedf rom r
egularmanwi nding,suchdev i
cesshall
besosetthatanypassengerconveyancewi l
lbebroughttorestwithinadi st
ance
ofthreemetr
esabovethehigheststoppi
ngpl aceusedforpassengerl andingand
threemetr
esbelowtheloweststoppingplaceusedforpassengerl anding;and

(
h) whenf it
tedwi thamul t
i-t
oothedtypeclutchorcl
utcheswhichar
enot
vi
sibletot hedr i
verf
rom hisposit
ionatthecontrol
s,besoprovi
dedwi t
h
mirrorsorot hersuit
ablemeanst hatt
hedr iv
ercansee,wi
thoutmov i
ng
fr
om hi sposi t
ionatthecontrol
s,whetherornotaclutchi
sincorrect
positi
onf orengagement ;

(
n)Hav eanef fi
cientbr akef oreachdr um orsheav ewhi chshal lbekepti npr oper
order;and
(
o)Whent hewi ndingengi nei sdr i
venbyel ectricpower ,befitt
edi naddi t
ionwi t
h
anemer gencybr akesy stem whi chshall besoar rangedt hatt hebr akeswi ll
beappl iedaut omat i
callyint heev entofaf ailureoft heelectricpowersuppl y,
savehowev er,thatt hebr akeshoesmaybecommont obot hbr eaki ng
systems; and
(
p)Wher enecessar y,bepr ovidedwi thguar dsov ert hedr umsandbr akepat hst o
protectt hedr iverandanycont rolgearf r
om f lyi
ngr opedr essing; And
(
q)Excepti nt hecaseofaf r
icti
ng-dr i
veorsheav e-t
y pewi ndingengi ne, havenot
l
esst hant hreet urnsofr oper oundt hedr um whent heconv eyancei satthe
l
owestpoi ntint heshaf tfrom whi chwi ndingi sef fectedandhav et heendof
theropesecur elyf astenedt ot heshaf t
, hub,bossoranar m ofthedr um; and
(
r) Haveani ndicatingdev i
cewhi chwi ll
clear l
yandaccur at
elyshowt hewi nding
enginedr i
vert heposi t
ionoft heconv eyancei nt heshaf t:

Providedthat,int
hecaseofasheav
e-t
ypewinder
,di
sconnexi
onofthei
ndi
cat
or
dri
venf orthepurposeofadj
ust
ingt
heindi
cat
orposi
ti
onshallaut
omati
cal
l
y
applythebr akes;
and;

(
u) wheni tisusedf orr egularmanwi ndi
ngandt hespeedoft hewindi ng
ropemayexceedt hr eehundredmet r
espermi nute,beprov i
dedwi t
ha
devicewhi chwillprev entthebrakesf rom bei
ngappl i
edathi ghr ope
speedwi thsuchpr essur eistopr oducedanger ousrateofdecel erati
on;
and
(
v) haveall i
nstrument s, si
gnalli
ght,switchesandpushbut t
onsr equiredby
thedriverforcontrol ofthewi ndi
ngengi neclearl
ylabeledwitht heir
functi
onswher esuchf uncti
onisnotobv i
ous;and
 (
w) haveall pushbut tons, controls,adjustingdev icesandl evers, i
ncluding
cl
utchoper atingl evers,usedbyt hedr iverfort hecont roloft hewi nding
enginewi thint her eachoft hedr i
verwi thoutmov ingf r
om hi sdr iv
ing
positi
on; and
(
x) haveacont rol lev erwhi chf oll
owst her eferencer opei ndi r
ect i
onof
mov ement ;and
(
y) haveaposi tivebr akel everwhi ch,ifitisahand- operatedl ever ,mustbe
pull
edt owar dst hedr iverinor dert oappl ythebr akes; and
(
z) exceptint hecaseofwi ndingpl anthav i
nganaut horizedmaxi mum r ope
speedofl esst hant hreehundr edmet respermi nutebef ittedwi thar ope
speedindi catorwhi chshal lbesosi tuatedthatt hewi ndingpeedcanat
all
timesber eadeasi lybyt hewi ndingengi nedr iverfrom hi sdr i
vi
ng
positi
on; and
(
aa) bepr ovi
dedwi thapr operpr essuregaugeor ,
int hecaseofel ectr
ical
power ,
wi thmet rest oindicat etothedr i
veratal ltimest heamountof
mot i
vepowerav ai l
ablef orit.

(
2) Paragr
aphs(c),(g)
,(j
),(
q)and(
t)ofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lnotappl
yin
r
espectofsmallhoi
sts;

Providedthatsmallhoistshal
l beprovidedwithreli
ablemeans,ei
therby
conspicuousmar ksont heropeorbysomeot hersuit
ablemethod,showing
clear
lyandaccuratelytothehoi stdr
iverathisoperati
ngpositi
onthepositi
onof
thecage,skiporotherconv eyanceinrelati
ontoallestabl
ishedl
andingand
stoppingplacesapproachingwhi char educt
ioninwindingspeedisnecessary
.

(3) TheChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngineermaygr
antexempti
oninwrit
ingf
rom anyofthe
provi
sionsofsubsect
ion(1)inrespectofanywindi
ngpl
antinoperat
ioni
mmediatel
ybeforethe
dateofcommencementft heseregul
ati
ons.

Pr
ovi
si
onf
orov
erwi
ndi
ng.

157. ( 1) Exceptwherethewindi
ngpl
anti
sbei
ngusedforsi
nki
ngorequippi
ng,inany
ver
ticalshaf
torwinzeinwhichther
aisi
ngandl
oweri
ngofper
sonsisregul
arl
ycarr
iedoutandt
he
authori
zedmaximum ropeismor et
hanhundr
edandfi
ft
ymetresperminut
e-

(
c) wher et
heendoft hewi ndingr opei sf ast enedt othedrum oft hewi ndi
ng
engine-
(i
) foreachwi ndi
ngengi net her eshal lbeprovi
dedcat chpl atesand
safet
ydet achinghookst odet achf rom thewindingr opeandt o
supportanyconv eyanceov erwoundi ntheheadgear ;and
(i
i) theheadgearshal lbecar riedsuf fi
cientl
yhightoal l
owan
unobstructedspaceofatl eastsev encommaf ivemet r
esi n
whichtheconv eyancecant rav elabov eorbeyondt hehi ghest
l
andingpl aceforper sonsbef orei tcomesi nt
ocont actwi t
hany
fi
xedobst acl
e;
(i
ii
) theshaftshall becarriedsuf ficientlydeeptoallowanov err
un
spaceofatl eastsev encommaf ivemet er
sinwhi cht he
conveyancecant ravel belowofbey ondthelowestl andpl ace
beforei
tcomesi nt ocont actwi thanyf i
xedobstacle;

Providedthatsuchoverr
unspaceneednottobeprovidedina
shaftinthecourseofbeingsunkori
nashaftnotexceeding
thr
eehundr edmet r
esindepthorl
engthbel
owbankwher ethe
 wi
ndingsystem doesnoti ncl
udet heuseofabal anceropeort ai
l
r
ope;
(
d) wher ethewindingropeisnotf astenedt othedrum orsheav eofthe
windingengine-
(i
) t
heov er
runspacei ntheheadgearabov et hehi
ghestestabli
shed
stoppingplaceshallbeprovidedwi t
hrigi
dorot herappl
iancesso
arrangedthatanov erwoundconv eyanceisretardedinordertomi ni
mize
theriskoftheconv eyancecoll
idingwi t
ht heropesheaveoranyf ixed
obstacleintheheadgear ;
and

(
ii
) t
heov
err
unspaceatt hebot t
om oft heshaf tbel
owt helowestestabli
shed
stoppingplaceshal lbeprov i
dedwi thri
gidguidesorot herappli
ancesso
arrangedthatanov erwoundconv eyanceisretardedandar restedbefor
e
i
tcancol l
idewi thanyf i
xedobst acle;and
(
ii
i) thereshallbefitt
edspr i
ngkeepsofj ack-cat
chesabov et hebankto
arrestanyconv eyancewhi chbecomesacci dentall
ydisconnectedfrom
theropeasar esultofanov erwi nd.

(
2) I
nrespectofanywi ndi
ngpl antinoperat
ionbefor
ethedateofcommencementoft hese
r
egulati
onsorinrespectofanywi ndingplantwher et
heprovi
sionsofsubsect
ion(
1)are
i
nappropri
ateinrelat
iontosafet
y,theChi efGovernmentMini
ngEngineermaygrantexempti
on
f
rom anyofthepr ovi
sionsofsubsect i
on( 1)
.

Windingropes
158. (1) Ev
eryr
opeusedorthesuspensionofaconv
eyanceshal
lbemadeofst
eel
wir
e
whent
hedept
hofwindexceedst
hir
tymetr
es.

(2) Everyst
eel
wir
eropeusedfort
hesuspensi
onofaconvey
anceshal
lbethatt
he
di
ameterofthewir
esusedint
heconst
ruct
ionoft
heropeissui
tedt
othediamet
eroft
hesheaves
andt
hedr umsfi
tt
ed.

(
3) I
nnocaseshal
lawi
ndi
ngr
opebeusedwhi
chhadaspl
i
ceorj
oinofanyki
nd
exceptati
tsat
tachment
s.

(
4) Theconnect
ionbetweenawi ndingr
opeandaconv
eyanceshal
lbofsucha
nat
uret
hatnoacci
dent
aldi
sconnecti
onscant akepl
ace,
ther
opeatt
achmentsshal
lbepr
oper
ly
madeandnopenhooksshal
l beusedther
efore.

(
5) Nowi
ndi
ngr
opeshal
lbet
urnedendf
orenddur
ingi
tsper
iodofuse.

(
6) Nof
ri
cti
onhoi
sti
ngr
opeshal
lbeusedunl
essi
tisofani
mpr
oved
const
ruct
ion

I
nit
ialt
est
ingandcar
eofwi
ndi
ngr
opes:RopeRecor
dBook

159. ( 1) Wheneverawindi
ngr opeorbalanceropef oruseinashiftor
wi
nzeis
notaccompaniedbyacer t
if
icat
efr
om theamanuf acturershowingthebreakingforceas
obtai
nedbyactualtestonawholesampleoftherope, suchropeshallnotbeusedunt i
la
speci
mencutf rom t
heropehasbeentestedbyareliableauthor
ityandtheresultofsuchtesthas
beenfurni
shedtothemanager .

(
2) Awindi
ngropeorbal
anceropenewlyputon,whet
hernewofpr evi
ousl
yused,
andt
heattachment
sconnecti
nganysuchropet
oanyconv ey
anceshall
becar ef
ull
yexaminedby
acompetentper
sonappoi
ntedort
hepurposebythemanagerandshallnotbeusedunti
lthe
conveyancel
oadedwithmaximum per
mit
tedmasshasbeenr unatl
easttwot
ripsdownandup
betweenthehi
ghestandlowestst
oppi
ngplacesor
dinar
il
yinusedandfoundt
obei nor
der.

(3) Theresultoft
heexaminat
ionandt estr
equi
redbysubsect
ion(
2)shall
be
recordedinaRopeRecordBookprovi
dedforthepurposebythemanagerandtherecor
dshal
lbe
signedbythepersonwhoconduct
edtheexami nat
ionandtest.

(
4) Newropesandropesnotinuseshal
lbestoredundercoverinadr
yplaceandt
he
reel
sshallbej
ackedupclearoft
hegroundorfl
oorandshallbeturnedthr
oughhal
faturnat
i
nterval
sofnotmorethanthreemonthssoastopreventmigrat
ionoftheropel
ubr
icat
iont
othe
bott
om ofthereel
.

(
5) TheRopeRecor dBookshal
l,i
naddi
ti
ont
otheresult
softheexami
nat
iontest
requi
redbysubsect
ion(2),contai
nthenameofever
yper
sonappoint
edinter
msofsecti
on172
andthefoll
owi
ngpar t
icul
arsregardi
ngther
ope-

(
h) themanuf actur eroft her ope;
(
i) thedat eofmanuf acture;
(
j) thedat eofpur chase;
(
k) thedat eonwhi cht her opewasi nstall
ed;
(
l) af ulldescr i
ption, themakeandconst ruct
ionoft herope;
(
m) thel engt hoft her opei nmet res;
(
n) thedi amet erofr opei nmi l
li
met ersorwi dthandthicknessofr opein
millimet ers;
(
q) themassoft her opepermet rei nkilograms;
(
r) thebr eaki ngf or ceoft her opei nki l
onewt onsaspermanuf acturers
certifi
cat ewher et her opewasaccompani edbysuchcer t
ifi
cate;
(
s) theor dinarywor kingload;
(
t) thedat eofcut t i
ngandr ecappi ngand, addit
ional
l
yoral ternativelyt
he
dat eoft henon- dest ructivetest ;
(
u) thebr eaki ngf or ceateacht estanddat eofeachsucht est ;
(
v) thesummar yofcondi ti
onofr opeatt hetimeofcut t
ingandt he
recappi ng;
(
w) thedet ailsandr esultsofnon- destruct i
vetest;
(
x) thedat et her opewast akenof f
;
(
y) wher eappl i
cabl e, thedat eofanneal ingorr enewi
ngat tachment s.

Per
iodi
ctest
ingandexami
nat
ionofr
opes

160. (
1) Forev
erywi
ndi
ngpl
antusedi
nashaf
torwi
nzei
nwhi
chwi
ndi
ng
i
s
carri
edout ,
unlessthewindingplantissuchthati
tdoesnot
al
lowf ortheshorteni
ngoft hewindingrope,
aporti
onoft herope
shallbecutofffrom theendat t
achedtotheconveyance,the
balancemassort hecounterpoi
se,asthecasemaybe, at
i
ntervalsnotexceedingsixmont hsandtheroperecapped.

(
2) Thepor t
ioncutofff
orthepurposesofsubsecti
on(1)shal
lbeof
alengthofatleastf
ourmetresorsuchshorterl
engthasthe
ChiefGov er
nmentMini
ngEngi neermaypermiti
nwr i
ti
ng.

(
3) For
mthepor
ti
onoftheropecutoff,speci
menshallbesentbythe
manager,wi
thoutdelay,
foratestt
oanapprovedtest
ingst
ati
on
wherei
tsactualbr
eakingfor
ceandgeneralcondi
ti
onshall
be
det
erminedattheexpenseoftheowner.
(
4) Ift
hespecimenoftheroper
ecei
vedatt hetesti
ngstat
ionisina
condit
ionnotadmi
tti
ngofasati
sfact
orytestforthepurposeof
subsecti
on(3),
afr
eshspeci
menshal lbesentbyt hemanager.

(
5) Oncompl et
ionofthetestrequi
redbysubsecti
on(
3)thetest
ing
st
ati
onshall sendthemanageracerti
fi
cateshowi
ngtheresult
s
ofsuchtestandshallsendacopyofthecerti
fi
cat
etotheChief
GovernmentMi ni
ngEngineer.

(6) Wher eawi ndingplanti

ssuchthatitdoesnotal
lowforthe
shor
teni
ngofthewi ndingrope,
thewindi
ngr opeshal
lbeexaminedat
i
nter
valsnotexceedingsixmonthsbynon-destr
ucti
vemanswith
appr
ovedequipment .

Par
ti
cul
arst
obegi
venwhennewr
opef
it
ted

161. Whenev eranewwindi

ngr ope,balancer
opeort ai
li
sputona
windingpl
ant,t
hefol
lowi
ngparti
cularsofsuchwi ndingrope,balance
ropeortai
lropeshal
lbefor
wardedi nwriti
ngtotheChi efGovernment
MiningEngi
neerandtoanapprovedt est
ing—stat i
on-

(
q) thenameoft hemi neconcer ned;
(
r) thenameoft heshaf tandcompar t
menti nwhi chtheropeis
used;
(
s) adescr i
pti
onoft heshaf treferredt oi nparagraph(b);
(
t) thecoilnumberoft her ope;
(
u) thedateonwhi chther opewasi nst alled;
(
v) thedateofmanuf act ureoft her ope;
(
w) thelengthoft heropei nmet res;
(
x) thediamet erofther opei nmi ll
imet ers;
(
y) themassoft heropepermet reinki lograms;
(
z) theconstructionoft her opeandt henumberofwi r
esineach
str
andandt henumberofst r
ands;
(
aa) thediamet erofallwi resusedi nt her ope,i
nmi ll
i
met er
s;
(
ab) thelayoft herope;
(
ac) theclassoft hehear torcor eoft her ope;
(
ad) thequalit
yofst eelusedf orthewi rei ntheropeandt hetensi
le
str
engthinmegapascal s;
(
ae) thebreakingf or
ceoft her opei nki l
onewt ons
(
af) thecoilnumberoft her opebei ngr eplaced;

Speci
alpr
ovi
si
onsf
ori
nter
pret
ati
onofsect
ion163t
o168—

162. ( 1) Forthepurposesofsect
ions163to168-
“Att
achment s”i
ncludeanybalanceortai
lropeandever
ythi
ngsuspended
from oratt
achedtot heconveyanceot
herthanthewi
ndingrope;
“eff
ecti
vecombi nedmass”means—

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
on,
1990
 (
c) wherewindi
ngi sconduct edinv erti
cal pl
ane,thestati
cforceresult
ingfrom the
massofanyl oad;
(
d) wherewindi
ngi sconduct edinani nclinedplane,onecommanoughtf i
vet i
mes
theincl
i
necomponentoft hestaticforceresulti
ngfrom themassofanyl oad.
2) Indeter
mini
ng, inaccordancewi tht heprovisi
onsofsections163t hemi nimum
all
owablebreakingforceofanyr opeusedi nconnect i
onwi t
hwi ndi
ng,theforcein
newtonsexertedbyanymasscar r
iedbyt heropeshallbeobt ai
nedbymul t
iply
ing
thatmassinkilogramsbyaf actorofni necommaei ght.

3) Incalcul
ati
ngthemassofper
sonsf
ort
hepurposesofsect
ions163t
o168
seventyki
logr
amsshall
beall
owedf
oreachperson.

Totalmasstobeatt
achedt owindi
ngrope
163. Thet otalmassat
tachedtothewindi
ngropewhenper sonprmat
eri
alar
econv
eyedshal
l
notexceednoughtcommaninet i
mesthemassattachedtothewindi
ngr
opewhenminer
ali
s
conveyed.

Useofmor
ethanoner
ope

164. Wher
eaconv
eyancei
ssuspendedbyt
woormor
ewi
ndi
ngr
opes-

(
d) theropesshall beofapproximatel
yequal si
zeandst r
ength;and
(
e) adequatearrangement sshallbemadet oequalizet
het ensi
oninthe
ropes;and
(
f) i
ncal cul
ati
ngt hebreakingforceoftheropes,eachropeshallbe
assumedt ocar ryanequalshareoft hel
oad.

Per
iodi
cal
l
ytest
edwi
ndi
ngr
opes:mi
nimum-
breaki
ngf
orce

165. Wher ethewindi

ngsy st
em issuchthattshowsal l
owsoft heper
iodictest
ingoft
he
windi
ngropeorropesasrequir
edbysection160andbal anceropeortai
lropeisnotused,a
windi
ngropeshall
notbeusedf ort
her ai
si
ngorloweringofpersonsormat eri
als,
ift
hebreaki
ng
for
ceatanypointi
ntheropeislessthanwhicheveri
st hegreat
estof

(
a) Tentimesthef orceexertedbyt heeff
ectivecombinedmassoft heconv ey anceandi t
s
att
achments, andt hemaxi mum numberofper sonsorloadofmat erial
s; or
(
b) Nineti
mest hef orceexertedbyt heef
fecti
vecombi nedmassoft heconv ey anceandi ts
att
achmentsandt hemaxi mum per mitt
edloadofmi ner
al;or
(
c) Fi
v et
imest heforceexertedbyt heeffecti
vecombinedmassoft hel engthwi ndingr ope
betweentheheadgearsheav eandt helowestworkingpointoftheconv ey anceandi ts
att
achmentsandt hemaxi mum per mitt
ednumberofper sonsorl oadofmat er
ials;or
(
d) Fourcommaf ivetimesthef or
ceexertedbyt heeff
ectiv
ecombi nedmassoft hel ength
ofwinningropebet weent heheadgearsheav eandthelowestwor kingpoi ntoft he
conveyanceandi tsatt
achment sandt hemaxi mum permittedl
oadofmi ner al

Wi
ndi
ngr
opesnotper
iodi
cal
l
ytest
ed:mi
nimum br
eaki
ngf
orce

166(1)Wherethewindingsy stem i
ssucht hati
tdoesnotal
lowoftheperiodictestingofthe
windi
ngropeorropesasr equiredbysect
ion160andabal anceropeortailropeisused, a
windi
ngropeshall
notbeusedf ort
herai
singorloweri
ngofpersonsormat erial
ifthebreaki
ng
for
ceatanypointi
nther ope, whennew,islessthanamulti
ply
ingfact
orofei ght,l
essnought
commanoughtonef iv
eot helengthinmetresbetweentheheadgearsheaveandt hel owest
worki
ngpointoftheconv
eyance,mul
ti
pliedbytheeffect
ivecombinedmassofconveyanceand
i
tsattachmentsandhemaximum massper mittedofpersonsorofmateri
al,
whi
cheveristhe
great
er,pl
usthewholemassofthebalanceropeortailr
opeplusnoughtcommafiveofthetotal
suspendedmassofthetail
carr
iagei
fused:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hati
nnocaseshal
lbemul
ti
ply
ingf
act
orbel
esst
hansi
x.

(2) Wher ethemassoft heconveyanceandbalanceropeortai

lropeissuspendedfrom one
thanonewi ndingropeinsuchmannert hat,
asfarasiti
spracti
cabl
e,theloadissharedequall
y
betweenthewi ndingropes,t
henthewindingropesshal
lnotbeusedf ort
her ai
singorl
oweringof
personsifthecombi nedbreaki
ngforceofthewindi
ngropes,whennewi slessthantheminimum
breaki
ngf orcecal
culatedaccor
dingtosubsecti
on(1)

Appl
i
cat
ionofsect
ions165and166t
opl
antnotusedf
orconv
eyanceofper
sonsormat
eri
al

167. Wher eawindingpl antwhichisnotusedfortherai

singorlower i
ngofpersonsormater
ial
operat
esinashaftorwi nzewher epersonsareregul
arl
yconv eyed,nowindingr
opeshallbeused
onsuchwindingplantifthebreakingforceatanypoi
ntinther opeislessthant
hemi ni
mum
permit
tedforasi
mi l
arwi ndingsystem bysecti
ons165and166, asthecasemaybe.

