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Offence to enter unsafe place in contravention of prohibition.

Safety helmet to be worn for certain work.

Safety rope or harness to be worn for certain work.

L.N. 208/73.

Supervisor on duty to inspect equipment periodically. L.N. 208/73.

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Quarries (Safety) Regulations

[1981 Ed.

35. Any person who enters or remains on any place in contravention of a prohibition made by a supervisor on duty under regulation 33(2) 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 for the purposes of making it safe.

36. (1) No person shall go or remain on any top, face or floor in a quarry unless he is wearing a safety helmet of a type approved by the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour under regulation 17(1).

(2) Any person who-

(a) being the supervisor on duty in a quarry, permits any person to go or remain on any top, face or floor in the quarry in contravention of paragraph (1); or

(b) contravenes paragraph (1),

shall be guilty of an offence.

37. (1) No person shall go or remain on any top or face in a quarry unless-

(a) he wears a safety harness of a type approved under regulation 18(1);

(b) the safety harness is securely attached to a safety rope;

and

(c) the free end of the safety rope is securely attached to an anchorage.

(2) Any person who-

(a) being the supervisor on duty in a quarry, permits any person to go or remain on any top or face in the quarry in contravention of paragraph (1); or

(b) contravenes paragraph (1),

shall be guilty of an offence.

38. (1) At the beginning of the first work shift on every day on which work is carried on in any quarry, the supervisor on duty shall inspect all mechanical equipment used in the quarry or which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used, to determine whether it is in safe and efficient working order and shall inspect every anchorage which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used to determine whether it is safe to be used.

(2) At the beginning of the first work shift on the first working day of every week in which work is carried on in any quarry, the supervisor on duty shall inspect

(a) every safety rope and every safety harness used in the quarry or which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used;