Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical) Regulations, 2012 (L.I
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Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety and Technical) Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2182) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Regulations General Administration 1. Powers and functions of the Inspectorate Division 2. Powers of inspectors 3. Powers of Chief Inspector of Mines to prepare guidelines 4. Appeals against instructions of Inspectors or Chief Inspector of Mine 5. Fees Operating plan and operating permit 6. Exploration Operating Plan and Exploration Operating Permit 7. Content of Exploration Operating Plan 8. Mining Operating Plan and Operating Permit 9. Content of Mining Operating Plan 10. Modification of operating plans 11. Emergency Response Plan Inspections, investigations and enquiries 12. Type of Inspections and Investigations 13. Notice of result of inspection 14. Specialist authorised by Chief Inspector of Mines 15. Obstruction of inspectors 16. Power of inspector to hold inquiries 17. Reports of inquiry to Chief Inspector of Mines 18. Negligence or incompetence of a person holding a permit or certificate 19. Inquest by Coroner 20. Participation of inspector at inquest Improvement and prohibition notices 21. Improvement notice 22. Prohibition notice Notices and documents to be sent to Inspectorate Division 23. Notifications of activities and appointment of managers 24. Notification of commencement or termination of employment of statutory personnel 25. Plans to be deposited with the Chief Inspector of Mines 26. Reporting of accidents 27. Reporting of dangerous occurrences Returns for statistical purposes 28. Monthly and quarterly returns 29. Forms obtainable from Inspectorate Division 30. Other returns to be submitted where required 31. False returns Management of mines 32. Holder to make financial provision 33. Appointment of Mine Manager 34. Obligation of holder to always have a manager on site 35. Responsibility for working 36. Qualification of managers, underground managers and mine captain in underground mines 37. Qualification of managers, mine superintendent and mine captain in open pits 38. Qualification of managers of quarries 39. Appointments not to relieve manager of personal responsibility 40. General responsibility of manager 41. Responsibility for accidents which occur through incompetence of workmen 42. Responsibility of manager for safety, health and environment 43. Records to be kept by Mine Manager 44. Manager to ensure duties are assigned to competent persons 45. Appointment and qualification of shift boss and mining foreman 46. Manager or mine captain not to act as shift boss or mining foreman 47. Duties of shift boss and mining foreman 48. Continuity of responsibility of manager and mine captain 49. Appointment of fire patrols in underground mines 50. Machinery to be under charge of competent resident engineer 51. Qualification of resident engineer 52. Engineering personnel below the rank of resident engineers to be certified 53. Inspecting engineer 54. Qualification of inspecting engineer 55. Responsibility of manager for persons employed by contractors Offences 56. Offences Mine plans 57. Plans of underground mines 58. Plans of surface mines 59. Measurements 60. Co-ordinates and records of surveys 61. Permanent bench mark 62. Establishment of beacon 63. Temporary beacon 64. Permanent beacon 65. Maintenance of beacon 66. Additional Beacons 67. Workings to be surveyed before abandoning 68. Removal of beacon 69. Plans to be produced for inspectors or authorised persons 70. Power of Chief Inspector of Mines to order surveys 71. Plans of dams, lakes, waste dumps 72. Plans to be confidential 74. Withholding or concealing plans, faulty plans 75. Rules with regard to plans by Chief Inspector of Mines Exploration 76. Cutting and use of grid lines 77. Tracks 78. Rehabilitation of tracks 79. Drill pads 80. Trenches and pits 81. Rehabilitation and restoration of vegetation Surface mining 82. Design of surface mine 83. Geotechnical considerations for surface operations 84. Design of haulage roads 85. Safe means of access to be provided and maintained at surface workings 86. Boundary approach limit 87. Mine boundaries 88. Benches 89. Maximum working face height 90. Precautions in working at the edge of faces and benches 91. Slope of open pits in unconsolidated material 92. Precautions to be taken against loose rock in open pits 93. Life line for workers barring loose rock in a surface mine 94. Manager responsible to avoid danger from falls 95. Fall arrest equipment 96. Lighting 97. Operation of vehicles 98. Prohibition of riding on vehicles without passenger seat 99. Traffic control plan 100. General requirements for Conveyors belts 101. Start-up warning device for conveyor required belts 102. Pull cords