MINES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS

MINES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS

(SAFETY) REGULATIONS

AR ARRANGEMENT OF
REGULATIONS

LA PART 1

Regulation

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15. - Inspection of electrical installations

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PRELIMINA
RY

Citation ... ...
Interpretation ...

PART II

MACHINER
Y

Report of bringing plant into use ... Duty to have competent engineer in
charge Prohibition against removal or rendering useless any fencing, etc.
Inspection of plant ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. Power of mines officers to give
directions ... ... ... ... .. Duty to keep boilers, etc. in good condition and repair
... ... Duty to fence off dangerous machinery. Prohibition against repairing,
etc. when risk of personal injury exists ... ... ... ...

Prohibition against use of loose clothing ... ... ...

Friction clutches ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Air compressors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Safety valves ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Duty to fence off dangerous places. Duty to post notices ...

PART 111

ELECTRICIT
Y

PART IV







EXPLOSIVES

Power of Superintendent with regard to blasting ...

17....................Power to sell and buy explosives ... ...

Prohibition against storing explosives in closed-down mine

Prohibition against storing explosives underground in excess of estimated
requirements ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

-20. - Prohibition against using explosives other than those supplied by employer

21........................Method of carrying and cutting explosives ... ... ...

22. Mine blasting certificate, and matters ancillary thereto ...

Subsidiary

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23. Duty of manager to retain certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11
24. Person entitled to blast, and his responsibility ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 11
25. Loose ground to be removed before drilling. Working faces to be examined B 11
26. Duty of gang foreman to be the first to enter place of operations ... ... ... B 11
27. Action to be taken when blasting takes place within 10 metres of each other B 11
28. Resumption of work after blasting ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... B 11
29. Validity of existing certificates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12
30. Prohibition against carbide, and exceptions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

PART V

MINING: OPENCAST AND
ALLUVIAL

31...........Angle of slope .................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 12

32...................................Duty to station a safety man, and not to deposit spoil near edge ... ... B 12

33.........................................Power of Superintendent to require stepped benches to be cut into mine face B 12

PART VI

MINING: PROTECTION OF
SURFACE

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Duty to protect surface where subsidence or cavities occur ... ...
Power to give directions, and duty to comply with them ... ...
Duty to fill in illegal excavations ... ... ... ... ... Duty in respect
of prospecting trenches and pits ... ... Duty to protect disused
shafts and mining entrances, etc. Responsibility for old
excavations ...

PART VII

MINING: UNDERGROUND

Prohibition against use of inflammable material, and duty in respect of naked
lights ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Duty to provide satisfactory ladders and ways of exit ... ...

Duty to provide ladders in single shaft ... ... ...

Duty to fence off underground entrance to abandoned workings







Ladders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Prohibition against carrying tools, etc., in ladder way ... ...

Duty to fence off entrances to shafts and winzes ... ...

Prohibition against loose material near unprotected edges ... ... ...

Necessity to provide guides for bucket, cage or skip ... ... ... ...

Provision for workmen passing from one compartment to another ...

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50. Prohibition against entering winding compartment ... ... ... ... ... ... B 15

51. Sinking shafts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 16

52. Duty to provide ladder ways in sinking shafts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 16

53. Protection of persons in sinking shafts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 16

54. Precautions to be taken in using windlasses, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 16

55. Necessity to provide signalling apparatus in shafts ... ... ... ... ... ... B 16

56. Exemption in respect of prospecting shafts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 17

57. Duty to fence underground entrances ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 17

58. Duty to provide protection against falling materials. Duty to report danger B 17

59. Duty to secure unsafe workings, and to keep reserve of timber ... ... ... ... B 17

60. Duty to provide safety pillars. Power of Superintendent in respect of pillars B 17

61. Duty to examine disused workings before reopening ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

62. Ventilation requirement ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... B 18

63. Duty to take air measurement ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

64. Ventilation doors... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

65. Percussive drills ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

66. Duty to provide stationary lights ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

67. Duty to light places containing unfenced machinery ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

68. Prohibition against movement without lights ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

69. Duty to provide manholes... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 18

70. Duty to keep clear space between rails ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 19

71. Prohibition against riding on tubs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 19

72. Duty as regards haulage appliances... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 19

73. Duty to provide runaway switches in certain cases ... ... ... ... ... ... B 19

74. Duty in respect of haulage signals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 19

PART VIII

WORKMEN

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Duty to keep record of employees ... ...

Duty to wear miners' hats of approved pattern ...

Requirements as to first aid equipment ... ... ...

Requirement as to persons with first aid certificates

Prohibition against sleeping in a mine ... ... . .

Prohibition against intoxication. Power to arrest inebriates. Limitation in
respect of intoxicating liquor ... ... ... ... ...

Prohibition against unauthorized persons ...

Requirement as to underground sanitation ...

Prohibition against passing danger signals ...

Prohibition against negligent behaviour ... ...