Bal
ancer
opesandt
ailr
opes:mi
nimum br
eaki
ngf
orce

168. Nobalanceropeortai
lropeshal
lbesuedi
nanywindi
ngsyst
em i
nashaftofwinze
wher
eper
sonsareregul
arl
yconv ey
edift
hebreaki
ngf
orceatanypoi
nti
nsuchr
opeislessthan-

(
a) Sixt
imestheeff
ecti
vefor
ceexert
edbyt hecombi nedmassoft
heropeandnought
commaf i
veti
mest hemassofthetai
lcarr
iage,i
fany ,
or
(
b) Noughtcommani neti
mesthei
nit
ialbr
eakingforceofther
ope,whi
chev
erist
hegreat
er.

Ci
rcumst
ancesi
nwhi
chr
opesshal
lnotbeused

169.(
1)Nowi
ndi
ngr
ope,
bal
ancer
opeort
ail
ropeshal
lbeused-

(
a) Wheni tsbreaki
ngforcedet erminedbyat estcarr
iedoutinter
msofsect i
on160isless
thannoughtcommami neti
mesi tsbreaki
ngforcewhennew; or
(
b) Whenmar kedexter
nal corrosi
onappear s;or
(
c) Whent heextentofinternalcorr
osi onindi
cat
esthattheropeisnolongerinasaf
e
condi
tion;or
(
d) Whenadet ai
ledexami nati
onofcl eanedport
ionsortheropeindi
catesthatt
heropeis
nolongerinasaf econdi t
ion.

(2) Nowindi
ngropeshall
beusedf
oraperiodexceedi
ngt
woy
ear
sexceptwi
tht
hewr
it
ten
permi
ssi
onoftheChiefGov
ernmentMi
ningEngineer
.

170.(1)Agui
deshal
lnotbeusedinashaf torwinzewhereper
sonsareregul
arl
yconveyedift
he
breaki
ngfor
ceatanypointi
ntheropeislessthansixt
imesthefor
ceexert
edbyt heef
fect
ive
combinedmassoftheropeandit
st ensi
oningmass.

(
2) Subsecti
on(1)shallnotapplytoanyguidewhichisalsousedaswi ndingropetoraiseor
l
owerastage,inwhi
chcaset hebreakingf
orceatanypointintheropeshal
l notbelessthanfiv
e
t
imestheforceexer
tedbyt heeffecti
vecombinedmassoft hel
engthofwindingropebetween
t
heheadgearsheaveandt helowestwor ki
ngpointoft
hest ageanditsshar
eoft hecombi ned
massofthestageandattachment s,themaximum per
mi t
tedmassofper sonsandmat eri
al.
(
3) Agui deropeshal
lbeofappr
ovedconstr
ucti
onwi
thamini
mum di
amet
erofsi
xteen
mil
l
imet
ers.Discar
dedwindi
ngropeshal
lnotbeusedasgui
der
ope.

(4) Allgui
deropesshallbeexaminedonceaweekandt heresul
tsofsuchexaminat
ionshal
l
berecor
dedininkinaRopeRecor dBookprovi
dedfort
hepur posebythemanagerandtherecor
d
shal
lbesignedbythepersonwhoconductedtheexaminat
ion.

(5) All
guideropesshallberecappedatinter
val
snotexceedi ngonceay earsoastoshif
tthe
posit
ionsli
abletomaximum wear .Atinter
valsnotexceedi
ngtwoy earsaport
ionofeachguide
ropeofatleastthr
eemet r
esi nl
engthshallbecutoffimmediatelyaboveit
sbot t
om at
tachment.
Suchcutof fspeci
menshallbesentbyt hemanager,withoutdelay,forat
esttoanapproved
test
ingstati
onwher ei
tsactualbreaki
ngforceandgeneralconditi
onshallbedetermi
nedatthe
expenseoft heowner.

(6) Ifthespeci
menofther
oper ecei
vedatt
hetest
ingstat
ioni
sinacondi
tionnotadmit
ti
ng
ofasati
sfactor
ytestf
ort
hepurposeofsubsect
ion(
5),afr
eshspecimenshal
lbesentbythe
manager.

(
7) Oncompl et
ionofthetestrequi
redbysubsect
ion(5)t
hetest
ingst
ati
onshal
lsendthe
manageracert
if
icateshowingtheresul
tsofsuchtestandshal
lsendacopyoft
hecerti
fi
catet
o
t
heChiefGover
nmentMi ningEngineer.

(8) Exceptinsi
nki
ngshaf
tsorwinzestensioni
ngofguider opesshal
l becarriedoutby
meansoff ixedweight
sfr
eel
ysuspendedfrom thelowestpointofeachgui deropeorbysome
othersui
tabletensi
oni
ngdevi
ceauthor
izedbytheChi efGovernmentMiningEngi neer
.The
minimum tensiononeachgui
deropeshallbetenkilogramspermet r
elengt h.

(
9) Where-
(
a) Guideropesareli
mitedtotwoineachhoist
ingcompar tmentther
eshal
lbeadi ff
erence
oftwentypercentum int
hemassofeachf i
xedwei ght;
(
b) Mor et
hantwogui deropesareusedi
neachhoi sti
ngcompar t
mentthetensi
oning
weight
ssuspendedf rom eachgui
deropeshall
v ar
yfrom aminimum oftenpercentum
abovetotenpercentum belowtheaver
agemassofeachwei ght.

(10) Wher egui

deropesarei
nstal
l
edinashaf
twherehosti
ngtakespl
aceinmorethanone
compar
tmentaninspect
ormayrequi
rer
ubbi
ngropestobeinst
all
edtosuchspeci
fi
cati
onsashe
maydir
ectshoul
dheconsidert
her
etobeadangerofcol
li
sionbet
weenconveyancei
neach
compar
tment:

Provi
dedthatt
heChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngi
neermaygrantexempti
oni
nwri
ti
ngfr
om anyof
theprov
isi
onsoft
hissecti
onundersuchcondi
ti
onsandforsuchperi
odsashemaydeem f
it
.

Suspensi
ongearandat
tachment
s

171.(1)Thi
ssectionshal
lappl
ytoev
erywi
ndi
ngpl
anti
nashaf
torwi
nzei
nwhi
chper
sonsar
e
regul
arl
yconveyed.

(2) Thesuspensi
ongearandatt
achment
sbetweent
her
opeandt
heconv
eyanceand
betweent
heconveyanceandthebal
ancer
opeshal
l-

(
a) Beofgoodqualit
y,soundmanufact
ureandfreefrom pat
entdef
ect;and
(
b) Haveadesignedstati
cfact
orofsaf
etyofnotlessthanteni
nrespectofthel
oad
suspendedfort
herope;and
 (
c) Besucht hatnoaccident
aldisconnexioncant akeplace;
and
(
d) Incaseswher emorethanoner opeisused, shallbedesi
gnedtoprov
ide,
asfarasi
s
pract
icabl
e,fort
heequal shari
ngoft heloadbet weentheropesf
rom whi
cha
conveyanceissuspended.

(3) Atint
erval
sofnotmor ethant welvemont hsthesuspensi
ongearandat tachments
referr
edt oinsubsecti
on( 2)shal
l bedi smanted,cl
eanedandexami nedcarefullyforany
weaknessordef ectbythecompet entpersonappointedinter
msofsect i
on172and, wherei
tis
necessar ytodosoi nordertorel
iev est r
essandt orest
orethedesignedphysical pr
operti
esof
themat erial
,shall
beanneal edorsubj ecttoothersuit
ableheatt
reatmentordi scardedand
replaced.

(4) Arecordofal
lexaminat
ionsandt
estscarr
iedouti
nter
msofthissect
ionanddetai
l
sof
anyheatt
reat
mentorreplacementoft
hesuspensi
ongearorat
tachment
s,shall
beent
eredini
nk
i
ntheRopeRecordBook.

Mai
ntenanceandexami
nat
ionofwi
ndi
ngpl
ant

172.(1)Eachwi ndi ngpl antusedi nashaf torwi nzewher er egul arwi ndi ngi scarriedoutshal lbe
properlymai ntainedi napr operwor ki
ngor derandt hemanagershal lappoi ntinwr iti
ngsome
compet entper sonorper sonswhosedut yi tshal lbet oexami necar ef ullyand, exceptas
otherwisepr ovidedi npar agraph( d) ,tor ecor dhi sf i
ndingsi ni nki nabook, t obet ermedt he
Machi ner
yRecor dBook, provi
dedf ort hepur posebyt hemanager -
(a) Atl eastoncei neachwor kingday , t
hewi ndingr opeat tachment st othedr umsandt he
conv ey ances, t
hebr akesanddept hi ndicators,theconv eyances, andsaf etydev icesand
allexter nal partsoft hewi ndingequi pmentupont hepr operwor kingofwhi cht hesaf ety
ofper sonsdepends; and
(b) Atl eastonei neachweekati nter valsnotexceedi ngt enday s, thegui desorr ail
sandt he
windingcompar t
ment sgener ally; and
(c) Atl eastoncei neachweekati nt erv alsnotexceedi ngt enday s, theext er nal partsoft he
windingengi neandt hecondi ti
onandoper ati
onofal lcont r
ol sandal lsaf etydev ices
andci rcui ts, thehoi stingr opes, bal ancer opes,tail r
opes, gui der opes, stageandt he
signalingar rangement s,headf ramef i
tt
ings,sheav ewheel sandal lancillaryequi pment
forloadi ngandunl oadi ngofconv ey ances;
(d) Atl eastoncei neachcal endarmont hati nt
ervalsnotexceedi ngf ort
y-fi
v eday sin
respectoft hest ructur eoft hehoi st ingr opes,balancer opes, tailropes, rubbi ngr opes,
guider opesandst ager opeswi thanewt oascer tainingt heamountofdet erioration
thereoff ort hepur poseoft hisexami nati
on,ther opeshal lbet hor oughl ycl eanedat
placessel ect edbyt heper soncar ryingoutt heexami nat i
onwhoshal l
not eandr ecordin
i
nki nt heRopeRecor dBookanyr educt i
ont hedi amet erorci rcumst anceoft her ope;
thesuper ficialcondi tionoft hewi resast owear ,cor rosion, fract ur esandbr i
ttl
eness
andal l otherdat aforascer tainingt heamount ,ext endanddi stribut i
onoft he
deterior ationoft her ope.

(2) Notwithstandi
ngsubsection(
1),wherethewi ndi
ngsy st
em istobeshutdownfora
prol
ongedperi
od, theexaminat
ionsandtestsrequi
redbyt hatsubsect
ionmaybewaived,i
n
whicheventt
hepl antmaynotbeputbacki ntoservi
ceuntiloneeachofsuchexaminati
onsand
test
saswouldot herwisehavebeenrequi
redwi t
hintheperiodofshutdownhasbeencarri
edout
.

(3)If
,duri
nganyexaminati
onrequi
redbyt hi
ssection,
ther
eisdiscoveredanydef ectbywhi
chthe
safetyofper
sonsmaybeendanger ed,suchdefectshal
lberecordedininkinthedr i
ver
sLog
Booki mmediat
elyandrepor
tedtotheresponsibl
epersoninchargeand, unt
ilsuchweaknessor
defecthasbeenremedied,t
hewindingplantshal
lnotbeused.

Booksopent
oinspect
ion
173. TheMachi ner
yandRopeRecor
dBooksandt
heDr
iver
sLogBookshal
latal
lti
mesbe
opent
oinspect
ionbyaninspect
or.

C.TRAMMI
NG

Ri
dingont
rucks,
etcet
era

174. Nopersonshal
ldo,
orcauseorper
mitanyot
hert
odoanyoneormor
eoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
n
oraboutami
ne-

(
a) Rideinoronav ehicleordriveav ehi
clei nsuchaposi t
ionastoendangerhimsel forany
otherper son;
(
b) Rideinoronav ehicleorloadedtruckunl essauthori
zedi nwri
ti
ngt odosobyt he
manageroranof ficial
;
(
c) Getont oof fav ehicleitisinmotion,exceptduringshunt i
ngoperati
onsont hesurface
i
nwhi chhei sdi rectlyemployed;
(
d) Rideonahaul ager ope;
(
e) Driveoroper ateav ehi
cleunlesshei scompet enttodosoandhasbeenaut hor
izedin
writi
ngbyt hemanageroranof f
iciali
nt ermsofsection176;
(
f) Will
fullydamageori nt
erfer
ewi t
horor deranyot herpersontodamageori nterf
erewi t
h
anyv ehicleorpar tthereof;
(
g) Neglectt oinspectormai nt
ainanyv ehiclewhichheisr equi
redtoinspectormaintainin
termsoft heser egul at
ions.

Saf
etydev
icef
ort
rucksorcar
s

175.(1)Oneveryi
ncli
nedtrackexcludi
ngtracksi
nshaftswher
et r
ucksorcar
sar
eat t
achedtoa
ropeorchai
nadequat esaf
etydevicesshal
l bepr
ovi
dedandmai nt
ainedi
ngoodordertopr
event
dangerfr
om suchtrucksorcarsi
nt heeventofarunaway.

(2) Onanyi ncl

i
nedplaneorport
ionofani ncl
i
nedpl
aneexceedingagr adientof1i n50
wherevehi
clesareusedshal
lbeprovidedandusedonthevehicl
eoront heinclinedplanean
adequat
enumberofef f
ecti
vedevi
cest oprev
entsuchvehi
cleendanger
ingt hesaf et
yofpersons
shoul
dthevehicler
unoutofcontr
ol.

(3) Asfaraspract
icabl
eev
erydev
icepr
ovi
dedi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
2)shal
lbeofat
ypet
o
operat
eautomatical
ly.

(4) Whereadeviceprovi
dedinter
msofsubsect
ion(
2)i
shandoperated,
andperson
operat
ingitshal
lbepropert
yinst
ruct
edini
tsoper
ati
onandshal
lbeaf
fordedadequat
efrom any
mov i
ngtruckorcar.

(
5) dai
lyi
nspect
ionsofal
lsaf
etydev
icesshal
lbeunder
takebyaper
sonappoi
ntedbyt
he
manageroranoff
ici
al.

Appoi
ntmentofdr
iver
sofl
ocomot
ivesandsel
f-
propel
l
edv
ehi
cles

176.(
1)Nopersonshal
ldri
veorbeper
mit
tedtodri
veanyl
ocomoti
veoranyotherself
-pr
opel
l
ed
vehi
cleunl
esshehasbeenaut
hori
zedi
nwrit
ingt
odosobyt hemanageroranoffi
cial
.
(2) Themanagerorof
fi
ci
alshal
lsat
isf
yhi
msel
fthatal
lper
sonsaut
hor
izedi
nter
msof
subsect
ion(
1)-

(
a) Arecompetenttocar r
youtt
hedutiesassi
gnedt othem;
(
b) Haveadequatesightandheari
ngtodrivesuchlocomotivesorselfpropel
l
edv ehi
cles
anddonotsufferfrom anyi
nfi
rmit
y,mentalorphysical
orar eundermedicat
ionor
tr
eatmentwhichislikel
ytoi
nter
fer
ewi t
htheeffici
entdischargeofthei
rduti
es.

(3) Al
lpersonauthori
zedt odri
veanylocomot i
veoranyothersel
f-
propel
ledvehicl
einterms
ofsubsecti
on(1)shallundergoamedi calexaminati
onbyaregist
eredmedicalpr
actiti
onerat
i
nterval
snotexceedingtwel v
emont hsant her
esultofeachsuchexaminati
onshallbeav ai
l
able
toaninspector
.Themedi calexami
nationshall
beconductedtocomplywi t
hparagraph(b)of
subsecti
on(2).

Mov
ingv
ehi
clesdowni
ncl
i
nesbyhandanddev
icesf
orhol
dingv
ehi
cles

177.(1)Noper
sonwhenmov
ingav
ehi
cl
ebyhanddownagr
adi
entexceedi
ng1:
12,
shal
lpr
ecede
thevehicl
e.

(2) Nopersonshallmoveanyvehi
cl
ebyhanddownani ncli
nei
ncir
cumst
ancesi
nwhichhe
cannotbyhisownstrengthcont
rolt
hevehi
clef
rom behi
ndunlesst
her
eispr
ovi
dedsucha
contr
ivanceastoenablehimtocontr
oli
ffr
om behi
nd.

(3) Asuf
fici
entsuppl
yofasuitablesprags,
locker
sordr
agsshal
lbepr
ovi
ded,
mai
ntai
ned
andusedf
orthepurposeofhol
dingv ehi
cles-

(
a) Atthetopofev eryi
ncl
ineonwhi
chvehicl
esar
emov edbygrav
ityoper
atedrope
haulageapparatus;
and
(
b) Atev er
yplaceatwhichvehi
cl
esarecoupl
edoruncoupl
edfr
om thehaulageappar
atus.

178.(1)Inanyhaulageinwhichmechanicalr
opehaulageorl ocomotiv
ehaulageoper at
esandin
whichpersonstrav
el onfoot,
aconti
nuousunobstr
uctedt r
avelingshal
lbemaintainedwitha
clear
anceofatleastfiv
ehundr edmi
ll
imeter
sbetweent hesideofev er
ymov i
ngv ehicl
eandthe
sidewall
or ,
wherethetravel
i
ngwayliesbetweenadoubl el
ineoft r
acks,bet
weent hesidesofany
twov ehi
clespassi
ngeachot heront
herespecti
vetr
acks.

(2) Wherethecl
earancepr escr
ibedi
nsubsect
ion( 1)i
sreducedorinanyhaul
agewayin
whichself
-pr
opell
edvehicleswhichdonotrunonat rackorrai
lsoperat
eandalongwhichany
personmayhav etopasswhent hevehi
clei
sinmotion,sui
tabl
erefugehol
esofadequatesi
ze
shallbepr
ovidedati
ntervalsnotexceedi
ngthi
rt
ymet res.

(3) Theclear
anceandr
efugehol
esr
equi
redbyt
hissect
ionshal
lbekeptcl
eanandf
reef
rom
anyobst
ruct
ion.

Vehi
cl
esat
tachedt
oropes

179.(1)Onanyhaul agewaywher evehicl

eswhichrunonr ail
sareattachedtoar opeoper atedby
awi nchorhaulageenginethereshal
lbeprovi
ded,usedandmai nt
ainedingoodwor ki
ngor der
effecti
vesignal
ingarr
angement swherebydi
sti
nctsignalscanbegiv entothedri
v erfr
om all
placeswher evehi
clesareatt
achedtoordetachedfrom theropeandf rom anyotherplacesalong
thehaul agewaywher et
hegivingofsi
gnalsi
snecessar yforthesafeandef f
ici
entconductof
trammi ngoperati
ons.
(2) Nov ehi
cleshall
beplacedormov edintoaposit
ionfr
om whi
chi
tmayrunoutofcont
rol
unlessi
tissecurelyatt
achedtothewinchropeorhaulageropeori
shel
dinposi
ti
onbyastop
blockorotheradequatedevi
ceforthepreventi
onofarunaway .

(3) TheManageroranof f
ici
alshallsati
sfyhimsel
fbydai
l
ywri
tt
enreport
sbytheoper
atori
n
chargeofthehaul
agewayt hatthesignali
ngarrangement
sandot
hersafet
ydevi
cesref
err
edtoin
hissect
ionareingoodworkingorder.

Shaf
tpr
otect
ion

180.(1)Whereahaulagetrackleadstoashaftorwinzeonsurf
aceorunderground,
ther
eshall
be
provi
dedandinst
all
edasui tabl
ear r
esti
ngdev
ice,suff
ici
ent
lyst
rongt
owi t
hstandanyimpactby
coll
i
sionwit
hat r
uck,car,
vehicl
eort rai
n.

(
2) Eve4ryper
sonopeningthear
resti
ngdeviceshal
lcl
osei
timmedi
atel
yaf
tert
hecar
,
v
ehi
cle,
trainortr
uckhasclear
edthearrest
ingdevi
ce.

(
3) Ani
nspect
ormayor
derader
ail
i
ngswi
tcht
obei
nst
all
ed.

Li
ght
sandwar
ningdev
icesf
orl
ocomot
ivesandt
rai
ns

181.(1)Everymovingtrainofv ehi
clesoperat
edbyal ocomotiveoranyot herpower-dri
ven
vehi
cle,andeverymovingl ocomotiveorotherpower-
drivenvehicl
eunattachedtotrucksorot
her
conveyances,shal
lbepr ovidedwithawhiteheadli
ghtshinni
ngint hedi
rectionoft
rav el
,awhi
stl
e,
bell
,bornoraudibl
ewar ningdev i
ce,andaredlight
:

Provi
dedt
hat
,wher
ethetr
ainofvehicl
esorunatt
achedvehi
clei
soperat
edunder
ground,
ther
ed
l
ightmayber
epl
acedbyaneffect
iveredr
efl
ectororredr
efl
ecti
vest
ri
p.

(
2) Theheadl
i
ghtr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
1)shal
l
-

(
a) Becapableofil
l
uminat
ingthewayaheadf oradistanceofatleastthi
rtymetres;
and
(
b) Beaffi
xedtothefr
ontofthefr
ontvehicl
einthetrainofvehi
cles,whetherornotiti
sthe
vehi
cleoper
ati
ngthetr
ain,ort
othefrontoftheunat t
achedvehicl
e,asthecasemaybe.

(3) Theredli
ght,redref
lect
ororredr
efl
ecti
vestri
pr eferredtoi
nsubsecti
on(1)shallbe
aff
ixedtotherearofthelastvehi
cl
einthetr
ainofvehicles,whetherornoti
tisthevehi
cle
operat
ingthetrai
n,ortotherearoft
heunatt
achedv ehicle,asthecasemaybe, i
nsuchamanner
astobecl ear
lyvi
sibl
e.

(
4) Thel
i
ght
s,r
edr
efl
ect
ororr
edr
efl
ect
ivest
ri
pref
err
edt
oinsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeused-

(
a) Whenev ert
hetrai
nofvehi
clesorunatt
achedvehi
cleconcer
nedi
soper
ati
ng
under
ground;and
(
b) Onsurfacebetweenthehoursofsunsetandsunr
ise.

