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[Subsidiary]

Validity of existing certificates.

Prohibition against carbide, and exceptions.

CAP. 285]

Mines (Safety) Regulations

[1986 Ed.

ensuring that the workmen in his charge comply with this regula- tion. He shall forthwith report to his immediate superior any case of gassing however slight.

29. (1) Mine blasting certificates in force at the date of coming into operation of these regulations shall remain valid, unless otherwise cancelled, for a period of 1 year from that date.

(2) Any such certificates may be exchanged free of cost for a mine blasting certificate issued under these regulations if sur- rendered to the Superintendent of Mines within the aforesaid period of 1 year.

30. (1) No person shall carry or cause or permit to be carried any calcium carbide underground except-

(a) in lamps of a type approved by the Superintendent of

Mines; or

(b) in a watertight receptable of a type approved by the

Superintendent of Mines.

(2) No person shall store or leave calcium carbide under- ground on coming off a shift.

Angle of slope.

Duty to station a safety man, and not to deposit spoil near edge. LN. 87/86.

Power of Superintendent to require stepped benches to be cut into mine face.

PART V

MINING: OPENCAST AND ALLUVIAL

31. The Superintendent of Mines may determine from time to time the angle to be maintained on any mine workings to ensure the safety thereof, and in that event shall give notice in writing to the manager of the angle to be maintained. It shall be the duty of the manager to ensure that the angle is maintained at all times to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Mines.

32. In the case of any excavation which exceeds 1.8 metres in vertical height and 1.2 metres in breadth and is made by hand labour and not wholly by hydraulic or mechanical means--

(a) there shall be a safety man for every gang exceeding 20 men and he shall be stationed on the top of the bank for the purpose of watching for surface cracks and barring down all loose and overhanging ground; and

(b) no spoil shall be deposited within 1 metre of the edge of the

top of the vertical or sloped face.

33. When the Superintendent of Mines considers that the face of a mine should be stepped in benches in order to ensure the safety thereof, he shall by notice in writing addressed to the manager require such stepped benches to be cut as he may direct.

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