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Regulation

PART IX

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SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
85...............................Duty to fence off, and to warn against injurious solutions ... ... ... ... B 22

86........................Maximum cyanide content of sand filling ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 22

87..................Power as to disposal of slime ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B 22

PART X

RESPONSIBILI
TY

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Duties of responsible persons ... ...
Responsibility for working ... ...
General responsibility ...
Manager's responsibility in relation to dangerous work
Responsibility of manager for safety and discipline ...
Duty of manager to comply with orders
Sanitation ... .
Duty to enforce provisions regarding storage and supplies of explosives,
etc.
Duty to ensure adequate supply of materials and appliances

PART XI

PLANS NECESSARY FOR
SAFETY

Duty to keep plans ... Duty to deposit copies with the Mines Division,
Labour Department ... Power of Superintendent to require transverse
sections of shafts Power of Superintendent in respect of plans ... Duty
not to make plans public ... ... Duty regarding abandonment of mine ...

PART XII

GENERAL

103. Obligation to remedy any dangerous practice
104. Dangerous occurrences
105. Offences and penalties

First Schedule. Form 1: Application for a Mine Blasting Certificate






Form II: Mine Blasting Certificate ...

Second Schedule. Dangerous Occurrences

Third Schedule. Fees in respect of Mine Blasting Certificates

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MINES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 285, section 67)

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

[15 October 1954.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Mines (Safety)
Regulations.

requires-

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

11 agent' is a person holding a power of attorney in accordance with
section 7 of the Ordinance;

'gang foreman' means the labourer or miner in charge of a gang or, if
doubt exists whether a particular labourer or miner in the gang is in
charge, the responsibility of the gang foreman shall devolve upon
the manager;

'kilowatt power' in relation to steam, internal combustion or ignition
compression engines means the output kilowatt power declared in
the maker's specifications;

'machinery book' means a book so inscribed upon the cover and
retained in the manager's possession and in which shall be entered
the matters required by these regulations;

'manager' means the person notified, from time to time under regulation
88(4), to the Superintendent of Mines as being responsible for the
safety, welfare, health and housing conditions of persons
employed in prospecting or mining operations, and when no
person has been so notified, it means the holder of a prospecting
or mining licence or the lessee of a mining lease or the agent of any
of them;

,,opencast' means a working in which excavation is performed from the
surface or which is exposed to open air;

'shot-firer' means the holder of a valid mine blasting certificate issued
in accordance with these regulations;

',steeply inclined' means, in connexion with shafts or other
underground excavations, an inclination to the horizontal of
fortyfive degrees or more.





officer.

PART 11

MACHINERY

3. (1) At least 14 days before bringing into use for the first
time any steam, oil or gas engine, or any hydraulic plant for the
generation of power, the manager shall give to the Superintendent
of Mines written notice of his intention so to do together with a
statement of the nature and kilowatt power of the plant and the
purpose for which it is to be used.
(2) Where any such plant as aforesaid has been out of use for a
period of 12 consecutive months or more, a notice similar to that
mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be given before such plant is again
brought into use.

4. Any plant, the power of which is more than 9 kilowatts,
shall be directly under the charge of a competent person:
Provided that this regulation shall not be deemed to exonerate
the manager from responsibility for seeing that any plant of 9
kilowatts or less is used only under proper supervision.

5. No person, not properly authorized on that behalf, shall
remove or render useless any fencing, means of signalling, signal
chain, flange, brake, indicator, ladder, platform, steam-gauge,
water-gauge, safety-valve, or anything in any mine provided for the
safety of any person.

6. (1) A mines officer may at any time require a manager to
prepare an engine or other plant for inspection and shall give not less
than 1 week's notice in writing of the date on which the inspection
will be held.

(2) The machinery book shall always be accessible to a mines

7. In case of objection to any instruction or decision given by
a mines officer regarding any thing or any practice in connexion with
machinery or any part thereof not provided for by any provisions of
these regulations, the manager may within 21 days lodge a written
appeal with the Superintendent of Mines.

8. All engines, ladders, windlasses, brakes, ropes, winding
gear and other mechanical appliances shall be kept in good condi-
tion and repair to the satisfaction of a mines officer.

9. (1) All exposed machinery, which when in motion may be
dangerous to persons, must be securely fenced off so that no person
can inadvertently come into contact with or be injured by reason of
the same.

(2) Efficient safety guards shall be provided to the satisfaction
of a mines officer to such parts of machinery as may in his opinion be
a source of possible danger to persons.





(3) The repairing, adjusting, cleaning or lubricating of machinery
in motion shall not be undertaken where there is a risk of personal
injury.

10. Persons engaged in close proximity to moving machinery shall
not be allowed to wear loose outer clothing.

11. (1) Belt-driven machinery which it is necessary to stop and
start without interfering with the speed of the prime mover shall be
permanently fitted with a satisfactory mechanical appliance for the
purpose.

(2) Shipping or unshipping driving belts whilst the machinery is in
motion is forbidden, with the exception of the customary shifting of
light belts on the pulleys of machine tools for the purpose of alterations
in the working speed.