required 103. Motor vehicle brakes 104. Motor vehicle safety equipment 105. Loading precautions 106. Interpretation regarding dumps and stockpiles 107. Mine waste rock dump 108. Discontinuance of waste dumps 109. Temporary stockpiles 110. Dumping precautions 111. Dumping at stockpiles and feed bins 112. Stockpile safety precautions 113. Precautions for works at water ponds 114. Sluicing operations 115. Restriction of access 116. Sand pits Dredges 117. Dredges 118. Dredges to be approved 119. Approval of use of a dredge 120. Approval of repairs or modifications 121. Dredging operations and maintenance 122. Life saving equipment 123. Maximum number of persons permitted on a dredge 124. Testing and recording of test required on a dredge 125. Head lines, side lines and mooring lines 126. Illumination of dredges Underground mine design and mine entries 127. Design of underground mine 128. Two outlets from mine to surface necessary 129. Exemption regarding outlets of underground mines 130. Removal of pillars 131. Two independent outlets from the mine to surface required 132. Responsibility for maintenance of outlets in different mines 133. Access to underground workings 134. Exemptions regarding provisions for two outlets 135. Shaft landings Ladder- ways and travelling ways 136. Headgear to be equipped with ladder ways and fenced platforms 137. Ladder-ways to be provided in all shafts 138. Platforms to be provided in ladder-ways 139. Travelling ways in steeply inclined shafts to be bratticed off 140. Special travelling ways to be used 141. Carrying of tools or loose materials on ladder-ways prohibited 142. Crossing winding compartments 143. When crossing permitted 144. Protection for sinkers and travelling in sinking shafts Underground haulage 145. Refuge holes and minimum clearance locomotive transport 146. Minimum clearance trackless transport 147. Underground mine roads 148. Refuge holes 149. Movement of persons prohibited 150. Trackless vehicles and trolley lines 151. Trackless vehicles requirements 152. Requirements for scoops 153. Requirements for drill jumbos 154. Requirements for locomotives 155. Duties of a driver 156. Fire extinguishers 157. Speed limit, speed indicator and operating hour meter 158. Vehicle not to be left unattended 159. Unobstructed view for driver or guidance by authorised person 160. Underground vehicles and accessories to be built of non-flammable materials 161. Regular technical inspection of underground vehicles 162. Underground workshops for vehicles 163. Only diesel engines permitted underground 164. Diesel engine requirements 165. Rules of discipline to be observed regarding vehicles 166. Haulage in inclines 167. Riding, on vehicles 168. Signalling for traction other than a locomotive 169. Material exceeding length of trunk 170. Arrangement of control levers 171. Defective and non-maintained vehicles not to be used 172. Storage of fuel oil in locked enclosure 173. Filling stations underground Underground general 174. Securing of workings with unsafe ground conditions 175. Reporting danger and books for complaint 176. Safety pillars between adjoining properties and their removal 177. Material used for underground backfill 178. Stagnant water to be drained off Ventilation and dust prevention 179. Quality of underground mine air 180. Temperatures 181. Persons not allowed to stay in foul air 182. Duty of manager to ensure acceptable mine air quality 183. Respirator and dust mask to be provided 184. Power of Chief Inspector to prescribe minimum mine air quality 185. Obligation of workmen to inform manager and duty of manager 186. Control of underground mine ventilation system 187. Ventilation of adjoining mines 188. Regular analysis of mine air samples 189. Inspectorate Division Diesel Log Book 190. Adequate ventilation, a requirement for operation of diesel engine 191. Diesel engines not to be operated on failure of ventilation 192. Operation of defective diesel engines prohibited 193. Ventilation plans and records 194. Ventilation doors provisions 195. Fire doors provisions 196. Auxiliary ventilation provisions 197. Maximum length of auxiliary ventilation 198. Conditions for grant of permission for extension 199. Underground areas being not part of ventilation system 200. Fire extinguishers to be approved by Chief Inspector of Mines 201. Blasting schedule 202. Vitiated air to be replaced after blasting 203. Device to sweep the face of development works 204. Obligatory activation of face sweeping device in development works 205. Control and removal of gas, fumes and dust 206. Dust collectors 207. Re-entry period 208. Excavation through abandoned areas to be ventilated 209. Water supply for dust suppression 210. Removal or suppression of dust 211. Use of wet swab 212. Use of compressed air for cleaning underground prohibited 213. Rock-drills Lighting 214. Light to be carried underground