Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 399
(1) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine,
(a) each drum of a drum shaft on a winding engine is provided with one or more adequate brakes on every drum or drum shaft, and that the brakes are constructed in a manner that enables them to be easily manipulated by the engine driver when that driver is at the levers controlling the engine and that the brakes are kept in proper working order;
(b) the drum of each winding engine has flanges or horns, and where the drum is conical or spiral the drum has other appliances that are sufficient to prevent the rope from slipping off;
(c) there are not less than three rounds of rope on the drum when the cage or skip or other means of conveyance is at the lowest point of the shaft from which hoisting is going on and the end of the rope is where applicable, properly fastened around an arm or the shaft of the drum; and
(d) in the case of an engine where a part of the rope is not rigidly fixed to the drum there is no likelihood of a dangerous slipping or the rope on the drum under any possible working condition.
(2) In this regulation, "drum" and "drum shaft" include sheave and sheave shaft.
(3) Except as otherwise approved by the Chief Inspector of Mines, the manager of a mine shall ensure that the diameter of a drum or of a head sheave used in drum winding operations in the mine is not less than
(a) one hundred times the diameter of the rope, in the case of a locked coil rope; and
(b) eighty times the diameter of the rope, in the case of any other type of rope.
(4) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine
(a) the depth of any rope groove in a head sheave is not less than twice the diameter of the rope; and
(b) each hoist is provided with at least one brake system that
(i) is able to stop safely and hold the shaft conveyance under every condition of loading, direction of travel and speed;
(ii) is automatically applied when the supply of power to the hoist fails or the pressure of any fluid or other medium used as a means of controlling the brake falls below a predetermined level;
(iii) has a brake holding capacity capable of supporting a load that is not less than two times the maximum static load normally hoisted from the lowest operating position in the shaft; and
(iv) has parts that have a factor of safety of not less than ten with screwed members in tension having a safety factor of not less than fifteen.
(5) The operator of a winding engine in the mine shall ensure that the brake of that engine is fully applied when a person is getting on or off the conveyance.
(6) A person shall not by the use of the brake alone lower a winding conveyance in the mine where that conveyance contains a person or material.
(7) A person shall not enter, or allow another person to enter, a cage, skip or kobble in a mine if that cage, skip or kibble is held in place by the brake alone and the clutch of the winder drum is not engaged.
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