12. (1) The supply of air for air compressors shall be drawn from
the purest and coolest source possible.

(2) Receivers, inter-coolers and their connexions to air cylinders
shall be kept clean and free from carbonized oil or other material liable to
ignition and shall be opened for inspection at least once every 3 months
in which they may be in use and a written record made of their
condition.

13. All cylinders and receivers for air and gas of a higher pressure
than the atmosphere shall be fitted with satisfactory apparatus for
showing the pressure of air or gas within such cylinder or receiver while
in use and also with relief or safety valve or other apparatus capable of
preventing any undue accumulation of pressure above the maximum
permissible working pressure of the container.

14. (1) Dangerous places such as elevated platforms, pits and trap-
holes, shall be fenced off so as to safeguard effectively persons in the
vicinity.

(2) Unauthorized entrances into any place where machinery or
steam boilers are erected are prohibited; notice to this effect shall be
posted up at all entrances.

PART 111

ELECTRICITY

15. (1) In a mine, the Superintendent of Mines or any authorized
mines officer may examine any electrical installation at any reasonable
time.

(2) If any matter appears to be defective, the Superintendent of
Mines shall report thereon to the manager who shall take steps to carry
out the necessary repairs within 24 hours of receiving the report.





PART IV

EXPLOSIVES

16. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Mines to
prescribe in writing-

(a)the precautions to be taken in respect of the blasting of any
stone, earth or other material in a mine; and

(b) the hours during which blasts may be fired off therein.

d 17. The manager may sell, and a contractor working in a mine
may buy from him, explosives solely for use in connexion with any
contract in or about the mine so long as such explosives are not sold
for profit and remain under the sole control of the mine manage-
ment.

18. (1) When a mine is closed down notice shall be given to
the Commissioner of any explosives remaining thereon or therein,
and such explosives shall be removed or disposed of in such manner
as he may direct in writing.

(2) No other explosives may be stored at or in any such
closed-down mine or other works without the permission in writing
of the Commissioner and in accordance with the provisions of the
Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

19. (1) Explosives in excess of the estimated requirements for
24 hours shall not be stored underground in a mine and such
explosives shall only be stored in underground storage boxes. In
no case shall detonators and capped fuses be stored in the same
box with other explosives.

(2) The following conditions shall apply to all underground
storage-
(a)

storage boxes shall be kept at a safe distance from working
faces in dry and secluded places and at least 2 metres away
from each other;

(b)the boxes shall be stoutly built of wood sufficiently water-
proof, and shall be kept in good repair and securely locked.
The shot-firer shall keep the keys and only unlock them for
the purpose of placing or removing explosives;

(c)on the cover of the box the word 'EXPLOSIVES' shall be
painted and maintained in distinctly legible letters;

(d)no box shall contain more than 10 kilograms of explosives
or 100 detonators or capped fuses;

(e)no other materials, implements or tools shall be placed in a
box in which there are explosives.





20. Shot-firers shall not use at their working places any explo-
sives other than those supplied to them by their employers.

21. (1) All explosives issuing from a magazine shall be placed,
kept and carried in wooden boxes until required for use.

(2) Only bone or wooden knives shall be used to cut up sticks
of explosives.

22. (1) Save as provided in regulation 24, no person unless
he is the holder of a mine blasting certificate issued under these
regulations shall prepare or fire any charges, charge any hole with
explosives or conduct any blasting operations in a mine.

(2) Application for a mine blasting certificate shall be, in
duplicate, in Form 1 in the First Schedule and shall be made to the
Superintendent of Mines.

(3) Mine blasting certificates may be issued free of charge to
persons who are in the employment of Government:

Provided that such certificates shall be endorsed 'FOR USE
ON GOVERNMENT SERVICE ONLY' and shall be valid only
whilst the holder remains in the service.

(4)(a) Mine blasting certificates in Form 11 in the First
Schedule may be issued by the Superintendent of Mines,
on payment of the fee specified in the Third Schedule, to
such persons as shall prove to his satisfaction that they are
competent to take charge of blasting operations in a mine.

(b)The Superintendent of Mines may require the applicant to
be in possession of a copy of these regulations before he
issues a certificate.

(c)Such a certificate may authorize the holder to conduct
blasting operations in accordance with any of the follow-
ing categories as may be endorsed on the certificate by the
Superintendent of Mines-
(i) on surface or in opencast workings only;
(ii) in addition, in underground operations:

Provided that no holder of a mine blasting certificate
shall use electricity for shot-firing when blasting unless his
certificate has been endorsed by the Superintendent of
Mines to permit its use.

(a) Every mine blasting certificate shall be valid for a
period of 3 years from the date of issue but may be renewed
on payment of the fee specified in the Third Schedule for
successive periods of 3 years each.





(b)An applicant for renewal shall if so required by the
Superintendent of Mines submit himself for re-examination as
to his capabilities to conduct blasting operations and upon
being satisfied as to the applicant's capabilities to conduct
the operations the Superintendent of Mines may renew the
certificate for a further period of 3 years by endorsing upon it
the date and place of renewal and his signature.

