Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 252
(1) The manager of a mine shall ensure that workshops in the mine have two separate means of entry and exit where machinery is operated in the workshop or the workshop contains an air compressor or electrical switchgear, transformer or generating plant, but an inspector may grant exemptions in writing on conditions that the inspector considers necessary.
(2) The manager of a mine shall in relation to the mine, ensure that
(a) the floors of workshops have demarcations that indicate
(i) walkways;
(ii) work areas; and
(iii) storage areas;
(b) stationary grinding machines other than special bit grinders in the workshops, are equipped with among others
(i) periphery hoods capable of withstanding the force of a bursting wheel and enclosing not less than two hundred and seventy degrees of the peripheral of the wheel;
(ii) adjustable tool rest, set so that the distance between the grinding surface of the wheel and the tool rest is not greater than three millimetres; and
(iii) a safety washer on each side of the wheel;
(c) power drills, disc sanders, grinders and circular and chain saws when used in the handheld mode are operated with controls which require constant hand or finger pressure;
(d) circular saws and chain saws are not equipped with devices which lock on the operating controls;
(e) oxy-acetylene cylinders are properly secured in an upright position and their hose lines equipped with two flash back arresters at both ends of the hose lines;
(f) oxy-acetylene cylinder valves are covered with caps when being transported or stored;
(g) welding bays are provided with protective screens and means to remove the fumes produced;
(h) periodic tests are conducted on the following equipment or tools and the results of the tests are kept in a register in the workshop
(i) ladders and scaffolds;
(ii) welding machines;
(iii) safety harness; and
(iv) portable electrical equipment;
(i) overhead travel and tower cranes operated by remote control system are disabled safely where
(i) communication with the control system is lost;
(ii) the control system fails; and
(iii) it operates outside its designed parameters;
(j) in the inflation of a tyre, a wheel cage or other restraining device to constrain all the wheel rim components from fly off is used to prevent injury to persons;
(k) pits or ramps used for the repair of equipment are covered or effectively barricaded when not in use; and
(l) the safe working load of jacks and blocks used in support of equipment is indicated on them
Subject : Health (Mining)
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Responsible Institution
36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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