Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 548—
(1) A manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall organise and maintain in the mine a rescue brigade in each mine.
(2) Each rescue brigade shall consist of not less than five fully trained persons including one person who shall act as captain of the brigade.
(3) Each rescue brigade shall be organized and maintained as follows:
(a) where the total number of persons employed underground is not more than fifty, there shall be one brigade;
(b) where the total number of persons employed underground is at least fifty and at most one hundred and fifty, there shall be two brigades;
(c) where the total number of persons employed underground is not less than one hundred and fifty and not more than five hundred, there shall be at least be three brigades;
(d) where the total number of persons employed underground is not less than five-hundred but less than two thousand there shall be at least four brigades; and
(e) where the total number of persons employed underground is not less than two thousand there shall be at least five brigades.
(4) A manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence in respect of a mine in which the total number of persons employed underground is less than fifty, shall be deemed to have complied with sub-regulation (1), if that manager or holder has made arrangements with the management of a neighbouring mine for the assistance of rescue brigades to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector of Mines
(5) A manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall
(a) as far as is practicable not employ all the members of the rescue brigade underground at the same time;
(b) ensure that each member of a rescue brigade attends at least twelve practices in each year, six of which are held underground;
(c) give notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of Mines of the details of the practices and the details shall include the location of the practice, nature of work to be performed, names of brigade members involved, and the schedule of the practice; and
(d) develop a system which ensures that the location of each person in a working shaft collar in the mine is known at each time and the system used shall be one approved by the Chief Inspector of Mines.
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