General safety rules

(1) The manager shall ensure that a proper method acceptable to the Inspector is adopted and used to account for all persons going on or off shift at the mine. Persons working alone. (2) Whenever a worker is working alone and he may not be able to secure assistance in the event of injury or other misfortune, the manager shall ensure that there is a procedure for checking the well-being of the person at intervals not exceeding 2.5 hours. (3) No person shall be allowed to work in a location where persons are working overhead, unless adequate protection is Persons working overhead. (4) Where persons are required to work near water or where drowning could be a risk, the manager shall provide them with approved personal floatation devices and approved lifebuoys with heaving lines of adequate length. Protection from drowning. (5) Where there is a risk of workers coming into contact with moving parts of machinery or electrically energized equipment, the workers shall wear clothing that fits closely to the body; confine any long cranial or facial hair; and refrain from wearing dangling neckwear, bracelets, wrist-watches or similar articles. Dangling clothing and hair (6) Unless situated so as to prevent a person from coming into accidental contact with it, every drive belt or drive chain, flywheel, sprocket, pulley, geared wheel, and every part of any wheel or other revolving part that projects unevenly from the surface shall be effectively enclosed, covered or guarded. moving parts. 132 (7) Where a person is exposed to the hazard of falling a distance greater than 3 meters (10 feet), a fall-arresting device shall be provided and the person shall wear the device. Fall arresting Storage of fuels near shaft. (8) Oil, grease, liquid fuels and other flammable materials shall not be stored within 30 meters (100 feet) of a shafthouse, mine portal or other mine opening; and the natural drainage from any fuel storage area shall be directed away from the mine Storage tank (9) Every fuel storage tank shall have signs which– (a) identify the contents of the tank; and (b) identify the area as a fire hazard zone. (10) Every fuel storage tank shall be surrounded by a containment capable of storing 110% of the storage capacity of the tank. (11) The manager shall provide and maintain the first aid supplies required by the Inspector.