(5) Themanagerofami neshallensurethatadequat

esafet
ypr
ecauti
onsar
etakent
owarn
personswhomayhav et
owor kortravelbyfootinanyhaul
agewaywhichi
susedbyanymobi
l
e
operatedvehi
cle,
locomot
iveortr
ain.

Dut
iesofdr
iverofv
ehi
cle
182. I
tshal
lbet
hedut
yoft
hedr
iveri
nchar
geofanysel
f-
propel
l
edv
ehi
clet
oensur
ethat
-

(
a) Thebr akesareingoodwor ki
ngorderandt hatt hevehicl
ei snotmov edi
fthebrakesare
notingoodwor ki
ngor der
;and
(
b) Thewar ningsignal
sandl i
ghtsareingoodwor kingorderandaf f
ixedand,i
ftheyarenot
i
ngoodwor ki
ngorderorarenotaffixed,thatsuchv ehicl
ei snotmov edexceptt
ot he
nearestplacewherer epai
rscanbeef fected;and
(
c) Allatt
achmentdev icesareingoodwor ki
ngor derandef fecti
ve.

Vehi
cl
esnotbeunat
tended

183. Thedr iverofanyself

-propel
ledvehi
cl
eshallnotl
eavet
hevehicl
eunat
tended,ot
herthan
atthepl
acewher eiti
snormallykeptwhennotinuse,unl
esshehastakenr
easonablepr
ecaution
toensur
eitcannotinadver
tentl
ybesetinmot i
on.

Schemef
ort
est
ingofv
ehi
cl
est
obei
nst
it
uted

184.(1)Themanagerofami neshall
ensurethatt
hereisinfor
ceatthemi neaschemef orthe
systemat i
cinspecti
on,examinati
onandtesti
ngofallsel
f-
propell
edvehi
clesinusewhichis
suffi
cienttoensurethattheexter
nalpar
tsoftheengineormot or
,theconditi
onandoperati
onof
al
l control
s,safet
ydevicesandsignalar
rangementsareinallr
espectsi
npr operwor
kingorder
.

(2) Theresul
tsofaninspect
ion,exami
nat
ionort
estcarr
iedouti
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)
shal
lberecor
dedininki
nabookpr ovi
dedbyt
hemanagerforthepur
pose.

(
3) Thebookr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
2)shal
latal
lti
mesbeopent
oinspect
ionbyan
i
nspect
or.

PARTI
X

MACHI
NERY

A.GENERAL

I
nter
pret
ati
oni
nthi
sPar
t

185.(1)InthisPar t-
“el
evator”meansanyl if
t,hoistorot herappli
anceusedori ntendedtobeusedf ortheconveyance
ofpersons,mat erialormineral bymeansofacari nahat chwayorel ev at
orshaf tonguides,
wheret hedri
v i
ngmachi ner yisnotnor mall
yoper atedmanual l
yfrom themot orroom;
“el
evatorshaf t
”meansanyv erti
calorincli
nedwayknownasahat chwayi nwhi chacar ,
elev
ator
orli
ftisoperated;
“l
if
ti
ngmachi ne”meansanycr ane,excavator,dr
ag-li
ne,winchpulley,windlass,block,
chainblock,
for
k-li
ftorsimilarequipmentf orraisingorlowering;
“l
if
ti
ngt ackl
e”meansanychai nsl i
ng, r
opesling,ri
ng,li
nkhook, shackle,swivel,eyebol
t,spr
eader,
shearlegs,derrickorsimilarappliance.

Gener
alr
equi
rement
sforal
lmachi
ner
y

186.(1)Nomachiner
yshall
beusedatanymineunl
essiti
sofgoodconstr
ucti
on,
soundmat
eri
al,
adequatest
rengt
h,fr
eefr
om pat
entdef
ectandmaint
ainedi
ngoodcondit
ion.

(
2) Ef
fici
entguar
dsshallbepr
ovidedt
osuchpar
tsofmachi
ner
yandel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atusas
maybeasourceofdangert
opersons.
(
3) Themanagershal
lensur
ethatsuchguar
dsar
ekepti
nposi
ti
onandsui
tabl
ymai
ntai
ned:

Providedthat
,whensuchguarsaretemporar
il
yremovedfort
hepurposeofrepairs,
proper
precauti
onshallbet
akenforthesafet
yofpersonsand,
oncomplet
ionofsuchr epair
stheguar
ds
shallbesecurel
yandimmediatel
yrepl
aced.

Sur
facedr
il
li
ng

187. I nsur
facedr i
l
li
ngev er
ypersoninchargeofdril
l
sshallberesponsibl
ef ort
heproper
erectionandmai ntenancewherenecessaryofproperandwel l
-f
encedplat
formsf r
om which
wor kerscanat t
endtowat er
wivel
,changeoftools,dr
il
llengt
hs,casi
ngs,etceteraandf
ort he
prov i
sionsofladdersther
eto.

Bel
t-
dri
venmachi
ner
y

188.(1)Bel
t-
dri
venmachiner
ywhichi
tisnecessarytost
opandstartwit
houti
nter
feri
ngwitht
he
speedofthepri
memov ershall
beper
manent l
yfit
tedwit
hasati
sfactor
yappli
anceforthe
purpose.

(2) Dri
vi
ngbelt
sshall
notbeshippedorunshi
ppedwhi
let
hemachi
neryisi
nmoti
on,sav
efor
thecustomaryshi
ft
ingofl
ightbel
tsontheconedpul
ley
sofmachi
net
oolsfort
hepur
poseof
alt
erat
ionsinheworki
ngspeed.

Loosecl
othi
ngpr
ohi
bit
ednearmov
ingmachi
ner
y

189.(
1)Noper
sonsi
nchar
geofori
ncl
osepr
oxi
mit
ytomov
ingmachi
ner
yshal
lwearout
er
cl
othi
ng.

(2) Thepersoninimmediat
echar
geofmov i
ngmachi ner
yorsuper
visi
ngotherper
sons
worki
ngintheneighbour
hoodofmovi
ngmachineryshall
notall
owanypersonengagedincl
ose
proxi
mit
ytosuchmachi ner
ytowearl
ooseout
erclothi
ng.

Repai
r,etcet
era,
ofmov
ingmachi
ner
y

190. Ther epai

ri
ng,
adjust
ing,cl
eani
ngorlubr
icat
ingofmachi
ner
yinmotionshall
onl
ybe
under
takenbyacompetentpersonandthenonl
ywhenitisi
mpract
icabl
etostopsuchmachi
ner
y.

Pr
otect
ionofey
es

191. Sui t
abl
egogglesoreffect
ivescr
eensshallbeprovi
dedtoprotectt
heeyesofpersons
engagedint
hedrygri
ndingofmet al
s,i
ntheelectr
ical
oroxy-
acetyl
eneweldingorcut
ti
ngof
metalsandi
nanyotherprocessinwhichinj
urytotheeyesi
sli
kelytooccur.

Noi
secont
rol

192.(
1)Themanagershalltakeal
lreasonablemeasur
estoensur
ethatnoi
selevelsatany
worki
ngplacedonotexceedninet
ydecibels90dB(A)andwheret
henoiseexceedsthisl
evel
,the
managershall
prov
ideapprovedprotect
iveearequi
pmentt
opersonsworki
ngatt hatpl
ace.

(
2) Anypersonwhoi
ssuppli
edwithprot
ect
iveearequipmenti
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)who
f
ail
stoweari
tatthewor
kingpl
aceshall
beguil
tyofanoffence.

(
3)TheChiefGov
ernmentMiningEngineermaysti
pulat
einwri
ti
ngtot
hemanageratwhi
ch
wor
kingpl
acesapprov
edprotect
iveearequipmentshal
lbeworn.
 Char
geofmachi
ner
y

193.(1)Themanagershal
lensur
ethatal
lmachi
ner
yshal
lbei
nthechar
geofacompet
ent
person.

(2) Nopersonhavingchargeofanymachinerywhichi
srequi
redt
obeconst ant
lysuper
vised
i
nt heinter
estofsafetyshal
lforanyreasonwhatsoev
erabsenthi
mselforceasetohave
cont i
nuoussupervi
sionofsuchmachi ner
ydur
ingthetimeforwhi
chheisincharge,unl
essheis
replacedbyanothercompetentperson.

Maxi
mum hour
sofwor
kformachi
nesuper
visor
s

194. Noper soninchargeofanymachiner

ywhich,
fort
hesafet
yofl
i
feorli
mbrequi
res
cont
inuoussupervi
sionshall
becausedorpermi
tt
edtowor kf
ormoret
hantenhour
sduri
ngany
cont
inuousperiodoftwenty
-fourhour
s:

Provi
dedthatt hi
sli
mitwhenor deredbyt hemanagerorot herpersoni naut hor
it
yincases
emergencyorwhenwr it
tenpermi ssionhasbeengr antedbyani nspector, maybeexceeded.Al so
provi
dedthatdur i
ngthenormal changeov erofhisworkingshif
tsuchper sonmaywor k,wi
thi
n
thenormal changeov erofhiswor kingshiftsuchpersonmaywor k,withi
nonet wenty-f
ourhour
peri
odtwoshi ftsofnotmor ethanei ghthoursdurati
oneach, whichshal l
besepar atedbya
peri
odofnotl essthaneighthour sbetweent heendoft hefi
rstshiftandt hestartofthesecond
shif
t.

Saf
etyappl
i
ances

195. Ev
erysaf
etyappl
i
anceatami
neshal
lbemai
ntai
nedi
ngoodwor
kingor
derandpr
oper
ly
used.

Machi
net
obest
oppedi
ncaseofdangerandwar
ningbef
oresor
ti
ngamachi
ne

196.(
1)Theworki
ngofev
erypi
eceofapparat
usofanymachiner
y,t
heusi
ngofwhi
chappear
sin
anywaytohav
ebecomedangerous,
shal
limmediat
elybest
ooped.

(2) Nomachineshal
lbest
art
edi
fbysodoinganypersoni
slikel
ytobeexposedt
odanger
unl
essadequat
ewarni
nghasbeengi
vent
hatsuchmachineisabouttobest
arted.

Saf
etymeasur
esdur
ingr
epai
rst
omachi
ner
y

197.(1)Whenanyworkorrepai
rsar
eundert
akenonanymachi
ner yt
heper
soni
mmedi at
ely
chargeofsuchworkorr
epair
sshall
causeorper
mitsuchwor
kt obedone,
unt
ilal
lreasonable
precaut
ionshav
etakent
oensurethatt
heworkcanbedonesafely
.

Gener
alexqui
si
tesf
orl
i
fti
ngmachi
nes

198.Nol
i
fti
ngmachi
neorl
i
fti
ngt
ackl
eshal
lbeusedunl
essi
tis-

(
a) Ofgoodconst ruct
ion,soundmat er
ial
,adequat
estrengthandf r
eef
rom anypat
ent
defect;and
(
b) Sousedt hatthesafet
yofper sonsisnotendangered;and
(
c) Provided,wher epract
icabl
e,withabrakeorotherdevi
cewhi chaut
omat i
cal
l
yprevent
s
theinadvertentdownwar dmov ementoftheloadwhent heraisi
ngeff
orti
sremoved;
and
 (
d) Prov
ided,
wherepract
icabl
e,wi
thali
miti
ngdevi
cewhichwillcutofaut
omatical
l
yt he
powerandappl
ythebrakeswhentheloadr
eachesi
tshighestsafewor
kingposi
tion.

Pr
ovi
si
onsconcer
ningr
opesandchai
ns

199.(1)Anyropeorchai nformingpartofalif
ti
ngmachi neshal
lhav
eaf actorofsafet
y,
cal
culatedonit
sst ati
cload-
(a) I nthecaseofaf ibr
er ope,
ofatleastt
en;
(b) I nthecaseofast eelwireropeorachain,oratl
eastsi
x;
Savethatwhent heloadissharedequal l
ybytwoormor eropesorchai
ns,thefactorofsaf
ety
maybecal cul
atedont hesum oft hei
rbreaki
ngforces.

(2) Asteelwir
eropeshal
lnotbeusedonal
if
ti
ngmachi
neunlessthedi
ameterand
const
ruct
ionofsuchropear
esuit
edtothedi
amet
eroft
hedrum,pull
eyorsheav
eonwhi chi
tis
used.

Wi
ndl
asses,
etcet
era

200.(1)Onever
ywi ndl
ass-
(a) Thewi ndingropeshallhaveatl
eastfourtur nsaroundthedrum ofthewindl
asswhen
theconveyanceisatleastf
ourturnsaroundt hedrum ofthewindl
asswhent he
conveyanceisatthelowestpoi
ntoftravel;and
(b) Theendoft hewindingropeshall
besecur elyfastenedtothedrum oft
ravel
;and

(2) Ever
ywindl
ass,craborwi
nderoper
atedbyhandshal
lbef
it
tedwi
thapr
oper
,cr
ank
handl
eforappl
yi
ngtorque:

Prov
idedthat
,wherepersonsarebei
ngrai
sedorloweredt
hereby,
twosuchcr
ankhandl
esshal
l
beprovi
dedadatleastonepersonshal
lmanipul
ateeachhandl
e.

Hooksf
orl
i
fti
ng

201.Ever
yhookusedforl
if
ti
ngofloadsshal
lbesodesi
gnedandpropor
ti
onedorshal
lbe
provi
dedwit
hadevicetoensur
ethatnoacci
dent
aldi
sconnexi
onofthel
oadcantakepl
ace.

At
tachmentofsl
i
ngs,
etcet
era

202.Nopersonshallat
tachandnoper sonshallcauseorpermittheattachmentofanysli
ng,or
anyropeorchaintoanyload,
li
fti
ngmachi neorlif
ti
ngtackleunless-
Iti
saattachedthatnoaccidentaldisconnexi
oncant akeplace;and
Thestabil
i
tyoftheloadandt heli
fti
ngmachi neduri
ngl i
ft
ingort r
ansport
ati
onisensuredand
maintai
ned.

Suspendedl
oadnott
obel
eftunat
tended

203. Nol oadshal

lbel
eftsuspendedfr
om anyl
if
ti
ngmachi
newhi
chi
sunat
tendedunder
condi
ti
onswhichmaybeadangert oanyper
son.

Pr
ecaut
ionsagai
nstspi
l
lage

204. Anycontai
nerusedfort
herai
si
ngorlower
ingofmater
ial
,mi
ner
alorr
ocksshal
lbeso
desi
gned,
mai
ntenanceandoperat
edastopr
eventspi
l
lage.
Pr
ovidedthatt
hissect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytoagrab,shovel
,orsi
mil
arequi
pmenti
fadequat
e
pr
ecauti
onsaretakentoensur
ethesafet
yofpersons.

Per
sonsnotber
aised,
etcet
era,
byl
i
fti
ngmachi
nes

205(1).Nopersonshal
lberai
sedorl
oweredbymeansofanyl
if
ti
ngmachineotherthana
windl
ass,cr
aborwinderusedi
naccor
dancewit
hthepr
ovisot
osubsect
ion(2)ofsecti
on200:

Provi
dedthatanyper
sonmayberai
sedorl
oweredwit
hinthesafel
imit
sofalif
ti
ngmachine
exceptsol
elyf
orthepur
poseofmaki
ngaworki
ngforthepurposeofaworki
ngplacesaf
e.

(
2)Noper
sonshal
lbet
ranspor
tedbymeansofal
i
fti
ngmachi
neexceptont
hedr
iver
spl
atf
orm
t
her
eof
.

BBOI
LERS

Regul
ati
onofer
ect
ionanduseofboi
l
ers

206(1)
.Nopersonshal
lcommencetoer
ectanyboi
l
eronanymi
neunl
esssuchi
ntendeder
ect
ion
hasbeenappr
ovedbytheChi
efGover
nmentMini
ngEngi
neer
.

(
2) Noboil
ershal
lbeoper
atedunlessacer
ti
fi
cat
eofper
missi
ont
odosohasbeeni
ssuedby
t
hechi
efGov
ernmentMini
ngEngineer
ing.

(
3) Inev
erycert
if
icat
eofper
missionissuedinter
msofsubsect
ion(2)t
heChi
efGov
ernment
Mini
ngEngi
neershal
lspeci
fyt
heauthori
zedwor ki
ngpressur
eoft
heboil
er.

(4) ThechiefGover
nmentMini
ngEngineermayfr
om ti
metoti
me,ifi
tappear
stohimtobe
necessaryordesir
abl
etodoso,appr
oveinwr i
ti
nganewwor ki
ngpr
essur
eforanyboi
lerwhi
ch
shal
lthenber egar
dedastheaut
hori
zedwor ki
ngpr
essur
eoftheboi
ler
.

(
5) Noboi
l
ershal
lbeusedatapr
essur
eexceedi
ngt
heaut
hor
izedwor
kingpr
essur
e.

Saf
etyv
alv
es

207.(
1)Everyboi
l
ershal
lbepr
ovi
dedwi
thoneormor
epr
oper
lyconst
ruct
ed,
inst
all
edand
rel
i
ablesaf
etyval
ves.

(2) Thel
oadingofsafet
yval
vesonaboil
ershall
besucht
hatatl
eastonewi
l
lli
ftwhent
he
author
izedworki
ngpressurei
nsuchboi
l
erisexceeded.

(3) Theloadi
ngofsaf
etyval
vesonaboilerandheaggr egat
ear eaavai
l
abl
efort
hedischarge
ofstem shal
lbesuchastopreventanaccumul at
ionofst
eam pressurei
ntheboi
l
ergreat
erthan
tenpercentum abovet
heauthori
zeworki
ngpr essure.

(
4)Eachsaf
etyv
alv
eshal
lbeat
tacheddi
rect
lyt
otheboi
l
erwi
thoutt
hei
nter
vent
ionofast
op
v
alv
e.

St
opv
alv
esandnonr
etur
nval
ves
208(1)
.Ever
yboi
lershal
lbeprovi
dedwi
thamai
nst
eam st
opv
alv
eascl
oseaspr
act
icabl
etot
he
poi
ntofdr
awofff
rom theboi
ler
.

(2) Wher
emorethanoneboil
eri
sconnectedt
ot hesamest
eam r
angeanoneretur
nval
ve,
whichmaybeofthescrew—downt ypeandcombinedwitht
hemai
nsteam st
opvalv
e,shal
lbe
placedbet
weeneachboil
erandt
herange.

Pr
essur
egauges

209.(
1)Ever
yboilershallbeprovi
dedwi thoneormor er el
iablepressuregaugeswhichshal
lbe—
(
a)designedt oshowt hecorrectint
ernalpressureoft heboil
er;and
(
b)socal ibr
atedast ohavear angeagr eat
erthant heaut hor
ized
workingpressureoftheboilerbynotlesstwent ypercentum andmor ethanone
hundredpercentum; and
(
c)soi nstal
ledthatanyguagemaybechangedwhi letheboileri
sinserv
ice.

(2)Theauthor
izedworki
ngpr
essur
eoft
heboi
l
ershal
lbemar
kedwi
thar
edl
i
neont
hedi
alof
everypr
essuregauge.

Wat
erSuppl
y

210.(1)Everyboil
ershal
lbepr
ovidedwi
thtwoormor erel
i
ableandindependentmeansofwater
suppl
y ,
eachofwhi chshal
lbecapabl
eofamplysuppl
yingt
hefeedrequir
ementsoftheboil
er
underalloperat
ingcondi
ti
onsandoneofwhichshal
lbeeit
herapowerpumporani nject
or:

Pr
ovi
dedthatoner el
iablemeansoff eedwat ersuppl
yshallsuffi
cefor-
anyboi lerhavingatotali
nternalcapaci
tyofonehundr edli
tr
esorless;or
anyoil,
gasorel ect
ri
call
yheat edboil
erwheremeansar epr
ovidedforaut
omat
ical
l
y
i
solati
ngt hesourceofheati ntheeventofdef
iciencyofwater.

(2)Thefeedi
ngapparatusesrequir
edbysubsect
ion(1)shal
lbei
ndependentofeachotherexcept
thatwhenaseparatefeddischargestopval
vei
sfit
tedtoeachpumporinject
or,onef
eeddeliver
y
pipeshal
lbeconsider
edt obesuf f
ici
ent
.

(3)Wher ethefeeddeli
verypi
peenter
saboi l
ersuchpi
peshal
lbepr
ovidedwi
thasel
facti
ng
non-retur
nv al
veandast opval
ve,t
hestopvalvetobef
itt
edbet
weenthenon—ret
urnval
vetobe
fi
ttedbetweent henonretur
nvalv
eandt heboil
er:
Providedthatthetwovalvesmayhaveacommonbody .

(
4)Forthepur
posesofthi
ssect
ion,
twoormor
eboi
l
erscombi
nedf
orj
ointwor
kingshal
lbe
r
egardedasoneboil
er.

Wat
erLev
elI
ndi
cat
ors

211.(1)Ev
eryboi
l
ershal
lbepr
ovi
dedwit
htwoormorerel
i
ablewaterl
eveli
ndi
cator
s,oneof
whichshal
lbeaglasswat
erl
evel
gaugewit
hpr
operbl
owthroughcocksorval
ves.

Prov
idedthatonegl
asswaterlev
elshal
lbesuf
fi
ci
entf
oraboi
l
erwi
that
otal
int
ernal
capaci
tyof
oneforonehundr
edli
tr
esorless.

(2)Forst
ati
oner
yboil
erst
helowestworki
ngwaterl
evelshal
lbeatl
eastsev
ent
yfi
vemi
l
li
met
res
abovethehi
ghestpar
tsofthef
luepassi
ngroundort
hroughtheboi
ler
.
(3)Ev
eryboil
ershal
lbepr
ov i
dedwit
hfusi
blepl
ugsandanaut
omati
cdev
icet
ogi
vewar
ning
shoul
dtheleveloft
hewateri
nt heboi
l
erbecomedanger
ousl
ylow.

Bl
ow-downv
alv
es

212.(1)Ever
yboil
ershall
beprovi
dedwithatl
eastoneblow-downv al
vepl
acedatt
helowest
pointandconnect
ed,ei
therdi
rect
lybyfl
angeorbymeansofaf langedpi
peandwheresuch
fl
angesarenotInt
egralwit
hthepipeorval
ve,
theyshal
lnotbefastenedbymeansofscr
ew
thr
eadsalone.

(2) Thedischargefrom ev
eryblow-downpipewhi
chshal
lbegr
adedsot
hatthedi
scharge
wil
lfl
owfreel
ytheretointoanopenorsuit
ablyvent
edt
ank,
drai
norsumpwhi
chissosit
uated
andguar
dedast opr ev
entdangertoanyperson.

