Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 516—
(1) The owner of a mine, manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence, shall ensure that changing rooms are provided
(a) near to man riding shafts on the surface of an underground mine,
(b) at locations near to a work area of a surface mine, with separate provisions for males and females as prescribed under sub-regulation (3), and
(c) are proportionate in size to the number of persons employed in the mine.
(2) A changing room shall have
(a) sufficient lockers, cupboards or other suitable accommodation capable of being locked to enable each employee to store goods separately;
(b) adequate facilities for bathing;
(c) adequate facilities for drying clothes; and
(d) suitable toilet facilities.
(3) An adequate supply of potable water shall be provided at a convenient and safe position close to each working place.
(4) The manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall provide at a convenient place on the surface of the mine facilities for the storage and consumption of food in the mine.
(5) The manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall ensure that the mine has sufficient and suitable toilets and urinals for the use of employees of the mine and that
(a) where the number of persons employed does not exceed one hundred, there is one toilet for at most every twenty-five persons;
(b) where the number of persons employed exceeds one hundred there is one additional toilet for at most every forty persons beyond the first one hundred persons;
(c) each main working level underground has a well-lit, well ventilated and screened toilet, which is kept clean;
(d) each bucket used in an underground sanitary convenience has a close fitting lid which is fixed on the bucket while it is removed to the surface; and
(e) a toilet is accessible to each workman.
(6) A person shall not pollute the mine with faeces or misuse a sanitary facility.
(7) The person in charge of a working place or a section in a mine shall ensure
(a) that the working place or section is clean and safe; and
(b) in the particular case of an underground mine, each level, drive, cross-cut and station is clean and safe and free of any defects.
(8) The manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall ensure that
(a) each toilet together with its surroundings within a perimeter of ten metres is disinfected at least twice every week, and
(b) the dates of the disinfection are logged and the records are open for inspection by the inspector
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