Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 380
The engineering manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine
(a) suitable insulated trolley line conductors are provided and arranged in a manner that prevents persons from inadvertently coming into contact with the current-carrying parts and are properly maintained throughout the length of any trolley line conductor;
(b) trolley line conductors are installed at a height in excess of two and a half metres above the rail at any place where,
(i) loading or unloading of vehicles is regularly carried out; and
(ii) maintenance or repair of locomotives or other rolling stock is regularly effected;
(c) effective means are provided for cutting off the supply of electricity of the trolley line conductor system to any section on the same level, and that the section being so controlled does not exceed an installed length of one thousand metres,
(d) effective means are provided by bonding or otherwise to ensure that the track system overrun by locomotives operating from trolley line conductors is continuous throughout, and that the resistance of any joint is not greater than the resistance of ten metres of the track rail;
(e) reasonable precautions are taken to ensure
(i) that a metallic structure or thing in the vicinity of a trolley line conductor does not attain a potential above that of the earth; and
(ii) the safety at all times of any persons working or walking in close proximity to a trolley line conductor;
(f) the supply of electricity is cut off from a trolley line system which is not in use;
(g) there is provided on an electrically propelled equipment, whether supplied with electricity from a trolley line or storage battery, a device activated by the driver which when released in an emergency automatically disconnects the supply of electricity to the driving motors; and
(h) control levers of electrically propelled equipment are so arranged that the levers cannot be removed whilst there is supply of electricity to the supply motors.
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Responsible Institution
36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- Website: https://www.mincom.gov.gh/
- GPS: GA-110-0371
- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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