(3) Ever
yboil
ershal
lbebl
owndowncont
inuousl
yorwithsuff
ici
entf
requencysoasto
ensur
ethatnodanger
ousamount
sofsl
udgeordissol
vedsalt
sisall
owedtoaccumulat
e.

Gener
alSaf
etyPr
ovi
si
onsf
orboi
l
ers

213.(1)Ever
yboilershal
lbeproper
lyandadequatel
yequippedwi
thal
lot
hernecessar
yfi
tt
ingsand
auxi
l
iar
iesorsui
tablemateri
alt
oensuresafeoperati
ons.

(
2) Ahighgradeofmetalpi
pingshal
lbeusedforconveyi
ngsteam andf
oral
ltheboi
l
er
f
it
ti
ngsconnect
edtherewi
thandcastir
onpipesfi
tt
ingsshall
notbeused.

(
3) Ev
eryboi
l
ersafet
yv al
ve,pr
essuregauge,wat
ergauge,f
it
ti
ngsandauxi
l
iar
iesshal
lbe
i
nspect
edandmaint
ainedinproperworki
ngordertoensur
ethei
rsafet
y.

At
tachmentf
orpr
essur
etest

214.(1)Ever
yboilershal
lbeprovi
dedwi thasuit
ableattachmenttoenableaninspect
ortoaff
ixa
pressur
egaugef orthepurposeofcarr
yingoutpressuretest
s.
(2)Theatt
achmentr efer
redtoinsubsecti
on(1)shallbesopl acedastoenabl
et hei
nspect
orto
affi
xapressuregaugeandt heboil
erspressur
egauget ober eadfrom onepl
ace.

Per
iodi
calexami
nat
ionbyi
nspect
or

215. Ev eryboil
erinserviceoronstandbyforemergencygenerati
onshall,ati
nterval
snot
exceedi
ngtwoy ears,bethoroughl
yexaminedinter
nall
yandexternal
lyasfarasispr act
icabl
e,by
aninspect
orandbef orebeingputbackint
oserviceshall
behydrauli
cal
lyt
estedint hepresenceof
andthesati
sfacti
onofsuchi nspect
or:

Providedt
hatincert
aincir
cumstancestheaboveexami
nat
ionmayconductedbyacompetent
personwit
ht heapproval
ofaninspectorandt
heresul
toft
heexaminat
ionandtestshal
lbe
recordedi
ninkinabookpr ov
idedbythemanagerinter
msofsecti
on218.

Hydr
auli
ctest
ing
216.(
1)Anyboi
l
erhav
inganauthor
izedwor
kingpressur
eoflesst
hanf
ivehundr
edki
l
opascal
s
shal
lhydr
aul
i
cal
lyt
est
edtodoublesuchpr
essure.

(1) Anyboi lerhavi

nganauthor
izedworki
ngpr
essureoff
ivehundr
edki l
opascal
sormor eshall
behydraul
ical
l
yt est
edtonotmorethanonecommat woti
messuchpr essurepl
usfourhundred
kil
opascal
s.
(
2) Nomasonr yofcasingoranyboi
l
ermayber epl
acedbefor
ethepr
escr
ibedexaminat
ionand
t
estbyhy
draul
i
cpressur
ehasbeencarri
edoutexceptwi
ththepermi
ssi
onofaninspect
or.

Pr
ecaut
ionsdur
ingent
ryt
ooneofbat
ter
yofboi
l
ers

217.Whenanyboilerofabatt
eryorboi
l
ersisent
eredforcl
eani
ng,r
epai
ri
ngexaminat
ionorany
otherpur
posethepersoni
nchargeshal
lensur
ethatsafeiti
ssafet
odosoandthatal
l v
alv
esare
cl
osedandlockedorsecur
elyl
ashedduri
ngtheperi
odthatsuchwor
kisbei
ngcarr
iedon.

Boi
l
erRecor
dBook

218.(1)Aboi l
erRecordbookpr ovi
dedforthepur
posebythemanagershallbekeptofthe
workingofeachsepar ateboil
erusedf orgener
ati
onsteam onamineinwhichshallbeent
eredin
i
nkthedat eonwhicht heboileriscl
eanedorexaminedandthecondit
ionoftheboi
lerassuch
exami nat
ionandfull
reportofanyal ter
ati
onsorrepai
rstot
heboil
ers.Theresul
tsofand
hydrauli
ctestshal
lalsober ecordedinink.

(2) Eachentryi
ntheBoil
erRecor
dBookshal
lbei
nit
ial
edbyt
hemanagerorsomedul
y
qual
i
fiedper
sonappoi
ntedbyhi
m.

C.
COMPRESSORSANDPRESSUREVESSELS

Const
ruct
ionandmai
ntenanceofpr
essur
evessel
s

219. Ever
yairreceiver,cyli
nderorot herpressurevesselsshal
l be__
(a) const ructedt otheappr ovalandsatisf
acti
onoft hechiefgovernmentMini
ng
Engi
neer ;and
(b) keptcl eanandf reefrom_ ___
i
. car bonizedoi lorotherinfl
ammabl emat eri
alwhichmayi gnit
eunderworki
ng
condi ti
onsandmat eri
alswhichmaycausecor r
osion:and
i
i. mat er
ialswhi chmaycausecor rosi
on;and
i
ii.mat er
ialswhi chisli
ablet ochemicalr
eact i
onwhi chmaycauseanuncont r
oll
ed
ri
sei npr essur e:
and
(c) mai ntainedinsaf eworkingconditi
onatalltimes.

I
nfor
mat
iont
obemar
kedonpr
essur
evessel
s

220.(
1)Everypr
essur
evessel
shal
lhavemarkeduponi
tsoastobecl
earl
yvisi
blet
hey
earof
manufact
ureandtheser
ial
number
,ifknown,
andtheaut
hor
izedwor
kingpr
essure.

(2)Theaut
hor
izedworkingpressur
eofapressurev
essel
shal
lbethedesi
gnedsaf
ewor
king
pressur
eorsuchotherpressuremaybef
ixedfrom t
imetot
ime.

Examinat
ionandtestofpr
essur
ev essels
219.(
1)Everypr
essur
ev esselshal
lbe—
constr
uct
edtotheapprovalandsati
sfact
ionoft
heChiefGov ernmentMi
ningEngi
neer
;and
keptcl
eanandfreefrom-
 carbonizedoi lorotheri
nfl
ammabl emateri
alwhi
chmayigni
teunderworki
ng
conditi
ons;and
mat eri
alwhi chmaycausecor rosi
on;and
mat eri
alswhi chisli
abletochemical
react
ionwhichmaycauseanuncontr
oll
edr
ise
i
npr essure;and
mai
ntainedinsaf ewor ki
ngconditi
onatallti
mes.

I
nfor
mat
iont
obemar
kedonpr
essur
evessel
s

220.(
1) Ever
ypressur
evesselshal
lhav
emarkeduponitsoatobeclearl
yvi
sibl
ethey
ear
ofmanuf
act
ureandheseri
alnumber,
ifknown,andt
heauthor
izedwor
kingpressur
e.

(2) Theaut
hor
izedworki
ngpr
essur
eofapressur
evessel
shal
lbet
hedesignedsaf
ewor
king
pressur
eorsuchotherpr
essur
easmaybefi
xedfrom t
imetoti
mebyaninspect
or.

Exami
nat
ionandt
est
sofpr
essur
evessel
s

(
a) sof
arasispract
icable,prov
idedwithasuit
abl
emanhole,
handhol
dorot
hermeans
whi
chwil
lal
lowthei nteri
ortobethoroughl
ycl
eanedandi
nspect
ed;

(
b) atint
erval
snotexceedi
ngsi
xmonths,examinedi
nternal
l
ybyacompet
entper
son
appoint
edbythemanagerwhoshallensur
ecompliancewit
hpar
agr
aph(b)of
secti
on219;

Providedt
hat
,ifi
tissoconstr
uct
edthatt
heinternalsur
facescannotbethor
oughl
yexamined,a
pressurev
esselshal
li
nsteadbet
estedbyhydrauli
cpressuret
ot hesat
isf
act
ionofani
nspector
topressur
eonecommaf i
veti
mestheauthor
izedwor ki
ngpressure;

ati
nter
val
snotexceedi
ngtwoyear
s,t
est
edbyhydr
auli
cpressuret
othesati
sfact
ionofan
i
nspect
ortoapressur
eonecommafi
vet
imestheauthori
zedworki
ngpressure.

(2) Theresult
sofanyexaminat
ionortestr
equi
redbysubsect
ion(1)shal
lbesui
tably
recor
dedininkandt her
ecordsi
gnedbyt hecompetentper
soncarry
ingoutsuchcl
eaning,
examinati
on,repai
randtest
s.

Ai
rcompr
essor
s

222.(1)Thesuppl
yofairf
oraircompressor
sshallbedrawnfr
om thepurestandcoolestsour
ce
avai
labl
e.
(2) Ever
yai
rcompressorinwhi
chcompr essi
ontakespl
acei npr
esenceoflubri
cati
ngoil
shal
l,wherepossi
ble,
befi
ll
edwithafusibl
eplugascloseaspract
icabl
etotheoutletval
veor
ever
yst age.

(3) Ever
yaircompr essorhavingar at
ingexceedingonecommaf i
vecubicmeter
soffreeair
persecondshallbefit
tedwi thatherefor
eorpy r
omet erascloseaspract
icabl
etotheout
letval
ve
ordischar
geportofev er
yst ageandt hemaximum desi gnedtemper
atureshal
lbeindi
cat
edbya
redmar konthescaleofeacht hermomet erorpyromet er
.

Pr
essur
eGauges

223.(1)Allcy
li
nders,recei
ver
sorothervessel
swhicharesubjectt
oahi gherpressur
ethanthe
atmosphere,othert
hanwor ki
ngcy l
i
nder
sorchamber sofheatengine,
airenginesorport
ablegas
cyl
indersshal
lbef i
tt
edwi t
har el
i
ablepr
essuregaugeatall
timesshowi ngtheinter
nalpr
essure.
(2) Thedial
ofever
ypr essur
egaugeshallbesocal
ibr
atedastohav
ear angegreat
erthan
theaut
hori
zedworki
ngpressureofsuchpressur
evessel
sbynotlesst
hantwentypercentum
andnotmorethanonehundredpercentum.

Saf
etyandot
herv
alv
es

224.(1)Ever
ypressurev esselshallhaveatleastonerel
iabl
esafet
yvalv
ewhichshal
lbeso
l
oadedt hati
twil
lli
ftwhent heauthori
zedwor ki
ngpressurei
sexceededandheareaavai
l
abl
efor
dischar
geofgasshall besuchast opreventaccumulati
onofpressur
egreat
ert
hantenper
centum abovet
heaut horizedworkingpressure.

(2) Adequateprecauti
onsshall
bet akent
oensuret
hatt
heloadset
ti
ngofev
erysaf
etyv
alv
e
onapr
essur
ev esselcannotbeal
teredbyanyunaut
hori
zedper
son.

(3) Whenasafetyv
alv
eonapr essur
evessel
isdi
rect
lyl
oadedbyspr
ings,t
hecompression
nutsshall
abutagai
nstmetal
stopsorwasher
sattheworki
ngloadcompr
essionorbeposit
ivel
y
l
ockedinposit
ion.

(
4) Nost
opv al
veonapr
essur
evessel
shal
lbepl
acedbet
weenanysaf
etyv
alv
eandany
r
ecei
verwhi
chitser
ves.

(
5) Whenasafetyv
alveonapressur
evessel
isloadedbyawei
ghtorspr
ingact
ingonal
ever
,
t
heloadshal
lactonl
yattheext
remeendofsuchlev
er.

(
6) Ev
erysaf
etyv
alv
eonapr
essur
evessel
shal
lbesoconst
ruct
edt
hati
tshal
lbef
reet
o
r
otat
eoni
tsseat
.

(7) Everyai
rcompressor
,exceptonewhichdischargesintoanairr
eceiverandcannotbe
closedoffther
efrom,shal
lbeprovi
dedwithapr essur
er el
iefval
veorotherautomati
cdevice
capableofpreventi
nganaccumulati
onofpressuregreaterthan-

t
hepressuref
orwhichsuchaircompressorwasdesigned;or
enpercent
t um abov
ethepressuref
orwhi chthesystem i
ntowhi
cht
heai
rcompr
essor
di
schar
geswasdesigned;whi
chev eri
st hel
esser.

Dr
ainf
orl
i
qui
d

225.Ev
erypressur
ev esseli
nwhichli
qui
dmaycoll
ectshal
lbeprovi
dedwithasui
tabl
edrai
nat
thel
owestpartofthevesselthedi
schar
gef
rom whi
chshallbecont
rol
ledbyacockOrvalv
eand
shal
lbeledt
oasaf eplace.

D.ELEVATORS
Useofel
evat
ort
obeauthor
izedbyChi
efGov
ernment
Mi
ningEngineer

226.(
1)Noel
evatori
nst
allat
ionsshal
lbeusedunt
ilsuchusehasbeenappr
ovedbyt
heChi
ef
Gover
nmentMini
ngEngineer.

(2) Inapprov
ingtheuseofanel
evat
ori
nst
all
ati
on,t
heChiefGov
ernmentMini
ngEngi
neer
shal
lspecif
ythemaximum worki
ngl
oadoft
heinst
all
ati
onandhemayf r
om ti
metoti
mefixa
newmaxi mum worki
ngload.

(
3) Themaxi
mum wor
kingl
oadofanel
evat
ori
nst
all
ati
onshal
lnotbeexceeded.
 Requi
si
tesf
orel
evat
ors

227. Ev eryel
evat
orinst
all
ati
onandeverypartther
eofshal
lbeofgoodconst
ruct
ion,
sui
tabl
e
mater
ial
,adequat
estrengt
h,fr
eefr
om patentdefectandshal
lbepr
operl
ymaint
ained.

Per
iodi
cal
l
yinspect
ionandEl
evat
orRecor
dBook

228.(
1)Acompet
entper
sonappoi
ntedbyt
hemanagershal
lexami
necar
eful
l
y-

(
a) atl
eastoncei neachweekati nterv
alsnotexceedingtenday s,themotororengi
ne,
el
evatorshaft
,guidesanddrums, ropesandconnexi ons,sheavesandallsaf
ety
appl
iancesofeachel ev
ator;and
(
b) atl
eastoncei neachmont hatinterval
snotexceedingf ort
y-f
ivedays,
theenti
re
el
evatorinst
all
ati
onandal lf
itt
ingsinconnexi
ont herewith.

(2) Thecompet entper

sonappoint
edi nter
msofsubsection(
1)shallmakeareportonthe
resul
tofanytest
,examinat
ion,
repai
rsorinspecti
oncarr
iedoutonanelevat
orwhichshall
,as
soonasispracti
cabl
e,beenter
edininkinabookt obetermedtheEl
evatorRecor
dBookwhi ch
shall
beprovi
dedbyt hemanagerandkeptinasui t
abl
eplace.

(
3) Eachentr
yint
heElev
atorRecor
dBookshal
lbesi
gnedi
ninkbyt
hecompet
entper
son
r
esponsi
blefort
heent
ry.

(
4) TheEl
evat
orr
ecor
dBookshal
latal
lti
mesbeav
ail
abl
efori
nspect
ionbyani
nspect
or.

Pr
otect
ionofel
evat
orshaf
ts

229. Ev eryel
evatorshaftshall
beeff
ect
ivel
ypr
otect
edgatessoastopr
eventwhensuch
gatesar
eclosed,andypersonf al
li
ngdownsuchel
evat
orshaftorcomi
ngi
ntocontactwi
thany
mov i
ngparti
nsuchelevatorshaft.

Pr
event
ionofov
err
uns

230. I neveryel
evatorinst
all
ati
onef f
ici
entautomati
cdevi
cesshal
lbepr
ovi
dedandmaintai
ned
whichshall
ensurethattheplat
form orconveyancedoesnotov
err
unthehi
ghestorl
owestpoi
nt
towhichiti
sforti
ebeingconstructedtotravel
.

Pr
otect
ionagai
nstf
ail
ureofr
opes,
etcet
era

231. I never
yelevatori
nst
all
ati
oneffi
cientdev
icesshal
lbeprov
idedandmai nt
ainedwhichwil
l
supportt
heconveyance,t
oget
herwithit
smaxi mum worki
ngload,
intheeventoffail
ureofthe
ropesoranyot
herpartofsuchinst
all
ati
on.

Requi
si
tesf
orconv
eyancecar
ryi
ngper
sons

232. Ev eryel
evatori
nstal
l
ationusedf orcarr
yingpersonsshallbepr ov
idedwithaconveyance
whichissoconstr
uctedastopr eventanypersoncarri
edfrom fal
l
ingoutorbei ngtr
apped
betweenanypartofsuchconvey anceandanyf i
xedstruct
ureorot hermov i
ngpartofsuch
el
evatororbei
ngstruckbyart
iclesormat er
ial
sfall
ingdownt heelevatorshaft
.

Ropes
233.(
1)Noropeshal
lbeusedforsuppor
ti
nganelev
atorconv
eyanceorcount
erpoiseunl
essi
tis
ofgoodqual
it
yandmanufact
ureandofadequat
estrengt
handfreefr
om anydefect.

(2) Anyr
opereferr
edtoinsubsecti
on(1)shal
lbemadeofwir
eandt hediamet
eroft
hewi
res
usedi
ntheconst
ructi
onther
eofshallbesui
tedtothedi
amet
erofthesheavesanddrum.

(3) Nor opeshallbeusedforsupport

inganelev
atorconveyanceorcount
erpoi
sewhent
he
breakingfor
ceatanypoi ntther
einhasbecomereducedtolessthanfiv
etimesthemaxi
mum
workingload,thesupporti
ngeffectoft
herope,i
fany,bei
ngignored:

Provi
dedt hat
,inthecaseofanyel evat
orinwhi
cht heconveyanceorcount er
poisei
ssuspended
bymor ethantwor opesfi
ttedwithappli
ancesforequal
lydistr
ibuti
ngtheload,amini
mum factor
ofsafet
yort enont heaggregat
est r
engthofal
l t
heropesshall besuf
fi
cient,
aslongasnosingle
ropehasaf actorofsafet
ylowerthanthree,wi
threspectt
ot hemaxi mum wor ki
ngl
oad.

(4) I
nthecaseofanyel
evatorwher enopartoft
heropeisri
gidl
yfi
xedtothedrum,the
constr
ucti
onshall
besuchthatt
her eshallbenodanger
oussli
ppingoftheropesonthedrum
underanypossi
bleworki
ngcondit
ion,thesafet
yoftheappar
atustobejudgedbyaninspector
.

(
5) Whentheli
ft
ingandcounter
poi
seropesar
er i
gidlyf
ixedtot
hedr
um,
ther
eshal
lbeat
l
eastt
hreef
ull
turnsofropeonthedrum whent
heyrunt hel
imit.

234. I never
yel
evat
ori
nstal
l
ati
on,t
hedrum,engineormotorshal
lbepr
ovi
dedwi
than
adequat
ebrakewhi
chshal
lbekepti
nproperworki
ngorder
.

Cl
earspacesatt
opandbot
tom ofel
evat
orshaf
t

235. Acl
earspaceofnotl
esst
hanonemet
reshal
lbepr
ovi
ded-

(a) betweenthebot t
om oft
heelev
atorshaf
toranyequipmentatt
hebott
om atthebot
tom
oftheel
evatorshaftandthel
owestpoi
ntoftheunder
sideoftheel
evat
orcarwhenthecari
sat
i
tslowestl
anding;and;

(b) bet
weent hetopoftheel ev
atorcarandtheundersi
deoftheover
headgr
ati
ngorf
loor
whent hecarisatit
stoplanding;
(c) bet
weent hetopofthecount er
poiseandtheundersi
deofthesheav
eorbeamswhenthe
elev
atorcarisatit
slowestlanding:

Pr
ovi
dedthat
,int
hecaseofel
evat
orswhichrunataspeedgreat
ert
hanonehundredmetr
esper
mi
nute,
thecl
earspaceatt
hetoporbot
tom shal
lnotbelesst
hanonecommafivemetr
es.