(c)When a certificate is worn or defaced, the Superintendent of
Mines may, on payment of the fee specified in the Third
Schedule, issue a fresh certificate marked 'RENEWAL' with
reference thereon to the worn certificate and shall impound
and destroy the worn or defaced certificate.

(6)(a) The holder of a mine blasting certificate may at any time
apply to the Superintendent of Mines to vary his certificate.

(b)If the Superintendent of Mines is satisfied that the applicant
is competent to conduct the blasting operations in respect of
which he wishes his certificate varied he shall, on payment of
the fee specified in the Third Schedule, endorse the certificate
accordingly and sign and date such endorsement.

(7) Save as provided in paragraph (6), no person other than the
Superintendent of Mines shall make any endorsement on, alteration of
or erasure from any mine blasting certificate issued under these
regulations. Any certificate containing any unauthorized endorsement,
alteration or erasure shall be invalid.

(8) Every person to whom a mine blasting certificate is issued shall,
immediately upon receipt, endorse thereon his usual signature in the
space provided or, if illiterate, record his thumbprint.

(9) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain the issue of a mine
blasting certificate by means of any false or fraudulent representation or
statement or wilfully or recklessly give false information as to any of the
matters in respect of which information is or may be required in
connexion with his application for a mine blasting certificate.

(10) A holder of a mine blasting certificate whose certificate has
been lost may apply to the Superintendent of Mines for the issue of a
new certificate who, if satisfied as to the identity of the applicant and
the loss of the certificate, may issue a new certificate, which shall bear
the endorsement 'DUPLICATE' in replacement thereof, upon payment
of the fee specified in the Third Schedule.

(11) A mine blasting certificate issued under these regulations may
be suspended or revoked by the order of a mines officer for good and
sufficient reasons:

Provided that any order shall, at the request of the person
aggrieved, be referred to the Superintendent of Mines whose decision
shall be final.





23. Every, manager upon engaging a shot-firer shall examine
his mine blasting certificate, and shall satisfy himself that the holder
is the person whose signature or mark is recorded thereon in
accordance with these regulations. The manager shall retain the
mine blasting certificate until the determination of the holder's
engagement.

24. (1) The preparation and firing of charges shall be by a
shot-firer.

(2) In the preparation of charges and the firing of such charges
a shot-firer may be assisted by reliable persons, who are not
shot-firers, when acting under his direct supervision but he shall
be personally responsible for any accident occurring through such
person's ignorance, inexperience, or carelessness and in no case shall
any person except a shot-firer actually prepare a detonator or charge
any hole.

(3) There shall be no simultaneous firing with electric detona-
tors except in the case of shaft sinking, opencast workings or mine
workings.

shall-

25. Before beginning drilling operations the gang foreman

(a)satisfy himself that all overhanging and loose or loosened
debris has been removed from the face and immediate
vicinity of the place of operations;

(b)see that working faces which are to be drilled are thor-
oughly scraped and examined for sockets or butts of holes
and for charges which may have misfired.

26. (1) Before commencing work either at the beginning of a
shift or after blasting, the gang foreman in charge of the shift shall be
the first to enter the place of operations and, until he considers it
safe, he shall not allow any person to enter therein except those
required by him to make and place safe.

(2) In shaft sinking the gang foreman in charge accompanied,
if necessary, by not more than 2 other persons shall carefully
examine the shaft from top to bottom after blasting and shall
remove all loose debris which may have settled on the shaft timbers
or fittings.

27. When the distance between approaching workings in either
of which blasting is being done is reduced to 10 metres, the workmen
shall be withdrawn from both faces whilst blasting operations are
taking place at either face.

28. No person shall return to any working place until such
place is free from the dust, smoke and fumes caused by blasting and
every gang foreman in charge of workmen shall be responsible for





ensuring that the workmen in his charge comply with this regulation. He
shall forthwith report to his immediate superior any case of gassing
however slight.

29. (1) Mine blasting certificates in force at the date of coming into
operation of these regulations shall remain valid, unless otherwise
cancelled, for a period of 1 year from that date.

(2) Any such certificates may be exchanged free of cost for a mine
blasting certificate issued under these regulations if surrendered to the
Superintendent of Mines within the aforesaid period of 1 year.

30. (1) No person shall carry or cause or permit to be carried any
calcium carbide underground except

(a)in lamps of a type approved by the Superintendent of Mines;
or

(b)in a watertight receptable of a type. approved by the
Superintendent of Mines.

(2) No person shall store or leave calcium carbide underground on
coming off a shift.

PART V

MINING: OPENCAST AND
ALLUVIAL

31. The Superintendent of Mines may determine from time to time
the angle to be maintained on any mine workings to ensure the safety
thereof, and in that event shall give notice in writing to the manager of
the angle to be maintained. It shall be the duty of the manager to ensure
that the angle is maintained at all times to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Mines.

