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1981 Ed.]

Quarries (Safety) Regulations

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(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

31. Any person who enters or remains on any place or road, or any place, as the case may be, in a quarry in contravention of a prohibition made by the supervisor on duty under regulation 29(1) shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty a person may enter or remain on the place or road, or place, as the case may be, for the purposes of removing the danger or likelihood of danger.

32. (1) Every person who works in a quarry shall--

(a) at the beginning of every work shift therein; and

(b) after any shot has been fired at or in the vicinity of the

place at which he is working,

inspect the place at which he is working to determine whether it is a safe working place.

(2) If he is not satisfied with the safety of his working place, he shall forthwith-

(a) stop working there;

(b) leave the working place; and

(c) report to the supervisor on duty that he is not satisfied

with the safety of the working place.

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

33. (1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who receives a report under regulation 32(2)(c) shall forthwith inspect the working place referred to in the report to determine whether it is a safe working place.

(2) Where, on making an inspection under paragraph (1), the supervisor on duty finds that a working place is unsafe, he shall forthwith prohibit every person from entering or remaining on such place until it has been made safe.

(3) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

34. (1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who makes an inspection under regulation 33(1) shall forthwith enter in the Quarry Inspection Register a full report of the result of his inspection including details of any prohibition made by him under regulation 33(2).

(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

[Subsidiary]

Offence to enter dangerous place or road in contravention of prohibition.

Worker to carry out periodic inspections of working place.

Supervisor on duty to inspect working place reported to be unsafe.

Inspection report. First Schedule. Form 3.

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