Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 421—(1) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine a vertical shaft exceeding fifty metres in depth is provided with guide ropes for the cage, skip, bucket or other means of conveyance unless the Chief Inspector of Mines grants an exemption as set out in Form Thirty in the First Schedule in writing from this requirement.
(2) The guide ropes shall
(a) in a sinking shaft, allow the cross head to travel to a point not more than eighteen metres from the bottom; or
(b) in any other shaft extend to the lowest point from which winding takes place.
(3) The manager of a mine shall ensure that in the mine,
(a) unless otherwise approved by the Chief Inspector of Mines, guide ropes and rubbing ropes are of locked coil construction;
(b) guide ropes or rubbing ropes are not used until an Inspector has approved in relation to the ropes and the tension weight used with the ropes the
(i) number;
(ii) size;
(iii) length;
(iv) disposition;
(v) method; and,
(vi) the type of attachment; and
(c) each guide rope and rubbing rope has a minimum factor of safety of five.
Procedure to Follow
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Responsible Institution
36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- GPS: GA-110-0371
- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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