32. In the case of any excavation which exceeds 1.8 metres in
vertical height and 1.2 metres in breadth and is made by hand labour
and not wholly by hydraulic or mechanical means

(a)there shall be a safety man for every gang exceeding 20 men
and he shall be stationed on the top of the bank for the
purpose of watching for surface cracks and barring down all
loose and overhanging ground; and

(b)no spoil shall be deposited within 1 metre of the edge of the
top of the vertical or sloped face.

33. When the Superintendent of Mines considers that the face of a
mine should be stepped in benches in order to ensure the safety
thereof, he shall by notice in writing addressed to the manager require
such stepped benches to be cut as he may direct.





PART VI

MINING: PROTECTION OF
SURFACE

34. Where mining operations have caused subsidence or cavities
on the surface, or where they are likely to occur, such places shall be
securely fenced in and conspicuous notice boards inscribed
'WARNING' shall be erected and maintained thereabouts as long as
the danger exists.

35. (1) For the protection of ground and any surface objects which
it is necessary to protect in the interests of personal safety or public
traffic, and the removal of which may be inexpedient, the veins, beds or
other mineral deposits shall be left intact not only vertically below
them, but also for such a distance beyond as a mines officer may
consider necessary. An appeal shall lie from the direction of the officer
to the Superintendent of Mines.

(2) Permission for the entire or partial excavation of the ground
beneath such surface objects may be obtained from the Superintendent
of Mines to the extent and under such precautions and conditions as
he may prescribe in each separate case.

(3) The driving of tunnels not exceeding 1.8 metres in width
through the safety pillars for the purpose of connecting 2 separate
mines or parts of a mine may be allowed with the written permission of
the Superintendent of Mines and upon due observance of the safety
precautions prescribed by him.

36. All excavations made contrary to the provisions of regulations
34 and 35 shall be immediately filled up with loose rock debris or earth
by the person or persons responsible for such excavations, failing
which they shall be filled up by Government at the expense of the
licensee or lessee of the mine.

37. (1) In digging prospecting trenches the ground shall be thrown
out so as to form approximately equal ridges on each side, and in
sinking prospecting pits the ground shall be thrown out so as to
surround the pit and all necessary precautions shall be taken, either by
filling up or fencing them, to prevent persons inadvertently falling into
or entering such trenches or pits:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prevent the removal
of excavated ground for sampling purpose.

(2) If in the opinion of the Superintendent of Mines disused
prospecting or mining excavations are dangerous to life, or likely to
endanger public traffic, he may order them to be filled in to the level of
the surface or securely fenced in by the prospector, holder or lessee.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraphs (1)
and (2) hereof shall be guilty of an offence, and Government shall in
any event have the right to fill up or otherwise protect such trenches or
other excavations at the expense of such person.





38. The mouth of every shaft or entrance to a mine which for the
time being is out of use or used only as an air way, and the approach of
every open working not being ordinary prospecting pits or trenches,
and all elevated and exposed platforms and gangways shall be kept
securely fenced or otherwise protected.

39. Every holder of a prospecting licence, a mining licence or a
mining lease over ground on which there are old prospecting or mining
excavations either open to the surface or underground, shall be
responsible for preventing access thereto or for rendering safe such
excavations as are left accessible.

PART *VII

MINING:
UNDERGROUND

40. (1) No inflammable roofing material such as thatch or wood
shall be used as roof covering on shelters erected over mouths of
shafts or other deep workings.

(2) No inflammable debris or refuse shall be stored, dumped or
allowed to accumulate underground in any mine.

(3) No naked lights shall be so placed that there is any risk of their
igniting any wood, timber or other material underground in a mine.

41. (1) The manager shall provide and maintain to the satisfaction
of a mines officer such ladders or other ways as will furnish effectual
means of exit or ascent of persons from any underground workings
without the assistance of winding machinery.

(2) Where in any working served by only one shaft it appears to a
mines officer that a second outlet has become necessary either for the
safety of the workmen employed or for proper ventilation, the manager
shall on being required to do so provide such second outlet.

42. At every mine where any single shaft is allowed to form the
only means of ingress and egress to the persons employed
underground, such shaft shall be provided with a proper ladder way
and a mines officer may order the provision of a proper ladder way in
more than one shaft in any mine.

43. All underground entrances to shafts or other dangerous places
which are temporarily or permanently abandoned shall be securely
fenced across the whole width of the entrances so that no person can
unintentionally enter them.

44. Where ladders are used-

(a)no ladder shall incline outwards from its base from the face;





(b)ladders shall not be vertical without the written consent of a
mines officer;

(c)in ladder ways exceeding 18 metres in depth and having an
inclination of more than seventy degrees from the horizontal,
platforms shall be provided at intervals of not more than 9
metres measured vertically;

(d)no 2 consecutive manholes in such platforms shall be in a
vertical line unless the ladders have sufficient inclination to
cover the manholes;

(e)all ladders used in mines shall be strongly constructed and be
securely fastened to the timbering or sides of the shaft and
maintained in proper repair. Rungs must not be more than 230
millimetres apart and must be inserted or notched into the
sides of the ladder as well as fastened by clinched nails or
other adequate means; and

(f)the ladders shall project at least 1 metre above the mouth of
the shaft and every resting place therein, and strong
handrails shall be fixed at such places.

