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

Regulation 146

A manager of a mine shall ensure that
(a) a self-propelled trackless vehicle is not permitted to move in any place underground in the mine, unless adequate clearance is provided for the safety of the driver of the vehicle and there are suitable refuge holes provided to give protection to a person who may have to pass through the place whilst the vehicle is in motion;
(b) the clearance required under this regulation is sufficient in width and height for the passage of the vehicle and the driver of the vehicle and is free from any broken rock or loose material;
(c) the intervals between the refuge holes required under this regulation are of a nature that affords maximum protection for a person who may have to pass along the place whilst the vehicle is in motion in that place; and
(d) where refuge holes are required to be provided in any length of any ramp or road the refuge holes in the mine are placed on one and the same side, and in the case of a curve as far as is practicable on the outside of the curve.

Subject : Health (Mining)  

Procedure to Follow


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Responsible Institution


Minerals Commission

36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra

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