1986 Ed.]
Mines (Safety) Regulations
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23. Every manager upon engaging a shot-firer shall examine his mine blasting certificate, and shall satisfy himself that the holder is the person whose signature or mark is recorded thereon in accordance with these regulations. The manager shall retain the mine blasting certificate until the determination of the holder's engagement.
24. (1) The preparation and firing of charges shall be by a shot-firer.
(2) In the preparation of charges and the firing of such charges a shot-firer may be assisted by reliable persons, who are not shot-firers, when acting under his direct supervision but he shall be personally responsible for any accident occurring through such person's ignorance, inexperience, or carelessness and in no case shall any person except a shot-firer actually prepare a detonator or charge any hole.
(3) There shall be no simultaneous firing with electric detonators except in the case of shaft sinking, opencast workings or mine workings.
25. Before beginning drilling operations the gang foreman shall
(a) satisfy himself that all overhanging and loose or loosened debris has been removed from the face and immediate vicinity of the place of operations;
(b) see that working faces which are to be drilled are thoroughly scraped and examined for sockets or butts of holes and for charges which may have misfired.
26. (1) Before commencing work either at the beginning of a shift or after blasting, the gang foreman in charge of the shift shall be the first to enter the place of operations and, until he considers it safe, he shall not allow any person to enter therein except those required by him to make and place safe.
(2) In shaft sinking the gang foreman in charge accompanied, if necessary, by not more than 2 other persons shall carefully examine the shaft from top to bottom after blasting and shall remove all loose debris which may have settled on the shaft timbers or fittings.
27. When the distance between approaching workings in either of which blasting is being done is reduced to 10 metres, the workmen shall be withdrawn from both faces whilst blasting operations are taking place at either face.
28. No person shall return to any working place until such place is free from the dust, smoke and fumes caused by blasting and every gang foreman in charge of workmen shall be responsible for
B 11
[Subsidiary]
Duty of manager to retain certificate.
Person entitled to blast, and his responsibility.
Loose ground to be removed before drilling. Working faces to be examined.
Duty of gang foreman to be the first to enter place of operations.
Action to be taken when blasting takes place within 10 metres of each other.
L.N. 87/86.
Resumption of work after blasting.
1986 Ed.]
Mines (Safety) Regulations
[CAP. 285
23. Every manager upon engaging a shot-firer shall examine his mine blasting certificate, and shall satisfy himself that the holder is the person whose signature or mark is recorded thereon in accordance with these regulations. The manager shall retain the mine blasting certificate until the determination of the holder's engagement.
24. (1) The preparation and firing of charges shall be by a shot-firer.
(2) In the preparation of charges and the firing of such charges a shot-firer may be assisted by reliable persons, who are not shot-firers, when acting under his direct supervision but he shall be personally responsible for any accident occurring through such person's ignorance, inexperience, or carelessness and in no case shall any person except a shot-firer actually prepare a detonator or charge any hole.
(3) There shall be no simultaneous firing with electric detona- tors except in the case of shaft sinking, opencast workings or mine workings.
25. Before beginning drilling operations the gang foreman shall
(a) satisfy himself that all overhanging and loose or loosened debris has been removed from the face and immediate vicinity of the place of operations;
(b) see that working faces which are to be drilled are thor- oughly scraped and examined for sockets or butts of holes and for charges which may have misfired.
26. (1) Before commencing work either at the beginning of a shift or after blasting, the gang foreman in charge of the shift shall be the first to enter the place of operations and, until he considers it safe, he shall not allow any person to enter therein except those required by him to make and place safe.
(2) In shaft sinking the gang foreman in charge accompanied, if necessary, by not more than 2 other persons shall carefully examine the shaft from top to bottom after blasting and shall remove all loose debris which may have settled on the shaft timbers or fittings.
27. When the distance between approaching workings in either of which blasting is being done is reduced to 10 metres, the workmen shall be withdrawn from both faces whilst blasting operations are taking place at either face.
28. No person shall return to any working place until such place is free from the dust, smoke and fumes caused by blasting and every gang foreman in charge of workmen shall be responsible for
B 11
[Subsidiary]
Duty of manager to retain certificate.
Person entitled
to blast, and his responsibility.
Loose ground to be removed before drilling. Working faces to be examined.
Duty of gang foreman to be
the first to enter place of operations.
Action to be taken when blasting takes place within 10 metres of each other.
L.N. 87/86.
Resumption of work after blasting.
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