45. No person shall carry or be permitted to carry any drill, tool or
any loose material on a ladder way in a vertical or steeply inclined shaft
or winze except, so far as may be necessary, in executing repairs or
other work.

46. The top of every vertical or steeply inclined shaft, winze, sump
and shute or sliding hole and all entrances thereto below the top, shall
be kept properly fenced off by means of a barrier or gate, but the
temporary removal of the barrier or gate for the purpose of repairs or
other operations is permissible if proper precautions to prevent danger
to persons are taken.

47. No excavated material, tools, wood or loose articles of any kind
shall be allowed to lie near the unprotected edge of any excavation.

48. Vertical shafts exceeding 30 metres in depth shall be provided
with guides for every bucket, cage or skip.

49. At every shaft station where it is necessary for workmen to
pass from one side of the shaft to another, provision shall be made for
them to do so without entering or crossing a winding compartment. All
passages shall be securely fenced.

50. Except to ascend or descend and for purposes of repairs,
entering or crossing a winding compartment of a shaft is prohibited:

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to persons employed
in timbering or lining vertical shafts whilst sinking operations are being
carried out.





51. (1) In sinking shafts the bucket, cage or skip shall not be filled
above the level of the brim.

(2) Before the bucket, cage or skip leaves the top or bottom of the
shaft it shall be steadied under the supervision of the gang foreman in
charge.

(3) In no event shall any bucket, cage or skip be directly lowered to
the bottom of a shaft when men are working there, but shall be stopped
at least 4.5 metres above the bottom until the signal to lower it further
has been given by the signalman thereat:

Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to shafts in Which the
miners are not more than 15 metres from the winch or windlass
controller.

52. Ladder ways shall be provided in all shafts in the course of
sinking to within such distance of the bottom as will secure them from
damage in blasting, and from the ends of such ladder ways chain
ladders shall be extended to the bottom of the shaft:

Provided that chains may be substituted for chain ladders in an
inclined shaft.

53. (1) When a shaft has no separate ladder way under which those
engaged in sinking may find shelter, during the winding of rock
materials or water, sufficient protection shall be provided by a suitable
covering.

(2) When a working shaft is being sunk deeper while ordinary
winding is going on the men employed at the bottom of such shaft shall
be securely protected by overhead cover.

54. All hoisting appliances in use at shafts and winzes shall be
provided with a stopper, pawl or some other reliable holder, and care
must be taken that the hooking on and off of buckets or other
receptacles is done without danger to the workmen.

55. (1) Every winding shaft which exceeds 15 metres in depth shall
be provided with efficient means of interchanging distinct and
definitive signals between

(a) the winding engine,

(b) the top of the shaft,

(c) the lowest point from which winding is carried on, and

(d) the various intermediate stations for the time being in use,

but this paragraph shall not apply to signalling apparatus used during
sinking operations.

(2) A mines officer may in writing exempt any shaft from the whole
or part of the requirements of paragraph (1) and any exemption may be
varied or revoked by a mines officer at 7 day's notice. An appeal shall
lie from any such variation or revocation to the Superintendent of
Mines.





(3) Where more than 1 winding engine is in use at a shaft, a
separate set of signals, as required in paragraph (1) shall be provided
for each winding engine in use.

56. Prospecting shafts where winding is done by manual or animal
power may be exempted by a mines officer from the provisions of
regulations 48, 52, 53 and 55.

57. All underground entrances to shafts or other dangerous places
which are temporarily or permanently abandoned shall be securely
fenced across the whole width of the entrances so that no person can
unintentionally enter them.

58. (1) Where the underground entrances referred to in regulation
57 or steeply inclined stopes lead directly into a main drive, it and any
working situate on its lower or 'dip' side, shall be securely fenced off in
order to ensure that persons working therein shall not receive injury
from falling materials.

(2) Any gang foreman who has reason to believe that any part of
the hanging wall or any other part of a mine is in a dangerous condition
shall inform

(a)his superior forthwith who shall take all necessary steps to
remove the danger; and

(b) the foreman of any gang which may relieve his gang.

59. (1) Where the ground is not naturally safe, every working or
pumping shaft, travelling road, airway, working, adit, level, cross-cut,
stope and underground. passage, shall be securely timbered, walled up,
or otherwise made secure, and kept in a safe condition as long as they
are in actual use. No person, unless .appointed for the purpose of
making explorations or repairs, shall travel or work therein until they are
properly secured.

(2) Where the ground is not naturally safe in any working, there
shall, in addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), be a sufficient
reserve of suitable timber conveniently placed for the immediate use of
the workmen employed therein.