El
evat
ornott
obeuseddur
ingr
epai
rsi
nel
evat
orshaf
t

236. Noel
evat
orshal
lbeusedwhi
l
str
epai
rsar
ebei
ngef
fect
edi
ntheel
evat
orshaf
t.

PARTX

ELECTRI
CALAPPRATUS,
WIRI
NGANDLI
GHTI
NG

I
nter
pret
ati
oni
nthi
sPar
t

237. (
1)I
nthi
sPar
t-

“
cir
cui
t”meansanel
ect
ri
cal
cir
cui
tfor
mingasy
stem orbr
anchofasy
stem;
“conductor
”meansanel ectr
icalconduct
orsoarr
angedast obeelect
ri
callyconnectedtoa
system;
“coveredwit
hi nsul
ati
ngmat erial
:meansadequatel
ycov er
edwit
hinsulat
ingmat er
ialofsuch
qualit
yandthicknessthatthereisnlikel
i
hoodofleakage;

“compet entperson”,i
nrel
ati
ontoanydutyorfuncti
on,meansaper
sonwhohashadadequate
trainingandexperiencet
oenablehi
mt operf
ormt hatdut
yordi
schar
gethatf
unct
ionwi
thout
av oidabl
edangertohi msel
foranyot
herperson;

“
danger”meansdangertohealt
h,l
if
eorli
mbt hroughshock,burnorot
herinj
urytothepersonor
f
rom f
ir
eattendantuponthegener
ati
on,
transformati
on,di
stri
buti
onoruseofelect
rical
energy
;

“
dead”meansatoraboutzer
opot
ent
ial
anddi
sconnect
edf
rom anyl
i
vesy
stem;

“
eart
hed”meansconnect
edtothegeneral
massofeart
hinsuchmanneraswi
l
lensur
eatal
l
t
imesanimmediat
edischar
geofelect
ri
calener
gywi
thoutdanger
;

“el
ect
ri
calappar
atus”i
ncl
udesal
lelect
ri
calcabl
esandconductor
sandanypartofanymachi
ner
y,
appar
atusorappl
iancei
nwhichconductor
sareusedorofwhichtheyf
orm apart
;

“
eart
hleakageprot
ecti
on”meansprotect
ionbasedont hepri
nci
pleofsensingcurr
entfl
owing
f
rom t
hel i
vepar
tsofaninst
all
ati
ontoearth.Thesensiti
vi
tyandti
mer esponsecharact
eri
sti
csof
t
heprotecti
onshal
lbeconsi
stentwi
ththeobjectofminimizi
ngdanger
;

“f
lexi
blecabl
e”meansanycabl
ewhichisdesignedtobemovablewhi
lei
nuseandhasi
ts
conductor
sstrandedt
oconf
orm wi
thacceptedpract
icef
orsuchcabl
e;

“
li
ve:
meansel
ect
ri
cal
l
ychar
ged;

“metal
l
iccoveri
ng”
,inrel
ati
ont oanyel
ectr
ical
cableorconductor
,meansanymet
all
i
ccov
eri
ng,
armori
ng,sheat
horpipethroughwhichanyconductorpasses;

“
por
tabl
eapparat
us”meansanyelect
ri
cal
l
y—oper
atedappar
atuswhi
chi
sdesi
gnedt
obehel
din
t
hehandswhi
lebeingoper
ated;

“qual
if
iedelect
ri
cian”meansapersonwhoeit
herholdsarecogni
zedcerti
fi
cat
eofcompetencyas
anelectr
ici
anissuedbyaregi
ster
edindust
ri
alcounci
lorhasserv
edar ecogni
zedappr
ent
iceshi
p;

“subst
ati
on”meansabuil
dingordesignat
edar
eacont
aini
ngel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atusf
ort
hecont
rol
ofanelect
ri
cal
powersystem orci
rcuit
;

“sy
stem”meansanel
ect
ri
cal
syst
em i
nwhichal
ltheconduct
orsandappar
atusar
eel
ect
ri
cal
l
y
connect
edt
oacommonsourceorel
ectr
omoti
veforce;

“
transport
ableapparat
us”meansanyelect
ri
cal
ly-
oper
ateappar
atuswhi
chi
scapabl
eofbeing
mov ed,
whilstworki
ngform pl
acet
oplaceunderi
tsownpowerorbymeansofanyother
mechanicalpower;

“v
olt
age”meanst
hediff
erenceofel
ectr
ical
potenti
albet
weenanyt
wol
i
veconduct
orsor
,ift
her
e
beonlyonel
i
veconduct
or,bet
weenthatconductorandear
th;

“ext
ra-l
ow-v
olt
age”meansavolt
agenor mall
ynotexceedi
ngt
hir
tyv
olt
sroot
-mean-
squar
e
alt
ernati
ngcur
rentorf
if
tyv
olt
sdirectcurr
ent;
“l
owvolt
age”meansav ol
tagenor
mal
l
yexceedi
ngext
ra-
lowv
olt
age,
butnotexceedi
ngt
wo
hundr
edandfi
ft
yv ol
ts;

“medium v
olt
age”meansavol
tagenor
mal
l
yexceedi
ngt
wohundr
edandf
if
tyv
olt
s,butnot
exceedi
ngsixhundr
edandf
ift
yvolt
s;

“
highv
olt
age”meansav
olt
agenor
mal
l
yexceedi
ngsi
xhundr
edandf
if
tyv
olt
s.

(2)I
nthi
sPartanyref
erencet
oaspeci f
icvol
tageshal
lbeconstr
uedasincludi
ngarefer
encet
o
anyvol
tagef
all
ingwit
hinapermissi
blevar
iat
ionther
efrom pr
escri
bedbytheStandar
d
Associ
ati
onofZimbabwesafetyCodeCCIof1994.

Appl
i
cat
ionofSt
andar
dAssociati
onofZimbabwesaf
ety
Codef
orEl
ectr
icalwi
ri
ngofPremises

238. ( 1)withoutderogationfr
om t
hepr ov
isi
onsofthi
sPart
,thei
nst
all
ati
onofanyel
ect
rical
cabl
eswi t
chgear,t
ransformerandelect
ri
calapparat
usassoci
ati
onofanyki
ndatanymineshall
general
l
yconformt otheSt andar
dAssociati
onofZimbabwesafet
yCodefortheEl
ect
ri
calwiri
ng
ofPremisesS.A.Z.
S,No.CCIof1994, whereiti
sappli
cabl
e.

(
2) I
ntheeventofanyi
nconsi
stencyintheprovi
sionsofthoser
egulat
ionsandt
hecode
r
efer
redt
oinsubsecti
on91)thepr
ov i
sionsoftheseregul
ati
onsshal
lprevail
.

Gener
alpr
ovi
si
onsr
egar
dingel
ect
ri
calappar
atus

239.(
1)Al
lel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atusandconduct
orsshal
lbe-

(a) ofsui
tabl
edesi
gnandofsuf
fi
ci
entr
ati
ngorcapaci
tyt
oav
oiddanger
ousov
erl
oadi
ng;
and

(b) soi
nst
all
ed,
wor
kedandpr
otect
edast
opr
eventanydangerar
isi
ngoutofnor
mal
use;
and

(
c) pr
oper
lymai
ntai
nedi
nasaf
econdi
ti
on.

(2) All
dist
ri
buti
onsyst
emsoperat
ingatav
oltageexceedi
nglowvol
tageshallbeadequat
ely
equi
ppedwitmainswit
cheswhi
chshal
l hav
eover
-cur
rentprot
ect
ionandear
thleakage
prot
ect
ion.

(3) Excepti
nof f
icesanddomesti
cpremises,low-
vol
tageci
rcui
tsorsub-ci
rcui
tsinst
all
edfor
suppl
yingelectr
icpowerbymeansoff l
exi
blecablestoport
abl
eortranspor
tapparatusshallbe
provi
dedwi t
hsuitabl
eandef f
ect
iveear
thleakageprot
ecti
on.

(4) Eachindi
vi
duali
tem oft
ranspor
tabl
eappar
atusoper
ati
ngatavolt
ageexceedinglow
volt
agewhi chusesf
lexi
blecabl
esshall
beprovi
dedwit
hsuit
ableandef
fecti
veear
thleakage
protect
ion.

(5) Elect
ri
cal
apparat
usshal
lbekeptclearofobstr
uctionand,
unlessspecif
ical
l
y
const
ruct
edforoper
ati
onunderwetordi
rtycondit
ions,shall
bekeptdryandclean.

Di
agr
amsofgener
al
(2) Effi
cientarr
angementsshal
lbemaint
ainedwherebyacompet entpersoni
sinatt
endance
atthemineorr eadi
lyavai
l
ableoncal
lfort
hepurposeofoper
atingsuchswitchgearwhenever
anycablebelowgr oundisli
veandper
sonisatworkbelowground.

(3) Aneffecti
vemeansofcommunicati
onshallbepr
ovidedbetweenthepl
aceatsuch
swit
chgeari
ssituat
edand-
(
a)eachest abl
i
shedshaftmai
nstat
ion;and
(
b)apl aceatorneareachmai
nsubstat
ionimmediatel
ycontr
oll
edbysuchswit
chgear
.

Cut
ti
ng-
offofsuppl
ytoci
rcui
ts,
mot
ors,
etcet
era

242.(1)Thereshal
lbeprov i
ded,inrel
ati
ontoev er
yelectr
icalcir
cui
tateverymine,whetheratthe
surfaceorbel
owgr ound,
suchef f
ecti
vemeanssui t
ablyplacedforcutt
ingofsupplyofelectr
ici
ty
tothatcir
cui
tasmaybenecessar ytopreventdangerand, wit
houtprej
udicet
ot hegenerali
tyof
theforegoi
ngsuchmeansshal lbeprovi
dedforcutti
ngoffsuppl yt
oanyf l
exi
blecableatthe
apparatusbywhichsuchflexibl
ecableisconnectedtoaf ixedcabl
e.

(2) Thereshal
lbeprovi
ded,inrel
ati
ontoeveryel
ect
ricalci
rcui
tateverymine,whet
heratthe
surfaceorbelowground,
sucheffecti
vemeansofcutti
ngof fautomati
cal
lythesuppl
yof
electr
ici
tyt
osuchcircui
tint
heev entofanyfaul
torover
loadoccurri
nginanypartofsuchcir
cuit
asmaybenecessar ytopreventdanger.

(3) Thereshall
beprovidedsuchef f
ecti
vemeansofpr
event
ingtheaut
omaticmakingl
iv
eof
anyelectr
icalci
rcui
torel
ectrical
apparat
usasmaybenecessarytoprev
entdanger
;thi
sshal
lnot
precl
udetheuseofaut horclosersonoverheadl
i
nes.

(4) Thereshallbepr ovi

ded, i
nrelati
ontoev er
yelect
ri
cmot oratver
ymi ne,switchgearwhich
willenablethesuppl yofelectr
icit
ytobeent ir
elycutofff
rom themot or,
suchswi tchgearbeing
placedsot hatitmayber eadil
yoper atedbythepersonoperatingthemot orand,wher evert
he
mot orisremot elycontr
olledandt heswi t
chgearcannotbelockedi nt
he“ OFF”position,an
additi
onal i
solatorshallbeprovidedwhi chshallbemountedonoradj acenttothemot or.

(5) Whereastandbygener atingplantisi

nst
all
edtoprovi
deasour ceofelectr
icpowerasan
alt
ernativet
ot henormal sour
ceofsuppl y,
achangeoverswit
choft hedesignapprovedbyan
i
nspect ororotherarr
angementappr ovedbyaninspect
orortheelectr
ici
tysupplyauthor
it
y,shal
l
beinstall
edwhi chshall
renderitimpossi bl
efort
hestandbyplantt
obecomeel ect
ri
call
y
i
nterconnectedwi t
hthenor mal sourceofsupply
.

Rest
ri
cti
onsonv
olt
ages

243.(
1)El
ect
ri
cit
yatav
olt
ageexceedi
ngmedi
um v
olt
ageshal
lnotbeappl
i
edt
o-

anyt
ransport
abl
eappar
atus:
Prov
idedt
hathi
ghervol
tagesmaybeappli
edtosuchappar
atuswi
tht
hepr
iorappr
oval
i
nwr i
ti
ngoft
heChiefGovernmentMi
ningEngi
neer
;or

anymotorratedatl
essthanfif
teenki l
omwat t
s;or
ther
otat
ingpartsofanyapparatus:
Pr
ovidedthattheprovi
si
onsofpar agraphs(b)and(c)shal
lnotappl
ytosli
pr i
ng
motorsorarmaturesofdirectcurr
entgener
ationsandmotorsoranyotherapparat
us
wherethepri
orapprovali
nwr i
ti
nghasbeenobt ai
nedfrom t
heChiefGovernment
Mini
ngEngineer.
(2) Elect
ri
cit
yatav
olt
ageexceedi
ngl
owv
olt
ageshal
lnotbeappl
i
edt
oanypor
tabl
e
appar
atus.

I
nspect
ion,
exami
nat
ionandt
est
ingofel
ect
ri
calappar
atus

244.Themanagershallensur
ethatther
eisinforceaschemeofthesyst
emati
cinspecti
on,
examinat
ionandtest
ingofallel
ect
ri
calapparat
usinordert
oensureasfarasi
tpract
icabl
ethe
safet
yofpersons.

Mai
ntenanceandpr
otect
ionofel
ect
ri
calappar
atus

245.(1)Al
l el
ect
ri
calappar
atusshal
lbesoi
nst
all
edast
omi
nimi
zet
hedangeroff
ir
ear
isi
ng
ther
efrom andshal
lbekeptdry.

(2) Noinf
lammableorexplosi
vemater
ialshal
lbest
oredinanyr
oom orcompar
tment
contai
ningoperat
ingel
ect
ri
calapparat
usorindanger
ousproxi
mityt
oanysuchel
ectr
ical
apparat
us.

(3) Ev
eryelectrici
ty-
generat
ingplantandallmai nsubstat
iontransf
ormingandwitching
equipmentshallbeadequat el
yfencedof forenclosedandnot i
cesprohibi
ti
ngunauthori
zed
personsfr
om ent eri
ngshallbeplacedatal l
designedplacesofingress,and,whensuchplantor
equipmentisunat t
endedbyanaut hor
izedpersonal l
designedplacesofingr
essshallbekept
closedandlockedt opreventunauthori
zedaccess.
Accesstoelectri
calapparat
us

246.(
1)Allpar
tsofelectr
ical
appar
atusthatrequi
reatt
ent
ionandal
lhandlesfort
heoperat
ionof
el
ectr
ical
apparat
usshal l
besoplacedthattherei
sfacemeansaccesstheret
oandadequate
worki
ngspacethereat.

(2) Al
lhandl
esref
err
edtoi
nsubsect
iont
oinsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbekeptf
reeofobst
ruct
ion
andbeconveni
ent
lypl
acedf
oroper
ati
on.

(3) Whenev
eri
tisnecessar
ytopreventdanger
,el
ect
ri
cal
appar
atusshal
lbei
dent
if
iedbya
sui
tabl
ypl
acedl
abelatt
hepointofcont
rol.

Pr
ohi
bit
ingofdamaget
oori
nter
fer
encewi
thel
ect
ri
calappar
atus

247.(1)Everypersondoi
nganywor kwhichmayresul
tinsuchdamagetoanyel
ectr
ical
apparatusthatt
heapparatusmi ghtbeasourceofdangert
opersonsempl
oyedther
eatshal
ltake
adequateprecauti
onstoprotectitfr
om suchdamage.

(2) Noper sonsonami neshallwi

ll
ful
lydamageanyel ect
ricalappar
atusor,wit
houtpr
oper
authorit
y,oper
ate,i
nter
fer
ewi t
h,removeorr enderuselessanyelectri
calappar
atusbuti
nan
emer gencyanypersonmayoper ateel
ectr
icalapparatusinorderinordertocutofft
hesupply
.

I
nsul
ati
on

248.(1)Allmater
ialusedinanymi neforthepur
poseofi nsul
ati
nganyconductorshal
lbe
sui
table,havi
ngregardto--
-
a) Thedegr eeofinst
all
ati
onandmechani calst
rengthrequi
red:and
b) Thecondi t
ionsoftemperatur
eandmoi stur
et owhichiti
slikel
ytobesubj
ect
ed;
and
c) Anymeanspr ovi
dedforthisprot
ect
ion.

(
2) Everyconduct
orf
ormi
ngpar
tofanyel
ect
ri
cal
syst
em shal
lbekeptef
fi
cient
lyi
nsul
ated
f
rom ear
th:
Pr
ovi
dedthat
—
i
. Inthecaseofanysy
stem wit
hpoly
phasesuppl
y,al
lneut
ral
poi
ntsi
nthatsuppl
yshal
lbe
connectedt
oanearthcont
inui
tysy
stem whi
chshal
lbeeart
hedatt
hesurf
aceofmine;
and

i
i
.I nthecaseofanysy stem wi
thsi
ngl
edphaseordir
ectcur
rentsuppl
ythemid-
vol
tage
pointoronepolei
nt hatsuppl
yshal
lbeconnect
edtoanearthconti
nui
tysy
stemswhich
shallbeear
thedatthesurfaceoft
hemine.

(3) I
nr el
ati
ontoeveryelect
ri
calsyst
em effi
cientmeansshal
lbeprovi
dedt
oensur
ethat,
as
farasispracti
cabl
e,whereveranydangerousdefectari
sesi
ntheinsul
ati
onoft
hesyst
em t
he
supplyofelect
ri
cit
ytothefaulti
sautomat i
cal
l
ycutof f
.

Ear
thi
ng

249.(
1)Thereshall
beconnect edtoeart
hatt hesurfaceofthemineinsuchmanneraswi
l
l
ensur
eimmediateel
ectr
icaldi
schargewithoutdanger-
Ever
ymetall
i
ccov er
ingofanycable;and
Theout
erconductorofeveryconcentri
ccable;and
Ever
ymetall
i
chandlef ort
heoperati
onofanyel ectri
calappar
atus:

Pr
ovi
dedthatt
hissubsect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytoanyel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atushav
ingappr
oveddoubl
e
i
nsul
ati
ons.

(2) Anyearthingconductorinst
all
edforthepur poseofsubsection(
1)shallhav
ea
conduct
ivi
tythr
oughout,i
ncludinganyjoi
nt,notlessthannoughtcommaf ivet
hatofthe
conduct
ororhav i
ngthegreatestcurr
entcarryi
ngcapacityinrel
ationtowhichiti
sprovi
ded,sav
e,
thatt
heequival
entcoppercross-sect
ionareashallhowevernotbel essthantwocommaf iv
e
squaremil
li
metersandneednotexceedsev entysquaremilimit
res.

(3) Subj
ectstocompl
iancewi
ththeprov
isi
onsofsubsect
ions(
1)and(
2)andtothe
provi
sionsofsecti
on250,
themetal
li
ccoveri
ngofanycablemaybeusedasanaddi
ti
onal
eart
hingconductor
.

(
4) Noswi
tch,
fuseorci
rcui
tbr
eakershal
lbepl
acedi
nanyear
thi
ngconduct
or:

Provi
dedthatt
hissubsect
ionshal
lnotpr
ecl
udet
heuseofani
sol
atori
ntheneut
ral
ear
thi
ng
connexi
onsofalt
ernat
orsortr
ansfor
mers.

Cabl
es

250.(
1)Thi
ssect i
onshal lapplytoallel
ectri
ccablesatamineotherthan-
a) Fl
exiblecablesforportableandtranspor
tableappar
atus;and
b) Tel
ephoneandsi gnal
ingcables;and
c) Bl
astingcables;and
d) Atthesurface,othercablessoplacedorot her
wisesafeguardedast
opr
eventdanger
.

(2) Ever
yconduct
orinanycabletowhichthi
ssecti
onappli
esot
herthananear
thedouter
conductoroaconcent
riccabl
eandamet al
l
iccover
ingofacabl
eusedasearthi
ngconduct
orin
accordancewit
hsubsecti
on(3)ofsecti
on249shallbecover
edwit
hinsul
ati
ngmateri
al.

(3) Ever
ysuchcabl
eshal
lbeeff
ici
entl
yprotect
edfr
om mechanicaldamageandsuppor
ted
atsuchi
nter
val
sandinsuchmannerastopreventdamageordangerther
eto.
(
4) Everysuchcablewhi chisusedf ortr
ansmit
ti
ngelectr
icit
yatav oltageexceedi
nglow
v
olt
ageandwhi chissuitedinanyunder groundexcavat
ioninwhichv ehi
clesar emovedother
wise
t
hanbyhandori nwhi chconv eyorsareusedorataplacewher etheremaybedangerori gnit
ing
i
nfl
ammabl emat er
ial
,shallbepr ot
ectedbyamet al
li
ccoveri
ngcont aini
ngal l
theconduct
ors
f
ormingpartoftheelectr
icalsystem atthatpl
ace.

(
5) Wher esuchcableispr otectedbyamet all
i
ccov eri
ng,suchcov eri
ngshallbe—
a) Elect
rici
tyconti
nuoust hroughout;and
b) Wher enecessaryhav i
ngr egardtoit
spositi
on,protect
edagai nstcorr
osion;and
c) Atanypl aceatwhicht heremaybedangerofi gniti
nginflammabl emat eri
al,
so
constructedastomi nimizet heri
skofigni
ti
onoft hatmat er
iali
nt heeventofanyf
aul
tin
orleakageofcurrentfrom al iv
econductorint
hatcabl e.

Fl
exi
blecabl
e

251.(
1)Ever
yfl
exi
blecabl
eatanymineshallbeadequat
elypr
otect
edagai
nstmechani
cal
damageandshal
lbeofanapprovedspeci
fi
cati
on.

(
2) Nosingl
ecorefl
exi
blecabl
eshal
lbeusedatanyti
meforsuppl
yi
ngportabl
eor
t
ranspor
tabl
eappar
atusothert
hanweldi
ngel
ectr
odeholder
stotr
oll
ey-
wir
elocomotiv
es.

(3) Eachconduct
orinaflexi
blecabl
eshal
lbecov
eredwi
thi
nsul
ati
ngmat
eri
alshal
lbe
eff
ici
ent
lypr
otect
edfrom damage.

(
4) Nof l
exi
blecabl
eshallbeconnect
edt
oanyot
herel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atusexceptbymeansof
apr
oper
lyconst
ructedconnect
or.

(
5) Ametal
li
ccoveri
ngprovi
dedtoprotectafl
exi
blecabl
efr
om damageshal
lnotbeusedas
t
hesol
eear
thi
ngconductori
nrespectofsuchcabl
eoranyapparat
usconnect
edt
hereto.

(6) Everyf l
exibl
ecablei
nuseshallbeexami nedbyacompet entpersonatleastonceineach
weekandev erysuchcableusedwithport
ableappar at
usshallbeexaminedimmedi atel
ybefor
e
usebytheper sonauthori
zedtousetheapparatusand,ifanysuchcableisfoundtobedamaged
ordef
ect i
ve,itshallberepai
redf
ort
hwithortakenoutofser vi
ceandnotusedf urt
herithasbeen
eff
ect
ivelyrepai r
ed.

Swi
tchgearandconnexi
ons

252.(1)Al
lpartsofswit
chgearandofel
ect
ri
calconnexi
onsateverymineshall
beofsuff
ici
ent
mechanicalst
rengthandcurr
entcar
ryi
ngcapaci
tytoprev
entdanger,
inpart
icul
arf
rom r
ough
usage..

(2) Al
ll
iv
epart
sofsuchswi t
chgearandconnexionsshall
besoencl osedorot
her
wise
prot
ectedastopr
event
-
(a) Ther i
skofpersonsaccidental
l
ycomi ngi
ntocont
actt her
ewit
h;and
(b) Thedepositi
onofdustorot herinj
uri
ousmatt
erthereon;and
(c) Theent r
yofmoi st
ure.

(
3) Wheneveranysuchswitchgearorconnexi
onisatanyplaceatwhicht
heremayberiskof
i
gni
ti
nganyi
nfl
ammabl emater
ial,al
lli
vepart
sthereofshal
lbesoprotect
edastoprev
entsuch
i
gni
ti
on.

(4) Anymateri
ali
nsulat
inganyconduct
ori
nanycabl
eshall
beeffi
cient
lyprot
ect
edand
seal
edatanypoi
ntatwhichthatconduct
ori
sconnect
edt
ootherappar
atus,suchmetal
l
ic
cover
ingshal
lbesecur
elyandsaf
elyat
tached,
bot
h,mechani
cal
l
yandel
ect
ri
cal
,tosuch
appar
atus.

