Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 47
(1) A shift boss or mining foreman shall be in charge during a shift in a section of a mine other than a quarry, works or associated plant, and the section shall be clearly defined in writing by the manager, underground manager, mine superintendent or mine captain to the shift boss or mining foreman concerned.
(2) A shift boss or mining foreman shall
(a) ensure that the requirements of these Regulations are properly observed by a person working under that shift boss or mining foreman, and
(b) report in writing to the manager, underground manager, mine superintendent or mine captain any contravention of these Regulations within forty-eight hours after the contravention.
(3) Where the contravention
(a) occurs in a section of the mine, or
(b) is by a person
not under the immediate control of the boss or foreman, the shift boss or mining foreman is not relieved from the responsibility of reporting the contravention, if the shift boss or mining foreman is aware of the contravention
(4) Except in an emergency that relates to safety and health and which prevents a shift boss or mining foreman from carrying out an inspection, each shift boss or mining foreman shall at least once during that shift boss' or mining foreman's shift inspect every place of that shift boss' or mining foreman's section of the mine in which a person is working or through which a person may have occasion to pass.
(5) A shift boss or mining foreman shall ascertain the conditions of safety, ventilation, sanitation, the presence of gases and dust and other matters in the mine that concern the safety and health of the persons working under the supervision of that shift boss or mining foreman.
(6) Where the substantive shift boss or mining foreman is absent, by working places of the section shall be inspected by either the mine captain or another shift boss or mining foreman.
(7) Where a section of the mine is being worked by a contractor, the contractor shall appoint shift bosses and mining foremen to perform the functions stated in sub-regulations (4), (5) and (6).
(8) A shift boss or mining foreman shall ensure that at any time in any working place in the section under the supervision of that boss or foreman where operations are carried out, only one person is in charge at that working place.
(9) A shift boss or mining foreman
(a) shall be physically present in the section when work is being carried out in the section of that boss or foreman; and
(b) is responsible for the whereabouts and evacuation of the workmen in the section during an emergency.
(10) A shift boss or mining foreman shall, at the completion of the shift of that boss or foreman record in ink, in a book provided by the manager for the purpose and to be kept in a place appointed by the manager the particulars of
(a) the condition in which the boss or foreman found each working place and travelling way;
(b) any breach of these Regulations which the boss or foreman has observed and in respect of which the boss or foreman has taken action or in respect of which the boss or foreman considers action should be taken;
(c) instructions for the purpose of securing safety, health and environment that the boss or the foreman may have given during the shift;
(d) any place in which a person was working in the section under the charge of the boss or foreman which was not visited and the reasons why that place was not visited; and
(e) matters that require the attention of the relieving shift boss or mining foreman with regard to safety, health and the environment.
(11) The records shall be
(a) examined and countersigned by the manager, underground manager, mine superintendent or the mine captain at least once every day; and
(b) opened for inspection by an inspector at reasonable hours.
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