Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 217
(1) A person responsible for a processing plant shall ensure that the plant is designed and built in a manner that ensures that a person within the premises of the plant is not exposed to falling material, spilled, solid or liquid material, hot surfaces or any other danger.
(2) A manager of a processing plant shall
(a) ensure that where the processing plant is operated at night the plant is provided with lighting that illuminates the entire plant;
(b) provide a back-up generator to supply power for lighting in case of a power cut in the plant;
(c) secure with a railing, areas within the plant installation where persons could fall from a height of more than one a half metres; and
(d) ensure that
(i) stairs, ramps, bridges and gangways are able to support the maximum weight;
(ii) floor grating on stairs, ramps, bridges and gang-ways are fixed in a manner that makes them immovable;
(iii) before any main plant equipment is started, an appropriate warning signal is given to person within the premises of the plant; and
(iv) plant areas, which may be entered only by authorised personnel, are locked and marked with warning signs.
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