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Duty to wear miners' hats of approved pattern. Requirements as to first aid equipment. L.N. 156/63. Requirement as to persons with first aid certificates. L.N. 156/63.
CAP. 285] Mines (Safety) Regulations [1986 Ed.
76. 6 months after these regulations come into operation, all persons working underground shall wear a miner's hard hat of a pattern approved by a mines officer.
77. The holder of every prospecting licence, mining licence or mining lease shall keep and maintain in the area operating under such licence or lease such stock of fitted first aid boxes, dressings, splints, stretchers and other materials and appliances as the Superintendent of Mines, by writing under his hand, may from time to time require.
78. (1) Subject to any suspension or reduction granted under paragraph (4), the licensee of every mining licence and the lessee of every mining lease shall, at all times after the expiry of the period provided in paragraph (5) for compliance with this paragraph, ensure that there is in the area operating under his mining licence or mining lease, as the case may be, not less than the following number of persons in possession of certificates of competency to render first aid to the injured, that is to say--
(a) where less than 40 persons are employed in the area, such number as the Superintendent of Mines may, by writing under his hand, specify: Provided that in no case shall the Superintendent of Mines specify a number greater than 3;
(b) where 40 or more persons but less than 300 are so employed, 3 persons;
(c) where 300 or more persons but less than 700 are so employed, 5 persons;
(d) where 700 or more are so employed, 8 persons.
(2) The licensee or lessee, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the making of all arrangements for persons employed by him to undergo such training as may be required in order to obtain a certificate of competency to render first aid to the injured.
(3) The licensee or lessee, as the case may be, shall notify the Superintendent of Mines of the name of each person employed by him in the area operating under his licence or lease who is in possession of a certificate of competency to render first aid to the injured, the date of the granting of such certificate and the body granting the same, and any change in any of the aforesaid particulars.
(4) Upon application in that behalf and for good cause shown, the Superintendent of Mines may, by writing under his hand and for such periods not exceeding 3 months at any one time as may be specified therein, either suspend altogether the obligation imposed upon the holder of a mining licence or mining lease by paragraph (1) or reduce the minimum number of persons in possession of certificates of competency to render first aid to the injured that such holder is required under that paragraph to ensure is in the area operating under his mining licence or mining lease.
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