Bl
ast
ingcabl
es

253.(
1)Ev
erybl
ast
ingcabl
eshal
lber
eadi
l
yident
if
iedbysomespeci
fi
ccol
ourorcol
our
ing.

(
2) Bl
ast
ingcabl
esshal
lnotbeusedf
oranyot
herpur
poset
hanbl
ast
ing.

(
3) Cur
rentf
rom t
elephone,
signali
ngorli
ght
ingci
rcui
torfr
om anyot
hersour
cesot
herthan
abl
ast
ingbox,orot
herblasti
ngdeviceappr
ovedforbl
asti
ngshall
notbeusedi
nablast
ingci
rcui
t.

(4) Adequatepr
ecautionsshall
betakentopreventcabl
esorconduct
orsusedinbl
ast
ing
cir
cuit
sfrom comingintocontactwit
hothercabl
esorelectr
ical
appar
atusothert
hanan
approvedblast
ingbox,orotherdevi
ceapprovedforbl
asti
ng.

Tr
ansf
ormer
s

254. I nanytr
ansfor
merataminesui
tabl
epr
ovi
sionsshal
lbemadetoguar
dagainstdanger
ari
singf
rom t
hechargi
ngoflowerv
olt
agecomponentsbycont
actwi
thorl
eakagef
rom higher
vol
tagecomponents.

Tel
ephoneandsi
gnal
i
ngsy
stems

255.(1)Adequat
eprecauti
onsshal
lbet
akentopreventanytel
ephonewi
reorsi
gnal
ingconduct
or
comingintocont
actwithanycabl
eorel
ect
ri
calapparatusconnect
edtoahi
ghervol
tagesy
stems.

(
2) Contactmaker
sintel
ephoneorsi
gnal
i
ngappar
atusshal
lbesoconst
ruct
edast
opr
event
t
heacci
dent
alclosi
ngoft
hecircui
t.

(3) I
nanyelectr
ical
signal
ingsyst
emswheref
ail
ureordi
sconnexi
onwoul
dbel
ikel
ytocause
adangeroussit
uati
onduet olossofsi
gnal
i
ngfaci
l
iti
esameansofv er
bal
communi
cati
onor
alt
ernat
ivesi
gnali
ngshallbeprovi
ded.

Post
ingofnot
ices

256. I tshallbethedutyoft hemanageratev er

ymi netoensur ethattheunder-menti
oned
noti
cesarekeptpost edwithi
nall gener
atingst
ati
ons,windingenginerooms, mainsubstations,
andpumpst ati
onsandel sewher e,asmaybenecessar ytomi ni
mizedanger ,i
nsuchchar acters
astobeeasilyseenandr ead-
anoticeprohibit
ingunauthorisedpersonfr
om int
erfer
ingwi t
helectr
icalapparat
us;and
anoticecontaini
ngdirect
ionsf orprocedur
eincaseoff ir
e;and
anoticecontaini
ngdirect
ionsf ortr
eatmentofpersonssuf f
eri
ngf r
om electr
icshock.

Per
sonswor
kingonoroper
ati
ngel
ect
ri
calappar
atus

257.(
1)Anyper sondoinganywor
kwi t
horanyelect
ri
calappar
atus,whi
chmaymakesuch
appar
atusasour ceofdangert
opersons,
shal
ltakeadequat
eprecauti
onst
oensur
ethesaf
etyof
suchpersons.

(2) Anyper
sonsnegl
ecti
ngtomaint
ainori
nspectorcarr
youtwor
konel
ect
ri
cal
appar
atus
asinst
ruct
edbyacompetentper
sonshal
lbeguil
tyofanoffence.
(3) Nopersonshallbeinstr
uctedtocarr
youtanydutyonanyel
ectr
icalappar
atus,f
orwhich
techni
calknowledgeandexper i
encearenecessar
ytoavoi
ddanger,
exceptundersuchadegree
ofsupervi
sionasmaybeappr opri
atehavi
ngregar
dtothenatur
eoftheworkandt heknowl
edge
andexperienceofthepersonconcerned.

(4) Noper sonsshallcommenceanywor kuponconduct

or,
orinproximi
tytoanyexposed
conductor,
bei nginei
thercaseaconductorinacircui
tinwhi
chthevol
tageexceedsextr
alow
vol
tage,until
hehasensur edthatsuchconductorhasbeenmadedead, andhastakenst
eps,be
eart
hingorot heradequatemeans,toensurethati
twillr
emai
ndeadunt i
lheissati
sfi
edthati
tis
safetorestorethecurrent:

Provi
dedt hatt
hissubsect
ionshall
notapplytoanyworkonelectr
ical
appar
atuswhichduetot
he
l
ocationofsuchapparatuscannotbemadedeadi nwhichcasesuchwor ki
sdonebyorunderthe
constantsuperv
isi
onofaqual i
fi
edelectr
ici
anaut
hori
zedinwrit
ingbythemanagertocarr
yout
duti
esincident
altothegenerat
ion,
transmissi
on,
dist
ri
buti
onoruseofelect
ri
calenergy
.

(5) Nopersonswhosedut iesincludetheoper

ationofanyt r
ansportableorpor
tabl
e
apparat
ussuppliedwithel
ect
r i
citybymeansofaf lexibl
ecableshallatanyt i
meeit
herleavethat
apparat
uswhileitisworki
ngorl eavet heworki
ngplace,exceptf
orthepur poseofcutt
ingoffthe
supplyofel
ectr
icit
ytothecable,withoutensuri
ngthatthecablehasbeenmadedead, unlesshis
i
nstruct
ionsexpressl
yauthor
izehi mtodoso.

(6) Apersonwhosedutiesi
ncludetheoperat
ionduringhisshi f
tofanyel ectr
icalappar
atus
suppli
edwithelect
ri
cit
ybymeansofaf lexi
blecableshallensure,beforeusingthatcableduri
ng
thatshi
ft
,thatsomuchofitasisaccessibl
eisexaminedandt hatanyf ur
therpartswhich
subsequentl
ybecomeaccessibl
ear eal
sothenexami ned,andheshal l
notuseanycabl ewhi
chis
foundtobedamagedordef ecti
ve.

(7) Fort
hepurposesoft
hissect
ion“qual
i
fiedel
ect
ri
cian”meansaper sonwhoeit
herholdsa
recogni
zedcert
if
icat
eofcompetencyasanelectr
ici
ani
ssuedbyar egi
ster
edindust
ri
alcouncil
or
hasservedarecogni
zedappr
enti
ceship.

Per
missi
blev
olt
agesf
orl
i
ght
ing

258.(
1)Subjecttosubsect
ion(2),t
hemaxi mum per missi
blevol
tagesforli
ghti
ngunder
ground
shal
lbe-
a) Onehundr edandthir
tyvol
tsalternati
ngcurrentbet
weenl i
neandear t
h;or
b) Twohundr edandtwenty-f
ivevoltsbetweenphases( l
i
nev ol
tages)i
nat hr
eephase
al
ternati
ngsystem i
ftheneutr
al pointi
sear t
hedortwohundr edandfif
tyvol
tsi
nasingle
phasesy st
em i
fthecentrepoi
nti searthed;or
c) Onehundr edandthir
tyvol
tsdirectcurrent.

(2) Subsect
ion(
1)shal
lnotappl
ytoelect
ri
cdischar
gelampsbutt
heconduct
ors,
lampsand
all
equipmentassoci
atedwi
thsuchli
ghti
ngshallbecontai
nedi
nanadequat
eeart
hedprot
ecti
ve
enclosur
e.

(
3) Themaximum permissi
blevol
tageforli
ght
ingont
hesur
faceshal
lbet
wohundr
edand
t
went
y-f
ivev
olt
salt
ernat
ingordir
ectcurrentt
oeart
h:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatt
hisshal
lnotappl
ytot
hest
art
ingandoper
ati
ngv
olt
ageofel
ect
ri
cdi
schar
gel
amps.

Ov
erheadLi
nes
259.(1)Wherebareov
erheadwir
esareusedforthet
ransmissionordi
str
ibuti
onofel
ectr
ical
energyonthesurf
ace,
glazedpor
cel
ainorgl
assinsul
atorsofthecorr
ectt
y peandvol
tagerat
ing
shal
l beused.

(2) Exceptinthecaseofel ect

ri
ctr
oll
eywir
esandser vi
celi
nes,themini
mum hei ghtofany
suchbarewi resorotheroverheadli
neconduct
orabov
et hegroundoranygant r
y,dumporsi mil
ar
art
if
ici
alsurfaceshallbefourcommani nemetresf
orvoltagesnotexceedi
ngmedi um volt
age
andfiv
emet r
esforvoltagenotexceedi
ngmedium vol
tageandf i
vecommaf i
vemet r
esf orhi
gh
vol
tagesy st
ems.

(3) Thehei
ghtoftheeart
hwirei
nthesy
stem ofanyv
olt
ageshal
lnotbel
esst
hanf
our
commasi
xmetresaboveground.

(4) Themini
mum heightaboveroadorr
ailsur
faceofanyli
neconductororear
thwir
eshal
l
befiv
ecommaei ghtmetreswhenev
eranoverheadli
necrossesov
ertheroadorrai
lwayli
ne
normall
yopent
ot r
aff
ic.

(5) Inor
dertopreventdangerf
rom abrokenli
neconductororl
eakagefrom ali
neconduct
or,
staywir
es,support
ingframeworkandmet alpol
esshal
lbebondedtoanear thedconduct
or
carr
iedconti
nuousl
yf r
om poletopolet
hroughoutthel
engthofanyoverheadpowerli
ne.

(6) I
nthecaseofanel
ectr
ictr
oll
eyli
nesyst
em tobeusedont hesur
faceorunderground,
thehei
ghtoft
heov er
headt
rol
l
eyconductorandthevolt
ageatwhichsuchsystem oper
atesshal
l
besubj
ecttotheapprov
ali
nwrit
ingoftheChi
efGovernmentMini
ngEngineer
ing.

Li
nescl
oset
obui
l
dings

260.(1)Li
veconductorusedonser
vicel
i
nesint
heter
minalspanofaconnexi
onbet
weenan
over
headl i
neandabui l
dingori
naspanbet
weenonebui
ldi
ngandanotherbui
ldi
ngshal
lbe
i
nsulatedconduct
ors.

(
2) Thepoi
ntofatt
achmentofaservi
celi
neshal
l-
a) Whereconnect
edtoanoverheadl
ine,
beatasupport
;
b) Whereconnect
edtoabuil
dingbeatater
minat
ingdevi
cesecur
elyf
ixedt
othebui
l
ding.

(3) Aconductor,othert
hananear t
hconductor
,leadi
ngtoorf
rom atr
ansformerorother
apparat
usatapol e-mountedsubstati
onshall
,atal
lpoint
sbel
owaheightofthreecommaf iv
e
metresfrom t
hegr ound,beinsul
atedand,i
nthecaseofahighvol
tageconductor
,shal
lhave
eart
hedmet alsheathi
ngorear t
hedscreeni
ng.

(4) Wheneveranyport
ionofanyoverheadl
inepassesanybuil
dingandtherebymightbe
i
nadvert
ent
lyt
ouchedbyanypersonorbei nsuchapositiontobeadver
sel
yaffectedby
condi
ti
onsofheatormoist
ure,t
hatpor
tionshallbei
nsulated.

(5) Thehei
ghtabovegroundofanylowormedium v
olt
agei
nsul
atedli
neconductorsusedin
aservi
celinei
ntheterminalspanofaconnexi
onbet
weenanover
headli
neandabui l
dingshall
,at
anypointuptoandincl
uding,benotl
essthanthr
eecommaonemetres:

Pr
ovi
dedthattheprov
isi
onsoft
hissubsect
ionshallnotappl
ytoanover
headcabl
econsi
sti
ngof
i
nsul
atedconduct
orsencl
osedi
nearthedmetalsheathi
ngorarmori
ng.

Pr
otect
ionofsuppor
ts
261.Everysupportwhi
chcarri
esoverheadconductorsorotherel
ectr
ical
apparatusshal
lbe
adequatel
yshallbeadequat
elyprot
ectedtopreventanyunauthor
izedpersonsfr
om comingint
o
dangerousproxi
mi t
ytotheconduct
orsbycli
mbingsuchsuppor t.

Tr
oll
eyl
i
nesandel
ect
ri
cal
l
y-pr
opel
l
edv
ehi
cles

262.(1)Unl
essotherwiseauthor
izedinwr i
ti
ngbyt heChi efGover
nmentMini
ngEngineer
,at
rol
l
ey
l
ineconductorsy
stem shallbeeffect
ivel
yprotect
edt hroughoutit
slengt
hagai
nstt
hedangerof
personsmakinginadvert
entcont
actwi ththecurr
ent-carryi
ngparts.

(2) Eff
ecti
vemeansshallbepr
ovidedforcut
ti
ngofft
hesupplyofel
ect
ri
cit
ytothetr
oll
eyli
ne
conduct
orsyst
em ofanysecti
ononthesamel ev
elandanysuchsect
ionsocontr
oll
edshal
lnot
exceedi
nganinst
all
edlengt
hofonethousandmet r
es.

(
3) Effectiv
emeansshal l
beprovi
ded,bybondingorotherwi
se,toensur
et hat
-
a) Thet racksy st
em ov err
unbylocomoti
vesoperati
ngfrom tr
oll
eyli
neconductorsi
s
continuoust hroughoutitsl
ength;
and
b) Ther esistanceofanyj oi
ntdoesnotexceedtheresi
stanceoftenmetresofthetrackrai
l
;
and
c) Ther esistanceofthewhol etr
acksyst
em isnotgreatert
hanfourti
mest heresi
stanceof
theov erheadtroll
eyconductor.

(
4) Reasonableprecauti
onsshallbetakent
oensure-
a) Thatnomet all
icstr
uctur
eorar t
icl
esint
hevici
nit
yofatr
oll
eyli
neconductorshal
lat
tai
na
potent
ialabovethatofeart
h;and
b) Thesafetyatallt
imesofanyper sonworki
ngorwalki
ngincl
oseproxi
mitytotrol
l
eyli
ne
conductors.

(
5) Thesuppl
yofel
ect
ri
cit
yshal
lbecutof
ffr
om anyt
rol
l
eyl
i
nesy
stem whi
chi
snoti
n
r
egul
ardai
l
yuse.

(6) Thereshallbeprovidedonanyl ocomotiv

eexceedingeighttonesmassandonanyot her
electr
ici
ty-
propell
edvehi
cle,whet hersuppliedwit
helect
ri
cityf
rom trol
leyli
neorst
oragebat
teri
es
adev i
ceact i
vatedbythedr iv
erther el
easeofwhi chinanemer gencywill
automat
ical
ly
disconnectthesupplyofelectri
ci
t yt
ot hedr i
vi
ngmotors.

(7) Control
lev
ersofel
ectr
ical
l
y-propel
ledv
ehicl
esshall
besoarrangedt
hatsuchl
evers
cannotaccident
all
yberemovedwhilstther
eisasupplyofel
ect
ri
cit
ytothedr
ivi
ngmotors.

263.(1)Nopersonshallchargeorchangeanybatt
eryofanystor
age-
bat
ter
ylocomoti
veor
storage-
bat
ter
yv ehi
cleatanymineexceptataplacerecogni
zedfort
hepur
posewhichfort
he
purposeofthi
ssectionshall
becalleda“char
gingstat
ion”
:

Pr
ovi
dedthatthi
ssubsect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytoanycombi
nedbat
ter
yandt
rol
l
eyl
i
nel
ocomot
ive
whi
chisdesi
gnedforbatt
erychar
gingwhil
einuse.

(
2) Ev
erychargi
ngstationshal lbe-
(a) Constr
uctedofnon- fl
ammabl emat er
ial
;and
(b) Prov
idi
ngwi t
hsui tableandsuffi
ci
entapparatusf
orf
ight
ingout
breaksoff
ir
e;and
(c) Underthecontr
ol ofacompet entperson;and
(d) Adequatel
yli
ghted; and
(e) Prov
idedwithcleanwat ersupply.

(3) Ever
ychargi
ngst
ati
onandallbat
ter
ychar
ger
sshal
lbesoar
rangedt
hatt
hegases
evol
vedi
nchargi
ngareadequat
elydi
sper
sed.
(4) Anyper
sonspil
li
nganywaterorel
ectr
oly
teonanybat
ter
yoranyelect
rol
yteont
hef
loor
ofanychargi
ngstat
ionshal
lfor
thwi
thremovei
torcausei
ttoberemoved.

(5) Nounaut
hor
izedper
sonshal
li
nter
fer
ewi
thanybat
ter
ychar
gingequi
pmentatany
chargi
ngst
ati
on.

(6) Noper sonshallsmokeoruseanyl

ightothert
hananadequat
elypr
otectedelectr
icl
amp,
i
norwithi
nt enmet r
esofanychargi
ngstat
ion,andasuit
abl
enoti
cetothi
seffectshallbe
conspi
cuouslydispl
ayed.

(
7) Ev
erychar
gingst
ati
onshal
lbepr
ovi
dedwi
thsui
tabl
efi
rstai
dequi
pment
.

(8) Nomat
eri
alot
hert
hant
hatr
equi
redf
orchar
gingoper
ati
onsshal
lbest
oredi
nachar
ging
stat
ion.

PARTXI
I
NSPECTORANDACCI
DENTS
Power
sanddut
iesofi
nspect
ors

264.(1)Aninspecti
onshal lhavethepowertodoal l
oranyoft hefoll
owingthi
ngs-
(a) Tomakeexami nationandinqui
rytoascertai
nwhethertheprovi
sionsofthese
regulat
ionsarebei ngorhav ebeencompiledwit
h;and
(b) Toent er,
inspectandexami neanymi neoranymachi neryi
nconnexiontherewi
thas
ev er
ypartthereforeatallt
imesbydayandni ght
:

Pr
ovi
dedthatunl
essi
tisunavail
abl
e,noent
ry,i
nspect
ionorexami
nat
ionshal
lbei
nmanner
whi
chwil
limpedeorobst
ructtheworki
ngofthemine;and

(
c) Toexami nei
ntoandmakei nquiri
esrespectingthestateorcondit
ionofanymi neor
partt
hereofandofallmatt
ersort hi
ngsconnect edtherewi
thinsof arassuchrel
ateto
thewell
beingorsafetyofpersonsempl oyedtherei
nori nanyminecont i
guousther
eto;
and
(
d) Toinqui
reintot
hecircumstancesofacci dentsorbreachesoftheseregulat
ions.

92) Whenatanymi neami ni

ngacci dentoccursi
nvolvi
ngthedeathofanypersonofthe
i
njuryofanypersonwhi chi
sli
kelytoresulti
ndeath,aninspect
orshall
invest
igat
eandinquir
e
i
ntothecircumstancesoftheaccidentandshall,
assoonaspossi bl
ethereaf
ter,
submitaful
l
reporti
nwr i
ti
ngthereontoget
herwithanyst at
ementstakenbyhimt othepoli
ce.

Managert
opr
ovi
def
aci
l
iti
esf
ori
nspect
or

265. Ev erymanagershal
lfur
nisht
oaninspect
ort
hemeansnecessar
yformaki
nganent
ry,
i
nspect
ion,exami
nati
onorinqui
ryint
ermsoftheser
egul
ati
ons.

Power
sofChi
efGov
ernmentMi
ningEngi
neer

266. Al lt
hepower
s,ri
ghtsanddutiesofaninspectormaybeexer
cisedorperf
ormedbyt
he
ChiefGov
ernmentMi
ningEngineerortheDeputyChiefGover
nmentMiningEngi
neer
.

267.(1)Inanycasewhereaninspectorf
indsanymineorpartther
eoforanymachinery,
plant,
matter,t
hingtopract
icet
herei
norconnectedther
ewithtobedangerousordefect
ivesoas,inhis
opi
nion,tothr
eatentheheal
thortendtothebodil
yinj
uryofanypersonandthecaseofnot,inhis
opini
on,suf
fici
ent
lypr
ovi
dedf
orel
sewher
eint
heser
egul
ati
ons,
thef
oll
owi
ngspeci
alpr
ovi
sions
shall
apply-

(
a) Thei nspect orshall,byr equisit
ioninwr it
ingaddressedt othemanageranddel iv
eredat
themi ne, specifythenat ureofsuchdangerordef ectandhisr easonforholdi
ngthat
thesameexi stsandr equirethemat tercomplainedoft ober emedi edwi t
hina
specifi
edt i
me;
(
b) Onr eceiptofsuchr equisit
ionthemanagershal lcompl ytherewi t
hor,ifheint
endsto
objectsaspr ovidedi npar agraph( c)
,heshallforthwithceaset ouset hesaidmineor
partther eof,machi ne, pl
ant ,
mat ter,
thingorpracticeinrespectofwhi chsuch
requisiti
onhasbeengi venandshal lf
orthwit
hwi t
hdr awal personsf r
om thedanger
i
ndicat edbyt heinspect oruntilsucht i
meast hemat tershal
lhav ebeendet er
minedby
arbit
ration:

Provi
dedt
hat,i
fintheopini
onofthei
nspector
,ther
ewill
benoimmediatedanger
,hemayall
ow
worktopr
oceedf orsuchper
iodandsubj
ecttosuchrest
ri
cti
onsandcondi
ti
onstoensur
ethe
safet
yoft
hewor kmenashemaydeem necessar yandsti
pul
atei
nwrit
ing;

I
fthemanagerobjectstocompl yi
ngwithsuchrequisit
ionhemay ,wit
hinsevenday saft
erthe
deli
veryther
eofasaf oresai
d,sendhi
sobj ect
ionsinwr it
ing,st
atingt
hegr oundofhis
objecti
onstotheinspectorwhoshallsendacopyt hereoftotheChiefGov er
nment
MiningEngineer,
andt hereuponthemattershallbereferredtothedecisi
onf orasi
ngle
arbit
rat
ortobeagr eeduponbyt hemanagerandt heinspector:

Provi
dedthat,
ifthemanagerandt heinspectorareunabl
etoagreeastothepersont
obe
appoi
nted,t
hent hemattershal
lbedecidedbyar bit
rat
orstobeappoi
ntedinter
msofthe
Arbi
tr
ati
onAct[ Chapt
er]andtheprocedurelaiddowninthatActshal
lbefoll
owed;

Themanagershal
lcompl
ywithi
nfour
teenday
swi
thanawar
dwhi
chi
smadeonar
bit
rat
ioni
n
ter
msofpar agr
aph(c)
.