60. (1) On the inside of the boundary lines of every mine there shall
be safety pillars of the width, measured at right angles from the
boundary lines, of

(a) in stratified deposits, not less than 15 metres; and

(b) in non-stratified deposits, not less than 10 metres.

(2) On the joint application of the licensees or lessees of adjoining
mines, the Superintendent of Mines may give written permission to
either party to weaken, cut through or work their respective pillars
between the mines. In the absence of a joint application he may give
written permission for the partial working, weakening or cutting through
of the pillars.





61. Underground workings, in particular shafts, sumps and winzes,
which have been in disuse, shall be examined before being again used
for the purpose of ascertaining whether foul air or other dangerous
gases have accumulated therein. Only such workmen as may be
necessary to make the examination shall be allowed to proceed therein
until they are fit for use.

62. All parts of every underground working shall be properly and
sufficiently ventilated to the satisfaction of a mines officer.

63. In every mine the quantity of air in circulation shall be
measured, at least once per month, and entered in a book kept for the
purpose at the mine.

64. All ventilation doors shall be self-closing.

65. Unless written exemption has been obtained from the
Superintendent of Mines, percussive drills shall have a central water
feed.

66. Adequate stationary lights shall be provided-

(a) during working hours-

(i) at all stations in vertical and inclined shafts; and

(ii) at all stopping places in levels where winding or hauling
is effected by means of machinery; and

(b) at night, at all workings on the surface.

67. All places which contain winding, driving, pumping or other
machinery in proximity to persons working and moving about and
which are not fenced off in such a way as to render it impossible for
anyone to come inadvertently in contact with, the machinery shall be so
lighted whilst in operation that the moving parts thereof shall be clearly
distinguishable.

. 68. No person shall move about in any unilluminated part of a mine
without showing a light.

69. (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.

(2) Every manhole shall be-

(a)as near as may be 1 metre in width and not less than 1.2
metres in depth;





(b)not less than the height of the road at that point, or 1.8
metres, whichever is the lesser;

(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.

70. The space between the tracks of rail in every haulage road or
tramway shall at all times be kept clear of obstructions.

71. 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.

72. (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.

73. 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.

74. (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.

(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.

PART VIII

WORKMEN

75. A sufficient record of all persons employed in or about a mine
shall be kept in the office at every mine.





76. 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.

77. 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.

78. (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.

(4) Upon application in that behalf and for good cause shown, the
Superintendent of Mines may, by writing under his hand and for such
periods not exceeding 3 months at any one time as may be specified
therein, either suspend altogether the obligation imposed upon the
holder of a mining licence or mining lease by paragraph (1) or reduce the
minimum number of persons in possession of certificates of
competency to render first aid to the injured that such holder is required
under that paragraph to ensure is in the area operating under his mining
licence or mining lease.





(5) For the purposes of this regulation-
(a)a certificate of competency to render first aid to the injured
shall be a certificate issued by any body recognized for the
purpose by the Superintendent of Mines;
(b)in no case shall any certificate of competency to render first
aid to the injured be valid for more than 3 years from the
date thereof,

(c)the period for compliance with paragraph (1) is, in the case
of a mining licence or mining lease in force on the date of
the commencement of the Mines (Safety) (Amendment)
Regulations 1963, 12 months from such date, and, in the
case of any other mining licence or mining lease, 6 months
from the commencement of operations thereunder.

79. No person shall sleep in a mine.

80. (1) No person in a state of intoxication or in any other
condition which may render or be likely to render him incapable of
taking care of himself or of persons under his charge shall be-
(a) allowed to enter a mine; or

(b)
(c)

near to any working on the surface; or
near to any machinery in motion within any mining
property.
(2) Any person who has entered a mine or is found in any
working or below ground in an unfit state for work owing to
intoxication or other like reason may be arrested by the manager or
some person duly authorized by him and handed over, without
delay, to the nearest police officer or police station.
(3) Except with the special permission of the manager, no
intoxicating liquor shall be taken by any person into any mine or to
any place or work at a mine, and no workman shall otherwise have
intoxicating liquor in his possession whilst at work or at a place of
work.

81. Subject to any directions which may be given by any
official of the mine-
(a)no workman shall, except in so far as may be necessary for
the purpose of getting to and from his work, or in case of
emergency or other justifiable cause necessarily connected
with his employment-
(i) go into any part of any mine other than that part in
which he works; or
(ii) travel to or from his work by any road other than
the proper travelling road; and
(b)no person other than a mines officer, workman or official
of the mine shall enter the mine except with the permission
of the manager.





82. (1) There shall be provided underground sufficient and
suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary convenience.
(2) Wood shall not be used in the construction of under-
ground sanitary conveniences.

83. No person shall, without authority, pass beyond any fence
or danger signal, or open any locked door.

84. (1) No person employed in or about a mine shall negli-
gently or wilfully-

(a)do anything which is likely to endanger life in a mine or the
safety of a mine; or

(b)omit to do anything necessary for the safety of a mine or of
the person employed therein.

(2) No person shall fight or behave in a violent manner in or
about a mine.

