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[接上页] Cap 285B reg 68 Prohibition against movement without lights No person shall move about in any unilluminated part of a mine without showing a light. Cap 285B reg 69 Duty to provide manholes (1) Every underground haulage road or tramway on which the haulage is worked by gravity or mechanical power shall be provided with sufficient manholes or places of refuge at intervals of not more than 18 metres: Provided that manholes shall be unnecessary where the gradient does not exceed 1 in 20 and there exists between the trams and one side of the road or between the 2 lines of trams a clear space of at least 600 millimetres. (L.N. 87 of 1986) (2) Every manhole shall be- (a) as near as may be 1 metre in width and not less than 1.2 metres in depth; (L.N. 87 of 1986) (b) not less than the height of the road at that point, or 1.8 metres, whichever is the lesser; (L.N. 87 of 1986) (c) kept whitewashed so as to be readily visible; (d) kept clear and unobstructed.(3) No person shall place in or near a manhole anything which may prevent free access thereto. Cap 285B reg 70 Duty to keep clear space between rails The space between the tracks of rail in every haulage road or tramway shall at all times be kept clear of obstructions. Cap 285B reg 71 Prohibition against riding on tubs No persons below ground shall ride on sets or trains of tubs or in any other conveyance except- (a) persons being conveyed with the written permission of the manager to or from their work at the beginning or end of their shift; (b) the driver of an underground locomotive. Cap 285B reg 72 Duty as regards haulage appliances (1) Every rope used for haulage, which is capped, shall be recapped at intervals of not more than 6 months. (2) Sufficient and suitable wedges, sprags, lockers or drags shall be provided and used for the purpose of holding a tub or set of tubs- (a) at the top of every incline where the haulage is worked by gravity; and (b) at all places where tubs are coupled or uncoupled. Cap 285B reg 73 Duty to provide runaway switches in certain cases Runaway switches shall be provided on every road- (a) where mechanical haulage, other than endless rope haulage, is used; and (b) where the gradient exceeds 1 in 12. Cap 285B reg 74 Duty in respect of haulage signals (1) There shall be provided on every haulage road, which exceeds 30 metres in length and where the haulage is worked by gravity or mechanical power, proper means of communicating distinct signals between all places on the haulage and the engine driver. (L.N. 87 of 1986) (2) The manager shall- (a) prescribe the signals to be used at a station; and (b) post up in the engine house and at all signalling stations a list of all signals to be used at any particular haulage. Cap 285B reg 75 Duty to keep record of employees PART VIII WORKMEN A sufficient record of all persons employed in or about a mine shall be kept in the office at every mine. Cap 285B reg 76 Duty to wear miners' hats of approved pattern 6 months after these regulations come into operation, all persons working underground shall wear a miner's hard hat of a pattern approved by a mines officer. Cap 285B reg 77 Requirements as to first aid equipment The holder of every prospecting licence, mining licence or mining lease shall keep and maintain in the area operating under such licence or lease such stock of fitted first aid boxes, dressings, splints, stretchers and other materials and appliances as the Superintendent of Mines, by writing under his hand, may from time to time require. (L.N. 156 of 1963) Cap 285B reg 78 Requirement as to persons with first aid certificates (1) Subject to any suspension or reduction granted under paragraph (4), the licensee of every mining licence and the lessee of every mining lease shall, at all times after the expiry of the period provided in paragraph (5) for compliance with this paragraph, ensure that there is in the area operating under his mining licence or mining lease, as the case may be, not less than the following number of persons in possession of certificates of competency to render first aid to the injured, that is to say- (a) where less than 40 persons are employed in the area, such number as the Superintendent of Mines may, by writing under his hand, specify: Provided that in no case shall the Superintendent of Mines specify a number greater than 3;(b) where 40 or more persons but less than 300 are so employed, 3 persons; (c) where 300 or more persons but less than 700 are so employed, 5 persons; (d) where 700 or more are so employed, 8 persons.(2) The licensee or lessee, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the making of all arrangements for persons employed by him to undergo such training as may be required in order to obtain a certificate of competency to render first aid to the injured. (3) The licensee or lessee, as the case may be, shall notify the Superintendent of Mines of the name of each person employed by him in the area operating under his licence or lease who is in possession of a certificate of competency to render first aid to the injured, the date of the granting of such certificate and the body granting the same, and any change in any of the aforesaid particulars. |