Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 408
(1) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine
(a) each rope used for winding purposes in shafts or winzes, except in the case of prospecting shafts which is not more than thirty metres in depth, is made of steel of good quality, free from defect, and the gauge of the wires used in the construction of the rope is suited to the diameter of the sheaves and drums fitted;
(b) the load applied to any rope used for drum winding does not result in a factor of safety which is less than the factor according to the following:
(i) for transport of persons, a safety factor greater than 6;
(ii) for transport of rock or materials a safety factor greater 5.5 - 0.0003D;
(iii) for transport of rock in a shaft used exclusively for the purpose of transporting rock, a safety factor greater than 4.5; and
(iv) for transporting a machine or part of a machine at a speed of
less than two metres per second, a safety factor greater than 5.
(2) "D" specified in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subregulation (1), is the death of the wind in metres.
(3) The Chief Inspector of Mines may by writing vary the requirements of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1), subject to conditions and on terms that the Chiefs Inspector of Mines considers necessary.
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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