Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 363
The engineering manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine
(a) each motor together with its starting resistance, is protected by
(i) a fuse or a circuit breaker constructed in accordance with paragraph (b); and
(ii) self-latching switches fixed in a convenient position near the motor and capable of entirely cutting off the voltage;
(b) each motor of thirty kilowatts or over in a machine room underground is provided with a suitable ammeter to indicate the load on the machine;
(c) the frames and bedplates of motors other than portable motors, are efficiently is used exceeds the limit of extra-low voltage;
(d) where any un-armoured cable or wire passes through a metal frame or into a box or motor-casing the aperture in the frame, box or motor-casing is substantially bushed with insulating collars and, where necessary, with gas-tight bushings which cannot readily become displaced; and
(e) each terminal box of a portable motor in the mine is securely attached to the machine or forms a part of it.
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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