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Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)

Regulation 134

The requirement in regulations 131 and 132 for two outlets does not apply to a Mine
(a) in which one of the shafts or outlets has temporarily become unavailable to the persons working in the mine if
(i) an effort is being made by the manager to repair the damage, and
(ii) the manager has informed the Chief Inspector of the unavailability of the shaft and of the repair work which is being carried out on it;
(b) in which not more than ten persons are at any one time employed underground, or in any working connected with a shaft or outlet which is not connected to another shaft or outlet,
(c) in which more than ten but not more than thirty persons are at any one time employed underground, or in any working connected with a shaft or outlet, if the mine is exempted in writing by the Chief Inspector; and
(d) whether that mine is at the prospecting or producing stage except that in a mine to which regulations 131 and 132 do not apply working shall not be carried out at a distance beyond two hundred metres from the last through ventilation connection unless the mine is exempted in writing by the Chief Inspector under conditions that the Chief Inspector may impose.

Subject : Health (Mining)  

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Responsible Institution


Minerals Commission

36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra

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