Duty to provide refuge station

Where a workplace in an underground mine is more than 300 meters (1000 feet) from a mine portal or shaft station, the manager shall provide and maintain a refuge station that is– (a) clearly identified, constructed of non- combustible materials and of sufficient size to 99 accommodate all persons working in the vicinity, (b) equipped with a supply of air, a supply of water, a means of communicating with the surface, a means of sealing to prevent entry of gas, first aid equipment, emergency fighting and a plan of the mine showing all emergency exits. dam.