Prohibition against carrying tools, etc., in ladder
way.
Duty to force off entrances
to shafts
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(e) all ladders used in mines shall be strongly constructed and be securely fastened to the timbering or sides of the shaft and maintained in proper repair. Rungs must not be more than nine inches apart and must be inserted or notched into the sides of the ladder as well as fastened by clinched nails or mber adequate means; and
(/) the ladders shall project at least three feet above the mouth of the shaft and every resting place therein, and strong handrails shall be fixed at such places,
46. No person shall carry or be permitted to carry any drill, tool or any loose material on a ladder way in a vertical or steeply inclined shaft or winze except, so far as may be necessary, in executing repairs or other work.
46. The top of every vertical or steeply inclined shaft, winze, sump and shute or sliding bote and all entrances thereto below the top, shall be kept properly fenced off by means of a barrier and winzes or gate, but the temporary removal of the barrier or gate for the purpose of repairs or other operations is permissible if proper precautions to prevent danger to persons are taken.
Prohibition against loose ma- terial near unprotect- cd edges.
Necessity to provide guides for bucket, cage or skip.
Frovision for work.
mén pása- ing from one com- partment
to another.
Prohibition
agsinst entering winding compart- ment.
47. No excavated material, tools, wood or loose articles of any kind shall be allowed to lie near the unprotected edge of any
excavation.
48. Vertical shafts exceeding one hundred feet in depth shall he provided with guides for every bucket, cage or skip.
49. At every shaft station where it is necessary for workmen to pass from one side of the shaft to another, provision shall be made for them to do so without entering or crossing a winding compartment. All passages shall be securely fenced.
50. Except to ascend or descend and for purposes of repairs, entering or crossing a winding compartment of a shaft is pro- hibited:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply to persons. employed in timbering or lining vertical shafts whilst sinking operations are being carried out,
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51. (1) În sinking shafts the bucket, cage or skip shall not Sinking
shafts. be filled above the level of the brim.
(2) Before the bucket, cage or skip leaves the top ar bottom of the shaft it shall be steadied under the supervision of the gang foreman in charge.
(3) In no event shall any bucket, cage or skip be directly lowered to the bottom of a shaft when men are working there. but shall be stopped at least fifteen feet above the bottom until the signal to lower it further has been given by the signalman thereat :
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to shafts in which the miners are not more than fifty feet from the winch or windlass controller.
Tedder
52, Ladder ways shall be provided in all shafts in the course Duty to of sinking to within such distance of the bottom as will secure provide them from damage in blasting, and from the ends of such ladder ways chain ladders shall be extended to the bottom of the shafı
Provided that chains may be substituted for chain ladders in an inclined shaft.
ways in einking shafts.
53. (1) When a shaft has no separate ladder way under Protection which those engaged in sinking may find shelter, during the
of persona in sinking winding of rock materials or water, sufficient protection shall be shafts. provided by a suitable covering.
(2) When a working shaft is being sunk deeper while ordinary winding is going on the men employed at the bottom of such shaft shall be securely protected by overhead cover.
54. All hoisting appliances in use at shafts and winzes shall Precau- be provided with a stopper, pawl or some other reliable holder, lione La be taken and care must be taken that the hooking on and off of buckets in using or other receptacles is done without danger to the workmen.
windlasses,
etc.
55. (1) Every winding shaft which exceeds fifty feet in depth Necessity shall be provided with efficient means of interchanging distinct and definitive signals between-
(a) the winding engine,
(b) the top of the shaft,
(c) the lowest point from which winding is carried on, and
to provide signalling apparatus
in shafts.