Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 412
(1) The manager of a mine shall ensure that each rope used on a winding engine drum in the mine
(a) is recapped at intervals not exceeding six months or any shorter period required by an inspector;
(b) has four metres cut from the shaft conveyance or counter-weight end, at intervals of not more than six months, for destructive tensile testing in a manner required by the Chief Inspector; and
(c) if required by an inspector, has after its first year of operation a sufficient length cut from the shaft conveyance or counter-weight end to enable a breaking and elongation test to be made of four metres of the rope which has repeatedly passed over the head sheave, and the test is conducted in the manner required by the Chief Inspector.
(2) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine if there are two or more layers of rope on a winding engine drum, two metres of the rope on the drum are cropped at twelve months intervals at the drum end to ensure that the position of the crossover points of the rope on the drum are changed.
(3) Except as otherwise approved by the Chief Inspector, the manager of a mine shall ensure that the structure of each drum winding rope in the mine is examined at intervals of not more than six months over its entire working length by a non-destructive method to determine whether there has been any deterioration of the rope.
(4) The manager of a mine shall ensure that a record is maintained of any examination or test conducted under this regulation, and that the record contains the date on which the examination or test was conducted, the person who conducted the examination or test and the results of the examination or test.
(5) The manager of a mine shall ensure that the records required to be kept in relation to the mine under subregulation (4) are maintained for five years from the removal of the relevant rope from service.
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