Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 225
(1) A supplier or distributor of cyanide for use in a gold processing plant shall use cyanide loading procedures that ensure the proper supply of the cyanide to a hauler or transporting company in order to prevent improper carriage or abuse of the cyanide.
(2) The cyanide loading procedures shall include the proper loading and off-loading of the cyanide into or onto an appropriate, approved and roadworthy delivery vehicle or tanker.
(3) A supplier or distributor of cyanide for use in a gold processing plant shall ensure that the cyanide delivery documentation correctly identifies the reagent being carried to ensure
(a) that proper corrective action can be taken in cases of vehicle accidents; and
(b) that there is proper off-loading, placement and storage of the cyanide at its interim or final destination.
(4) A supplier or distributor of cyanide for use in a gold processing plant shall ensure that the containers for the transportation of the cyanide are constructed in a manner that prevents spillage of cyanide and that ensures that the containers are leak free and watertight.
(5) A supplier or distributor of cyanide for use in a gold processing plant shall in consultation with the customers of that supplier or distributor, establish off-loading procedures which specify the requirements needed to ensure the safe transfer of cyanide from the supplier' or distributor's delivery vehicle into the storage facility.
(6) A supplier or distributor of cyanide for use in a gold processing plant shall supply the contents of delivery and quality control documentation for each separate cyanide delivery.
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