(2) Ifi
tsodi rect
edinar equi
siti
onorawar dmadei ntermsofsubsecti
on( 1)
,thetermsoft he
requi
sit
ionorawar dorofanyportionthereofshal
lbepostedupi naconspicuousplaceatt he
mineconcer nedand, whenandast heyremainsopostedup, thet
ermsshallhavethesamef orce
andeffectast hesesregulat
ionsandanyper sonwhocont ravenesorfai
lst
ocompl ywi t
ht hem
shall
begui l
tyofanof fenceandliabletothepenalt
iesspecif
iedinsubsect
ion(2)ofsection301.

Not
if
icat
ionofacci
dent
stoper
sons

268.(
1)Theacci
dent
stobenot
if
iedf
ort
hepur
posesoft
hissect
ionshal
lbeasf
oll
ows-

(
a) Anymini
ngaccidenti
nvolv
ing-
i. Thedeathofanyperson;or
ii
. Aninj
urytoanypersonwhichi
sli
kel
ytobef
atal
;

(
b) Anymi ningacci denti
nwhi chanyper sonbecomesunconsci ousf
rom heatst
roke,heat
exhaustion,electr
icshockort hei
nhal at
ionoffumesorpoisonousgas;
(
c) Anymi ningacci denti
nv ol
vi
ngani nj
ur yt
oanyper sonwhich;
i
. Incapaci tateshimf rom perf
orminghisnor malorasimil
aroccupati
onforaperiod
total
ingfourteenday sormor e;or
i
i. Causeshi mtosuf ferthelossofal i
mborpar tofal i
mbort osust
ainapermanent
disabil
i
ty.

(2) Ontheoccur
renceatanymineofanacci
dentr
efer
redt
oinpar
agr
aph9a)or(
b)of
subsect
ion(
1)t
hemanagershall-
 (
a) Immedi at
elygi
venoti
cethereoftoaninspect
orbythequickestmeansavai
l
abl
e;and
(
b) Withoutdelay,
giv
ewr i
tt
enconfirmat
iontoaninspectofsuchnoti
ceonthefor
m
specif
iedintheSecondSchedule.

(3) Whenanaccidentref
erredtoinparagraph©ofsubsect i
on( 1)becomesnotif
iableforthe
purposesoft
hissecti
on,themanageroft hemi neatwhichtheaccidentoccurr
edshall-
(
a) I mmediatel
ygivenot i
cethereoft
oani nspect
orbythequi ckestmeansavai
lable;and
(
b) Wi thi
nfourdaysoft heaccidentbecomingnotif
iabl
e,confir
m suchnoti
ceinwr it
ingon
thefor
m specif
iedintheSecondSchedul e.

(4) Inthecaseofaminingacci
dentataminewhichi
nvol
vest
hedeathofanyperson,
the
managershall
ensuret
hatthepoli
cearenoti
fi
edther
eofi
mmediat
elybyt
hequickestmeans
avai
labl
e.

(5) Ifanaccidentr
eferr
edtoinsubsecti
on(1)occursatamineandinvol
vesaperson
engagedinminingoperat
ionsontheminebutnotdirect
lyempl
oyedbythemi ne,i
tshal
lbet
he
dutyoft
hatpersonsempl oyert
oensurethatt
heaccidenti
simmediat
elyreport
edtothemanager
.

Repor
tofdeat
hresul
ti
ngf
ormi
njur
y:sceneofacci
dentnott
obedi
stur
bed

269.(1)Wher
eanyper
soninv
olvedinanacci
dentatanyminesubsequent
lydi
esasar
esul
t
ther
eof,t
hedeat
hshal
l
,wit
houtdelay,
berepor
tedtoaninspect
orandthepoli
ce.

(2) Af
tertheoccurr
enceofanaccidentinvolv
ingthedeathofanyper
sonoft heinj
uryofany
personwhichresul
tsinorisl
ikel
ytoresulti
ndeat h,
thepl
acewher et
heaccidentoccurr
edshall
not,wi
thouttheconsentofaninspect
or,bedistur
bedoralt
eredbefor
eithasbeenexami nedby
aninspect
or:

Pr
ovidedthatt
hissubsect
ionshal
lnotappl
ytosuchdist
urbanceoral
ter
ati
onsasi
sunav
oidedt
o
pr
eventfurt
heracci
dents,
toremovebodiesort
orescuepersonsfr
om danger
.

Not
if
icat
ionsofnon-
casual
tyacci
dent
s

270. Whetherper
sonali
njuryresul
tsornot
,ontheoccur
renceatami
neofanyacci
dent
speci
fi
edi
ntheThi
rdSchedulethemanagershal
l-

(
a) I
mmediatel
ygi
venot
icether
eoftoaninspect
orbythequi
ckestmeansavai
l
abl
e;and
(
b) Wit
houtdel
ay,
giv
ewrit
tenconf
ir
mationtoaninspect
orofsuchnot
ice.

Regi
sterofacci
dent
s

271.(1)ATever
ymi near
egist
ershal
lbekepti
nwhichthereshal
lberecor
dedinink,wit
hout
delay
,thepar
ti
cular
sofal
lacci
dentsatt
hatminewhicharerequi
redt
ober epor
tedintermsof
secti
on268or170.

(
2)Ther
egi
sterr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeav
ail
abl
efori
nspect
ionbyani
nspect
or.

PARTXI
I
ZI
MBABWEGOEVRNMENTMI NESURVEYORS
CERTI
FICATEOFCOMPETENCY

Boar
dofExami
ner
s
272.(1)Ther
eshal
lbeaBoardofExaminersfortheexaminat
ionofcandi
datesf
orthegrantof
theZi
mbabweGov ernmentMi
neSurvey
or sCerti
fi
cateofCompetency9herei
naf
tercal
l
ed“ t
he
Cert
if
icatei
fCompetency
”)

(2) TheBoar
dofExami
nersshal
lconsi
stoft
heChiefGov
ernmentMi
ningEngi
neer
,who
shal
lbeChai
rman,andt
wootherper
sonsappoi
ntedbytheMi
nist
er.

(
3) Ther
eshal
lbeaSecret
aryt
otheBoar
dfExaminer
swhoshal
lbeappoi
ntedbyt
he
Mini
sterbutwhoshal
lnotbeamemberoftheBoar
d.

Exami
nat
ionofcandi
dat
es

273(
1)Anyper
sonwi
shi
ngt
obeexami
nedf
ort
heCer
ti
fi
cat
eofCompet
encyshal
l
-

(
a) Makeappli
cat
iononFor
m M.
M 44t
otheBoar
dofExami
ner
sforaccept
anceasa
candi
dat
egivi
ng-

i
. Par
ti
cular
sofhiseducati
onalqual
i
ficati
ons;and
i
i
. Det
ail
sofhispract
ical
minesurveyi
ngexper i
ence;and
i
i
i.Par
ti
cular
sofrecommendat i
onsast ohischaract
erandcompet
ency
;and

(
b) I
facceptedbytheBoardofExami nersasacandidat
e,makeappl
icat
ioninFor
m M.
M
45tobeexami nedfort
heCerti
fi
cateofCompet ency
;and
(
c) Paytheappropri
ateamountofthef eepr
escri
bedinsubsect
ion(
3)attheti
meof
makingtheappli
cati
onref
err
edt oinparagr
aph(b).

(
2) Theexaminat
ionr
efer
redt
oinsubsect
ion91)shal
lconsi
stoft
wopar
tswhi
chmaybe
wri
tt
enadi
ff
erentt
imesordur
ingt
hesameexaminati
on-

(
a) Par t1shallconsi stofquest
ionsr
elat
ingt
o-
i
. Mineval
uat ion;and
i
i. Geol
ogy; and
i
ii
. Mineventil
at i
on;and
(
b) Par tI
Ishallconsistofquestionsr
elat
ingatr
ial
sur
veyanddr
awapl
anandanswer
questi
onsther eon.

(3) Anexami
nat
ionfeeoft
went
ydol
l
arsshal
lbepay
abl
ebyacandi
dat
einr
espectofeach
Partoft
heexami
nat
ion.

I
ssueofCer
ti
fi
cat
esofCompet
encyt
osuccessf
ulcandi
dat
es

275. Notwi
thst
andingsubsect
ion(2)ofsect
ion274,
theBoar
dofExami
nermaygr
anta
Cer
ti
fi
cat
eofCompetencytoanypersonwho-

(
a) isacerti
fi
edlandsurv
eyorand-
i
. hashadatl eastsi
xmont hsexper
ienceofundergr
oundsur
veying;
and
i
i
. passesanexami nati
onconsist
ingofquesti
onsrel
ati
ngtomineval
uat
ion,
geol
ogy,mineventi
l
ati
onandZi mbabwemi ni
nglaw;and
i
i
i. pay safeeoftwentydol
lars;
or

(
b) isinpossessi onofacerti
fi
cat
ewhichtheBoardofExaminer
sdeter
minestobean
equalorhigherstandar
dand-
i
v. passesanexami nat
ionconsi
sti
ngofquesti
onsr
elat
ingtogeol
ogy,mi
ne
vent
il
ationandZimbabwemi ni
nglaw;and
 v
. pay
saf
eeoft
went
ydol
l
ars;

(
c) i
sacandidatewhosati
sfi
estheBoardinter
msofsubparagraph(i
i
)ofpar
agr
aph(a)
andsubparagr
aph(i
)ofparagraph(
b)andshal
lbefor
ebeinggrant
edhi
sCert
if
icat
e
ofCompetencypayafur
therfeeoftwent
ydoll
ars.

Exemptionfrom examinations
276.Notwi
thst
andingtheprovi
si
onsoft hi
sPar t
,theBoar dofExaminersmayexemptany
candi
datef
rom examinati
oninanyoneormor esubjectsrefer
redtoinsubsect
ion(2)ofsect
ion
273orfr
om thetri
alsurv
eyrequir
ements,ift
hecandi datesati
sfiest
heBoardthathehasan
adequat
eknowledgeofthesubjectorsubj
ectsconcer ned.

Exi
sti
ngcer
ti
fi
cat
es

277. AnyMi neSurveyorsCer

ti
fi
cateofCompetencyi
ssuedundert
hepr
ovisi
onsofany
enactmentrel
ati
ngtomi nesandmineral
beforet
hedateofcommencementoftheser
egulat
ions,
andstil
lval
idi
mmedi atel
ybefor
ethatdateshal
lbedeemedtohavebeeni
ssuedunderthe
provi
sionsoft
hisPart.

PARTXI
II
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMINI
NGDI
PLOMA

Boar
dofExami
ner
s

278.(
1)Ther
eshal
lbeaBoar
dofExami ner
sf ort
heexaminat
ionofcandi
dat
esf
ort
heZi
mbabwe
Gover
nmentMini
ngDipl
oma(her
einaf
tercal
led“theDi
ploma”
).

(2) TheBoar
dofExami
nersshal
lconsist
sshal
lconsi
stoftheChi
efGovernmentMi
ning
Engineer
,whoshall
beChai
rman,andothermembersappoi
ntedbytheMini
ster:

Provi
dedthatfur
thermember
smaybeco-
opt
edt
otheBoar
dofExami
ner
swhent
heMi
nist
er
consi
dersthi
sdesirabl
e.

(
3) Ther
eshal
lbeaSecret
aryt
otheBoar
dofExami
ner
swhoshal
lbeappoi
ntedbyt
he
Mini
sterbutwhoshal
lnotbeamemberoftheBoar
d.

Appl
i
cationforexaminat
ion
279.(1)Anyper
sonwishi
ngtobeexaminedfortheDipl
omashall
makeappl
i
cat
iont
otheBoar
d
ofExaminersonFor
m M.M.46.

(
2) Ev
eryappl
i
cat
ionl
odgedi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeaccompani
edbyaf
eeof
t
went
ydol
lar
s.

I
ssueofDi
ploma

280. ADi pl
omamaybei
ssuedbyt
heBoar
dofExami
ner
stobecandi
dat
ewhosat
isf
iest
he
boar
dthathe-
(
a) Possessanacceptabl
eknowledgeofZimbabwemi ninglaw,mini
ngpr
acti
ce,mine
vent
il
ati
onanddustcontr
ol,miner
aldr
essingpract
ice,
planreadingandel
ementar
ysurv
eying,
mini
ngmachinery
,minevaluat
ionandbasiceconomicgeology;and

(
b) hast
henecessar
ysuper
visor
yexper
ienceandabi
l
ity
.

Power
sofboar
dofExami
ner
s

281. Subjecttothepr
ovi
sionsofthisPart
,theBoardofExaminer
smayexemptanycandi
dat
e
fr
om exami
nati
oninanyoneormor esubjectsofanysyl
labusi
fhesati
sfi
est
heboardt
hathehas
anadequat
eknowledgeofsuchsubjectofsubject
s.

Sav
ingofper
viousDi
ploma

282.(1)AnyMi neManagersDi plomanowr efer

redtoasMi ni
ngDipl
omai ssuedundert
he
provi
sionsofanyenactmentr elati
ngtominesandmi ner
alspri
ortothedateofcommencement
oftheseregul
ationsandstil
lvalidimmediat
elybefor
ethatdateshal
lbedeemedt ohavebeen
i
ssuedundert heprovi
sionsoft hisPar
t.

(2) Appl
i
cat
ionbyhol
dersofmi
neManager
sDiplomawhowishtoobt
aint
heMini
ngDipl
oma
asprov
idedf
ori
sthi
sPartshal
lbemadet
otheBoardofExami
nersonFor
m M.M.46f
orsuch
Dipl
oma.

(3) TheBoar
dshal
lgr
antsuchDi
plomawi
thoutexami
ningt
hecandi
dat
easpr
ovi
dedf
ori
n
secti
on280.

(
4) Ev
eryappl
i
cat
ionl
odgedi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
2)shal
lbeaccompani
edbyaf
eeof
t
went
ydol
lar
s.

PARTXI
V
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI NEMANAGERS
CERTI
FICATEOFCOMPETENCY

Boar
dofExami
ner
s

283.(1)Ther
eshall
beBoar dofexami
ner
sfortheexami
nat
ionofcandi
datesfort
hegr
antoft
he
ZimbabweGov er
nmentMi neManager
sCert
if
icat
eofCompetency(
herei
naft
ercall
ed“
the
Cert
if
icateofCompetency
”).

(2) TheBoar
dofExaminer
sshal
lconsi
stoft
heChiefGovernmentMi
ningEngi
neer
,who
shal
lbeChai
rmanandfourot
hermembersappoi
ntedbytheMinist
er:

Provi
dedthatfur
thermember
smaybeco-
opt
edt
otheBoar
dofExami
ner
swhent
heMi
nist
er
consi
dersthi
sdesirabl
e

Rul
esf
orexami
nat
ion

284.(1)I
nstr
ucti
onfort
hegui
danceoftheBoardofExaminers,
aswellasr
ulesf
ortheconductof
theexaminat
ion,
incl
udi
ngsyl
l
abusesforsuchexaminat
ion,
shallbef
ramedbytheChief
Gover
nmentMini
ngEngineeri
nconsult
ationwit
hotherBoar
dmembersandt heBoar
dshal
lhav
e
powertoamendsuchi
nstruct
ionsoral
tersuchrul
esasoccasi
onmayrequi
re.

(2) Acert
if
icateofCompetencyshallnotbei
ssuedunl
esstheBoar
dofExaminer
sis
sati
sfi
edwithi
nt hescopeofthesyl
labusesaslai
ddowninsubsect
ion(
1)thatt
hecandi
dat
e
possessesadequateknowledgeinallt
hesubject
sasprovi
dedfori
nsecti
on285.

Exami
nat
ionsubj
ect
s

285.(
1)Theexami
nat
ionshal
lconsi
stoft
wopar
tsnamel
y-

(
a) PartA-subject
sbei
ngmining,managementpr
inci
ples,
mineventi
l
ati
onandgeology
;
PartB-subject
sbei
ngmetall
urgy,
Zimbabwemi ni
nglaw,mechani
calandel
ect
ri
cal
engineer
ingandminesur
veyingandval
uati
on.

(2) par
tsAandBmaybet akenatt hesameexaminationoratseparat
eexami
nati
onsbuta
candi
dat
ewhohaspassedonePar tshallr
ecei
vecredi
tforsuchPartforali
mit
edper
iodonl
y,as
l
aiddowninther
ulesf
ramedi
nt er
msofsect ion284.

(3) Anexami
nat
ionfeeoff
if
tydol
l
arsshal
lbepay
abl
ebyt
hecandi
dat
einr
espectofeach
Partoft
heexami
nat
ion.

Quali
fi
cati
onsofcandi
dates
286. Anappl icantshal
lnotbeaccept
edasacandidatefort
heexami
nat
ionunl
esshehas
producedev
idencesatisf
act
orytotheBoard-

(
a) Thathehasat t
ainedtheageoft wenty-
threey ears;
(
b) Ofhissobri
etyandgeneral conduct;
(
c) Thathei st
heholderofaf ull
Zi mbabwebl ast i
nglicence;
(
d) Thathehashadatl eastfoury earpract
ical miningexperi
enceaccept
ablet
ot he
Boardofwhichoney earhasbeeni nasuper v i
sorycapacit
yattheworki
ngfaceon
rock-br
eaki
ngormi ni
ngmi neralsofwor ki
ngdi r
ectlyconnect
edther
ewit
h.
(
e) Thathei st
heholderoftheZi mbabweGov ernmentMi neMangersDipl
omaor
MiningDipl
omaorot herqualifi
cati
onsaccept abletotheBoard.

Exempt
ionf
rom cer
tai
nPar
tsorsubj
ect
s

287.(
1)Anappli
cantwhocansat isf ytheboard-
(a) Thathehol dsami ni
ngengi neeri
ngdegr
eeoranyot hercerti
fi
cateorquali
fi
cati
on,
provi
dedt hatsuchdegr ee,cer
ti
fi
cat
eorqualifi
cati
oni sacceptablet
ot heBoard;and
(b) Thathehashadsuchper iodofmini
ngexperience,acceptableforhepurposebyt he
Board,gainedinthewor kingofamine;maybeexempt edform suchPartorsubject
s
oftheexami nati
onast heBoar dmaydetermine,pr
ov i
dedhesubmi t
sanappl i
cat
ion,
togetherwiththerel
ev antdocumentsorcer t
ifi
edcopiest her
eof,totheSecret
ary
withtherelevantf
eef ort hewholeexaminati
on.

(2) Onreceiptofthedocumentandf
eementionedi
nparagr
aph(b)ofsubsecti
on(1),
the
Boardshallconsidert
heappli
cat
ionandnot
if
ytheappli
cantonwhatPar
tsorsubjectshehas
beengrantedexempt i
on.

Appl
i
cat
ionf
orexami
nat
ion

288.Anyper
sonwi
shi
ngt
obeexami
nedf
ort
hecer
ti
fi
cat
eofCompet
encyshal
l
-
 (
a) Makeappl icationonf orm M.M. C47t otheBoar dofExami nersforacceptanceasa
candidategiv i
ng-
i
. Al lther el
ev antinformat i
onasr equiredonf orm M.M. C47;
i
i
. Anyaddi t
ional i
nformat i
onwhi chmaybeofassi stancet oheBoardi nthei
r
deli
ber ati
onsast ot hesuitabil
i
tyandaccept abi
li
tyoft heappli
cant;and
(
b) Ifacceptedbyt heBoar dofExami nersasacandi dat
e,makeappl i
cati
ononf orm
M.M. C48t obeexami nedf ortheCer t
if
icateofCompet ency ;
and
(
c) Payt heappr opriatefeepr escri
bedi nsection(3)ofsect i
on285att het i
meof
makingt heappl icati
onr eferr
edt oinpar agraph(b).

Savingsofexisti
ngMi neManager
sDiploma(Advanced)
289. AnyMi neManager sDipl
oma( Advanced)nowref
err
edtoasMi neManagersCert
if
icateof
Competencyi
ssuedunderanyenact mentr el
ati
ngtominesandminer
alsbeforet
hedateof
commencementoft heseregulati
ons,andsti
llv
ali
dbef
orethatdat
eshallbedeemedtohav e
beeni
ssuedundertheprov i
sionsofthisPart
.

Appl
i
cat
ionbyhol
derofMi
neManager
sDi
ploma(
Adv
anced)

290.
(1)AnyholderoftheMineManagersDiploma(Advanced)whowishest
oobtai
ntheMi
ne
ManagersCert
ifi
cateofCompetencyaspr
ov i
dedfori
nthisPartmayapplyt
otheBoar
dof
Examiner
sonFor m M.M.C48forsuchcer
ti
ficat
e.

(
2) TheBoar
dshal
lgr
antsuchcer
ti
fi
cat
ewi
thoutexami
ningt
hecandi
dat
e.

(3) Ev
eryappli
cat
ionl
odgedi
nter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)shal
lbeaccompani
edbyaf
eeofone
hundr
eddoll
ars.

PARTXV
MISCELLANEOUS
Pr ev
entionoftheftofgold
291.(1)Inal
lmil
lsandr
eductionplantsall
amal gamat i
ngplat
es,
extr
actorboxes,
launders,
receptacl
esorot
herdev
icesinwhichgol d,goldamalgam, gol
dzi
ncsli
me, gol
dconcentrated,
or
goldloadedcar
bonmaycollectshallbecov er
edbyscr eensorot
herdevi
cesapprovedbyan
i
nspect or
.

(2) Allscr
eensordevicesapprovedi
nter
msofsubsecti
on(1)shal
lbekeptl
ockedandno
plat
e,screen,box,
launder
,recept
acleorot
herdev
iceshal
lbeuncover
edbyanypersonother
than-

(
a) Theownerofthemini
nglocati
onorhi
sassign;or
(
b) Themanagerofthemine;or
(
c) Anyper
sonauthori
zedbyeit
hertheowner
,thisassi
gnormanager
.

Saf
etypr
ecaut
ionst
obeobser
vedbyal
lper
sons

292.(1)Ever
ypersoninoraboutamineshall
,beforecommenci ngandwhi
leatwork,use
ordi
naryandreasonabl
ecaretosat
isfyhi
mselfthatallappl
i
ancesandequi
pmentisuseorabout
tobeusedbyhi m ar
einasafecondit
ionandthatplacesinwhichhheworksaresafe.

