Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 416—
(1) The manager of a mine shall, before re-capping a winding rope, complete and submit to the Chief Inspector of a mine, a Winding Rope Re-capped Form as set out in Form Forty-One of the First Schedule.
(2) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine
(a) the method used for capping a winding rope
(i) has been approved by the Chief Inspector of Mines,
(ii) is of a proven design that provides a minimum factor of safety of seven when applied to the maximum static load on the capped end of the rope;
(b) a winding rope which is capped to secure the rope to a shaft conveyance or counterweight by means of a capel or socket is not used unless that capping has been made not more than six months before the date of the use of the winding rope; and
(c) a rope which has been recapped is not used on a winding engine unless on the last occasion on which it was recapped the capping was moved to a distance of not less than one hundred and fifty millimetres along the rope towards the standing end of the rope.
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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