(
2) Noper
soninoraboutamineshall-
(
a) Causeorper mi
tanyotherpersont
ouseanythi
ngwhichisunsaf
e;
(
b) Causeorper mi
tanyotherpersont
oworkinaplacewhichi
sunsafe;
(
c) Doanyactorcauseorper mitanyot
herper
sontodoanyactwhichmaycause
undueri
sktoanyper
son.
(3) Exceptot
herwi
sepr ovidedint
heActoranyotherl
aw,noper
sonshall
,wi
thoutpr
oper
authori
ty,
enterorbeuponanymi neworki
ngoruponanypartofaminewheremachi
neryor
elect
ri
calapparat
usisinst
alledorwhereexpl
osi
vesarestor
edorhandled.

Any
thi
ngdanger
oust
ober
epor
ted

293.(
1)Ever
yworkmaninoraboutami
newhoobser
vesanyt
hingl
ikel
ytoproducedangerofany
ki
ndshal
lfor
thwi
threpor
tthesametot
heper
soni
nimmediat
eauthori
tyoverhi
m.

(2) Ever
ypersontowhom ar eporti
smadeintermsofsubsecti
on( 1)shal
l,unl
esshe
himselfi
sanof f
ici
al,
immediat
elyreportt
hemattertoanoff
ici
al,
whoshal l
,wit
houtdelay
,take
appropri
ateacti
ontoobvi
ateoreliminat
esuchsourceofdanger,
andshal l
fort
hwithadvi
sethe
manageroft henatur
eoft
hedangerandoft heactionwhi
chhehast aken.

I
ntoxi
cat
edper
sonsnott
oent
ermi
ne

294.(1)Nopersonsi
nast at
eofintoxicati
onorofappar
entint
oxicati
onorinanyot
hercondi
ti
on
whichmayrenderhimincapabl
eoft akingcar
eofhimselforofpersonsunderhi
schar
geshall
enteramineorbenearanyworkingpl aceonthesur
faceoranymachi nei
nmot i
on.

(2) Anpersonwhoenter
sami neorisfoundanywhereatanywor ki
ngplaceaboveorbel
ow
groundi
nastateofint
oxi
cat
ionorofapparenti
ntoxi
cat
ionshall
begui l
tyofanoff
enceandshal
l
beimmediat
elyremovedf
rom suchworki
ngplacebytheresponsibl
eoffi
cial
orbythemanager.

(3) Nopersonsshal
ltake,
consumeorhav
einhispossessionanyi
ntoxicat
ingl
i
quorinthe
worki
ngofanymineoratanyplaceofwor
konthesurf
aceoft hemineunlesshehasrecei
vedthe
pri
orper
missi
onofthemanager .

Of
fences

295.Noper
sonsshal l-
(
a) For georcount erfeitanycer ti
ficate,permi torl icencer equiredby ,underorf orthe
purposeoft heser egul at
ions;
(
b) Gi veorsi gnanysuchcer ti
ficate,permi torl icenceknowi ngi tt obef al
se;
(
c) Knowi nglyut t
erormakeuseofanysuchcer t
ifi
cat e,permitorl icencesof or ged,
counter f
eitorfalsified;
(
d) Knowi nglyut t
erormakeuseofanysuchcer t
ifi
cat e,permitorl icencewhi chdoes
notsoappl y;
(
e) Per sonat eanyper sonnamedi nanycer ti
ficate, permi torlicence;
(
f) Fal selypretendt obeani nspect or;
(
g) Wi llf
ullyconniveatanysuchf orging,count er f
ei t
, gi
v i
ng,signing, utt
ering,maki nguse
of,personatingorpr etendingasaf oresaid;
(
h) Wi llf
ullymakeaf al seent ryinanyr egister,book, not i
ce,cer t
if
icate,per mit
,li
cenceor
documentr equiredby ,underorf orthepur poseoft heseregul ations,tobekept ,
servedorsent ;
(
i) Knowi nglymakeuseofanyf alseent ryordecl arat i
onasaf oresaid;
(
j) Wi llf
ullydamageordel et
eanyent ryinanyr egist er,book,not ice,certi
ficat
e, permit
,
li
cenceordocumentr equiredby ,
underorf orthepur poseoft heser egulati
ons, t
obe
kept,servedorsent .

Regi
sterofempl
oyeest
obekeptbymanager

296.(
1)Ever
ymanagershal
lkeepathi
sminear egi
steri
nwhichshal
lbedul
yent
ered-
(a) Thenameofeveryemployeeonsuchmi ne;
and
 (
b) Thedutiesofcommencementandt er
minat
ionofser
viceofever
ysuchemployee;
and
(
c) Inthecaseofthedeathofanysuchemploy
ee,thepl
ace,dat
eand,sofarascanbe
ascert
ained,
thecauseofdeath.

(
2) Ever
yregi
sterrefer
redt
oinsubsect
ion(
1)shal
latal
lreasonabl
eti
mesbeopent
o
i
nspect
ionbyaninspector.

(
3) Ev erymanagershall
,ei
therbefor
eorwithinsevendaysaft
ert
aki
ngonempl oy
eesata
mineforthepurposeofcommencementofwor kingorresumpti
onofworkingoft
hemine,giv
e
wri
tt
ennot icet
oani nspect
orofthemi ni
ngdist
ri
ctwithinwhi
chthemineissit
uat
edofthefact
t
hatpersonsar et
obeorar eempl oyedatthemine.

Candi
dat
esofempl
oyment

297.TheMini
ster,i
fsati
sfi
edt hatsuchacti
onisnecessar yfort
hepreserv
ationoft hedeat
hof
mineworker
s,may ,bynoti
cecommuni cat
edtoamangeri nwr i
ti
ng-
(a) Li mitt
henumberofhour sofcontinuousempl oymentofsuchwor kersonami neor
anysecti
onthereof ;
(b) Li mitt
henumberofsuchwor kersempl oyedonanyoneshi ft
;
(c) Li mitt
henumberofshi f
tsorroundsofbl asti
ngintwent
y-f
ourhour s;
(d) Wi thdr
awal lworkersoranyclasst her
eoffrom anymineorsectionthereof
;
(e) I mposeconditi
onsast otheempl oy mentofanyclassfworkers.

298. Wit
houtderogati
onfrom anyotherpr
ovisi
onforexemption,whenev
er-
(a) Theci rcumst
ancesatanyt i
mearesucht hatanyprovi
sionoft
heseregul
ati
ons
cannotbeappli
edorareundulyonerous;or
(b) I ti
snecessar
yforthepurposeofcarryi
ngoutexperimentsort
estsastothe
expedi
encyofanyregulat
ionsorpr
oposedr egul
ati
ons;

Aninspector
,wi
tht
hewrit
tenappr
ovaloft
heChiefGover
nmentMi ni
ngEngi
neermaygr
ant
wri
ttenexempti
onf
rom t
heoperat
ionofsuchprovi
si
onforsuchperi
odandsubj
ectt
osuch
condit
ionsashemayspeci
fyi
nsuchexemption:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatanexempt
ioni
nter
msoft
hissect
ion-

i
. Shal
lnotbegrant
edf oraperi
odofmor ethantwel
vemonths;and
i
i
. Shal
lnotberenewedorextendedexceptbythechi
efGovernmentMini
ng
Engi
neerforafur
therperi
odnotexceedingtwel
vemonths,andther
eaf
terbyt
he
Mini
steri
ntermsofsection299.

Mi
ningmaygr
antexempt
ion

299. TheMi ni
stermayfrom t
imet
oti
meexemptnwr i
ti
nganymineorcl
assofmi
nesfrom t
he
oper
ati
onofanyprovi
sionsoft
heser
egul
ati
onsf
orsuchperi
odandsubj
ectt
osuchcondi
ti
ons
ashemayspecif
y.

Wi
thdr
awaloral
ter
ati
onofexempt
ions,
per
mit
s,etcet
era

300. Whenanypr ovisi

onoftheseregulati
onsconfersthepowertogr ant
,makeorissueany
exemption,
approval
,permit
,permi
ssi
on, deter
minati
on,prohibi
ti
on,not
ice,r
equi
sit
ionororder,
thatpowershal
lbeconstruct
edasincludingpower,executabl
eintheli
kemannerandsubj ectt
o
theconsentandcondit
ions,i
fany,
tovaryorwi t
hdrawit.

Of
fencesandpenal
ti
es
301.(
1)Anypersonwhocontr
avenesanypr
ovi
si
onsoft
heser
egul
ati
onsorfai
l
stocomplywi
th
anyprov
isi
onsoftheser
egul
ati
onswithwhi
chi
tishi
sdut
ytocompl
ywithshal
lbegui
l
tyofan
off
ence.

(2) Anypersonwhoi sgui

lt
yofanoffenceinter
msofsubsect
ion(
1)shallbeli
abl
etoafine
notexceedi
ngt wothousanddoll
arsort
oimpr i
sonmentf
oraperi
odnotexceedingtwoyear
sor
tobothsuchfineandsuchi mpr
isonment
.

Repeal
sandsav
ings

302.(
1)Ther
egul
ati
onsspeci
fi
edi
ntheFour
thSchedul
ear
erepeal
ed.

(
2) Not
wit
hst
andi
ngt
hepr
ovi
si
onsofsubsect
ion(
1)-

(
a) Anyper sonwho, i
mmedi atelybeforethedat eofcommencementoft hese
regulat i
ons, wasanaut horizedperson,managerormi neri nchar gei nt er
msoft he
regulat i
onsspeci fi
edint heFour thScheduleshal lbeanaut hor i
zedper son,manager
ormi neri nchar geast hecasemaybe, i
nt ermsoft heser egul ati
onsandsubj ectto
thepr ov i
sionsoft heser egulati
ons;
(
b) Any thingwhi chwasdone, orwasdone, orwasdeemedt ohav ebeendone, interms
oft her egul ati
onsspeci fiedintheFour t
hSchedul eandwhi chwasoff orceand
effect ,orwascapabl eofhav i
ngforceandef fect
,immedi atel ybef orethedateof
commencementoft heser egulati
onsshall,onandaf tersuchdat e,cont i
nuetohave
forceandef f
ectortobecapabl eofhavingforceandef fect ,ast hecasemaybe, as
i
fithadbeendoneundert heappropriat
epr ovisi
onsoft heser egulati
ons.

S.
I.109of1990

FI
RSTSCHEDULE(
Sect
ion2)
PRESCRI
BEDFORMS

MI
NESANDMI
NERALSACT
ZI
MBABWEGOEVRNMENTMI
NESUVEYORSCERTI
FICATEOFCOMPETENCY
CANDI
DATESAPPLI
CATI
ONFORM

I
,theundersi
gned,herebyappl
ytobeacceptedasacandi
datef
ortheZimbabweGover
nment
MineSurveyorsCert
if
icat
eofCompetencyandappendheret
odetai
lsr
equir
edint
ermsofsect
ion
273oftheMi ni
ng(ManagementandSafety)Regul
ati
ons,
1989.

Sur
name:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
For
enames:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Addr
ess:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………
Presentemployer:
……………………………………………………………………………………………. .
.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Typeofempl oyment :
………………………………………………………………………………………….
Previ
ousrel
ev antexperi
ence,giv
ingdurat
ionofsuchemploymentandpost
shel
d:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…
Educati
onalandot herqual
if
icati
ons(cert
if
icat
estobeatt
ached)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .
..
Recommendat i
onsast ocharact
erandcompet encyar
eatt
ached:

………………………………………………….
. ……………………………………………
Dat
e Si
gned

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

MI
NESANDMI
NERALS
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI
NESURVEYORSCERTI
FICATE
OFCOMPETENCY
EXAMI
ANTI
ONAPPLI
CATI
ONFORM

Sur
name:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
For
enames:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Addr
ess:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………

Appli
cati
oni sherebymadei ntermsofsecti
on273oftheMi ni
ng(ManagementandSaf
ety
)
Regul
ations,1989,forpermissi
ontowrit
etheunderment i
onedPart(
s)oft
heZimbabwe
GovernmentMi neSur vey
orsCerti
fi
cat
eofCompet encyexaminat
ion-
*Par
t1( Calcul
ati
on, Geol
ogy,MineVenti
lat
ion)
.
*
Par
tII(
Surv
eyI,I
I,I
II
,Mini
ngLaw)
.
*
Del
etethei
nappl
icabl
e.

Note-ThatSur
veyandPl
anmustbesubmit
tedatcandi
datesfi
rstat
temptatt
heexami
nat
ion
i
rr
espectiv
eofwhichPar
tiswr
it
tenunl
essprev
iousl
yexemptedbytheBoard.

Theexaminat
ionf
eeof$40/20*i
sencl
osedasrequi
redint
ermsofsubsect
ion(
3)ofsect
ion273
oft
heMi ni
ng(ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,1989.

*
Del
etet
hei
nappl
i
cabl
e

Theprescr
ibedfeeis420perPar
tpay
abl
ebychequeorpost
alor
deri
nfav
ourof
“TheAccount
ant
,
Mini
str
yofMi nes”
.

1CERTI
FYthatIhav
ebeenacceptedasacandidat
eint
ermsofsect
ion273oft
heMi
ning
(
ManagementandSafet
y)Regul
ati
ons,1989.

…………………………………………
Signat
ure

S.
I.109of1990

MI
NESANDMI
NERALSACT
ZI
MBABWE,
GOVERNMENTMI
NINGDI
PLOMA
CANDI
DATESAPPLI
CATI
ONFORM

I,
theundersi
gned,herebymakeappl
i
cati
onintermsofsect
ion279oft
heMini
ng(Management
andSafet
y)Regulati
ons,1989,
tobeexaminedfort
heZimbabweGover
nmentMini
ngDipl
oma.

Surname: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Forenames:……………………………………………………………………………………………………. .
Address:……………………………………………………………………………………………………. ..
..
.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .
..
Quali
ficat
i cer
ons( ti
fi
cat
est obeatt
ached:cer
ti
fi
edcopi
esaccepted)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
ZimbabweFul l
Blasti
ngLicenceNumber:………………………………………………………………….
.
Pr
evi
ousmi
ningexper
i ev
ence( i
dencet
obesubmi
tt
ed:r
ecor
dsofser
vice)

Mi
ne capaci
tyi
nwhi
ch Dur
ati
onofsuch
Employed empl
oyment

………………………….
. ………………………………….
. ………………………….
.
………………………….
. . ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
…………………………… ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
………………………….
.. ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
…………………………… ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
…………………………… ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
Pr
esentempl
oyer
:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
.

Dat
e:………………………………………………….
. Si
gnat
ure:
………………………………….
..

Thisappl
i
cati
onfor
m mustbeaccompani
edbyt hepr
escr
ibedf
eeof$20,
00andl
ett
erof
recommendati
onastochar
act
erandcapabi
l
iti
es.

Thefeeshoul
dbepai
dei
therbychequeorpost
alor
dermadepay
abl
eto“
TheAccount
ant
,
Mini
str
yofMines”
.

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

MI
NESANDMI
NERALSACT
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI
NEMANAGERSCERTI
FICATE
OFCOMPETENCY

CANDI
DATESAPPLI
CATI
ONFORM

I
,theunder
signed,
her
ebymakeappl
i
cat
ion,
int
ermsofsect
ion288oft
heMi
ning(
Management
andSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1989,
tobeaccept
edasacandi
dat
efort
heZi
mbabweGov
ernment
Mi
neManger
sCer
ti
fi
cat
eofCompet
ency
.

Sur
name:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
For
enames:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Addr
ess:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Dat
eofbi
rt
h:………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Qual
i
ficat
i cer
ons( ti
fi
cat
est
obeat
tached:cer
ti
fi
edcopi
esaccept
ed)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………
Zi
mbabweFul
lBl
ast
ingLi
cenceNumber
:……………………………………………………………………
Pr
evi
ousexper
i ev
ence( i
dencet
obesubmi
tt
ed:r
ecor
dsofser
vice)

Mi
ne capaci
tyi
nwhi
ch Dur
ati
onofsuch
Employed empl
oyment

………………………….
. ………………………………….
. ………………………….
.
………………………….
. . ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
…………………………… ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
………………………….
.. ………………………………….
. ………………………….
..
Pr
esentempl
oyer
:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Char
act
err
efer
encet
obeat
tached:
Dat
e:……………………………………………… Si
gnat
ure:
……………………………………………

S.
I.109of1190

MI
NESANDMI
NERALSACT
ZI
MBABWEGOVERNMENTMI
NEMANAGERSCERTI
FICATE
OFCOMPETENCY
EXAMI
NATI
ONAPPLI
CATI
ONFORM

Sur
name:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
For
enames:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Addr
ess:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Dat
eofbi
rt
h:………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Appli
cati
onisherebymadei ntermsofsect
ion288oftheMi ni
ng(ManagementandSaf
ety
)
Regul
ations,
1989,forper
mi ssi
ontowrit
etheunder-
mentionedPart(
s)oft
heZi
mbabwe
GovernmentMineManager sCerti
fi
cat
eofCompet encyexaminat
ion-

*Par
tA-(Mini
ngManagementPrinci
ples,
MineVent
il
ati
on,Geology).
*Par
tB-(Metal
lur
gy,ZimbabweMini
ngLaw,Mechani
calandElectr
icalEngi
neer
ing,
Mine
Surv
eyi
ngandVal uat
ion)
.

Theexaminat
ionfeeof$100/50*i
sencl
osedasrequi
redinter
msofsubsect
ion(
3)ofsect
ion
285oftheMining(ManagementandSaf
ety)r
egul
ati
ons,1989.

Theprescr
ibedfeeis$50perPar
t,pay
abl
ebychequeorpost
alor
deri
nfav
ourof
“TheAccount
ant
,
Mini
str
yofMi nes”
.

Icer
ti
fythatIhav
ebeenaccept
edasacandidat
eint
ermsofsect
ion288oft
heMi
ning
(managementandSafet
y)r
egulat
ions,
1989.

*
Del
etet
hei
nappl
i
cabl
e

………………………………………….
.
Si
gnat
ure

Mi
ning(
ManagementandSaf
ety
)Regul
ati
ons,
1990

Sect
SECONDSCHEDULE( ion268)
ACCI
DENTREPORT

……………………………………………………………………………………Mi
ne*
Fat
al/
Non-
fat
al
Nameof*
inj
ured/
deceasedper
son:
………………………………………………………………………….
.
Mi
neNo:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Nat
ureofempl
oyment
:……………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Pl
aceofacci
dent
:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
..
Dat
eofacci
dent
:………………………………………………………………………………………………
I
fnotempl
oyedbymi
ne,
stat
enameofact
ual
empl
oyer
:…………………………………………………….
Nat
ureandext
entofi
njur
y:……………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………
Descr
ipt
ionofacci
dentandcause:
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
.
Of
fi
cial
inchar
ge:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Dat
erepor
tdi
spat
ched:
……………………………………………………………………………………….

Si
gnat
ureofManager…………………………………………

S.
I.109of1990

Del
etewor
dnotappl
i
cabl
e

THI sect
RDSCHEDULE( ion270)

NON-
CASUALTYACCI
DENTSOCCURANCEFOWHI
CHTOBENOTI
FIED

1. Wi
ndingplants
(
a) Runni ngoutofcont r
ol ofwindingengine,windingdr um orconv ey ance.
(
b) Fr act
ur e,f
ail
ureorser i
ousdi st
or ti
onofwindi ngr ope,fracture,f
ailureorser ious
dist
ortionofanyconnexi onbet weenthewi ndingr opeandt hedr um orbet ween
windingropeandconv ey anceorbet weenthewi ndingropeandanyot herload
suspendedf rom orat tachedt osuchr ope;fracture,fail
ureorser i
ousdi storti
onof
anyconnexi onbet weenconv eyancesorbet weenaconv eyanceandanysuspended
orattachedload, f
ract ureofgui deropeori t
sconnexi on; f
ractur
eofbal anceort ai
l
ropeori t
sconnexi on.
(
c) Fr act
ur eorfail
ureofanyessent ialpar
tofthewi ndingengi ne,fr
act ureorf ail
ureof
anysaf et
ydev iceusedi nconnexi onwiththewi ndingequi pment .
(
d) Fr act
ur eorfail
ureofwi ndingropeorbal ancer opesheav e;fract
ur eorf ai
lureofany
essentialpartoftheheadgearorot hersheav esuppor t.
(
e) Der ai
lingofconv ey ance.
 (
f) Fract
ureorfai
lureoft hebrakesori
tsoper
ati
ngmechanism.
(
g) Anyov er
wingorov errunoftheconvey
ancetoanext
endwhi chmayhave
endangeredpersonsorhav ecauseddamagetothewindingequi
pment
.
(
h) Fail
ureofdepthindicator
.

2. Boi
l
ers

Fr
act
ureoff
ail
ureofanyessent
ial
par
tofaboi
l
er.

3. Mi
scell
aneous
(
a) Ext ensivecavingsorsubsi dencei nt hegr oundorwor ki
ngcausingorliabl
etocause
damaget oundergroundwor kings, orthesur faceort oendangerpersons.
(
b) Anyacci dentduetoexpl osives,oranyacci dent aligniti
onordetonati
onof
explosives.
(
c) Fl oodingofanyconsi derablepor tionoft hewor kingorf ai
l
ureofanydam or
reservoi
rusedf orconser vi
ngwat erorslimes.
(
d) Anyf i
reoranyi ndi
cationorr ecrudescenceoff ireorofspont aneouscombust i
oni
n
themi neoranyexpl osionori gnit
ionofgasordust .
(
e) Br eakdownofanymai nv enti
lati
onf an.
(
f) Thedet ecti
onofanyi nflammabl egaswhat soev erinanymi nenotclassif
iedasa
fi
erymi ne.

FOURTHSCHEDULE(sect
ion302)
REPEALS

Tit
le St
atut
oryI
nst
rument
Mini
ng(ManagementandSaf
ety
)
Regul
ati
ons,1981…………………………………. 61of1981

Mini
ng(ManagementandSaf
ety
)(Amendment
)
Regul
ati
ons,
1983(No.1)
…………………………… 606of1983

Mini
ng(ManagementadSafet
y)(
Amendment
)Regul
ati
ons,
1983
(
No.1)Cor
rect
ionofErr
ors………………………… 652of1983

Mini
ng(ManagementandSafet
y)(
Amendment
s)
Regul
ati
ons,
1985(No.2)………………………….
. 200of1985