PART IX

SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTE

85. Water containing poisonous or injurious chemical solu-
tions used in the treatment of ores or for other purposes shall be
effectively fenced off to prevent inadvertently access to it. Notice
boards shall be placed in suitable places to warn persons from
making use thereof.

86. When sand is used for filling worked-out underground
areas, the moisture content in such sand and the liquid draining
therefrom shall not have a higher cyanide content than 0.005 per
cent expressed as cyanide of potassium.

87. (1) A mines officer may serve on any manager a written
order as to the safe disposal of slime or other waste.

(2) The provisions of regulation 103 shall apply to an order
made under paragraph (1).

PART X

RESPONSIBILITY

88. (1) Unless exempted by the Superintendent of Mines-
(a)the person responsible for the work under a prospecting
licence, shall dwell in the area to which the licence relates
or within 8 kilometres thereof; and

(b)the person responsible for the work under a mining licence
or a mining lease shall dwell in the area to which the licence
or lease relates or within 8 kilometres thereof.





(2) The manager shall be responsible for-

(a)all work done under a prospecting licence, a mining licence or
a mining lease; and

(b)the enforcement of all regulations governing the use, storage
and supply of explosives unless he has, in writing, appointed
some competent person to be in charge of a specified area. A
copy of the written appointment shall be sent to the
Superintendent of Mines.

(3) The manager may delegate his responsibility in respect of
welfare, health and housing conditions to a person approved by the
Superintendent of Mines.

(4) The holder of a prospecting or mining licence or the lessee of a
mining lease or the agent of any of them who is not managing his own
prospecting or mining operations shall without delay notify the
Superintendent of Mines in writing of the name of the person appointed
so to do.

(5) Every manager shall have in his possession a copy of the
Mining Ordinance and of these regulations and of any amendments to
either of them.

89. The working of a mine shall be carried on under the control
and responsibility of the manager.

90. Where under these regulations responsibility is not specifically
fixed on any particular person it shall attach to the manager.

91. The manager shall ensure that incompetent or inexperienced
workmen are not employed on dangerous work.

92. The manager shall be responsible for the safety and proper
discipline of the men employed above and below ground. He shall
appoint such persons as may be necessary to assist him to carry out
any of the provisions of these regulations.

93. The manager shall be responsible for ensuring compliance
with any order made under section 44(b) of the Ordinance.

94. The manager of a mine shall be responsible for sanitary
conditions underground.

95. Every manager shall carry out and enforce all the provisions of
these regulations and of any other enactment governing the use,
storage and supply of explosives. The manager shall also appoint, in
writing, to be officials of a mine such persons as are necessary to assist
him to carry out the provisions and in order to ensure the thorough
supervision of all operations in or about a mine.





96. (1) Every manager shall ensure that, at all times, a sufficient
supply of timber, proper materials and appliances for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of these regulations and ensuring the safety
of a mine and the persons employed therein is always provided.

(2) Every manager shall specify the manner in which supports are
to be set and advanced and the maximum intervals to be observed on
roadways between the supports, and at the face

(a) between each row of props;

(b) between adjacent props in the same row;

(c) between the front row of props and the face;

(d) between any holing props or sprags;

(e) between chocks.

PART XI

PLANS NECESSARY FOR
SAFETY

1

97. (1) The following plans of the property appertaining to the mine
to which they relate, on which both true and magnetic meridian shall be
shown, shall be kept and brought up to date at least every 6 months

(a)Surface plan on a scale of 1:5,000,1:2,000, 1:1,000 or 1:500 at
the discretion of a mines officer showing

(i) the boundaries and registered numbers of prospecting
licences, mining licences, and mining leases;

(ii) the outcrops and dip of the lode or lodes or other
mineral or alluvial deposits;

(iii) all open surface workings, shafts openings, boreholes,
tailing and other dumps;

(iv) buildings, watercourses, reservoirs, roads, railways,
permanent tramways, electric power lines, public telegraph
and telephone lines, cableways, main pipe lines, fences and
all surface objects which require protection against
undermining.

(b) Underground plan on a scale of 1:500 showing

(i) all mine workings whether abandoned or in use. Portions
of the mine which have been worked out shall be shown
shaded or hatched;

(ii) underground dams;

(iii) faults, dykes and important changes in the dip of the
lode or mineral bed, and where the average dip of the lode or
deposit is less than forty-five degrees than the horizontal
projection shall also be shown on the plan, and if the average
dip is forty-five degrees or more the vertical projection as well
shall be included.





(e)Ventilation plan indicating the intake airways by blue arrows
and the return airways by red arrows, on a scale of 1:2,000,
showing the system of ventilation in the mine, in particular the
general direction of the air currents, the points where the
quantity of air is measured and all devices for the regulation
and distribution of the air. All ventilation doors, toppings, air
crossings, fire dams or seals, and regulators and all
telephones and ambulance stations shall be shown in
accordance with the symbols approved by the Superintendent
of Mines.

(d)If required by the Superintendent of Mines, an electrical
installation plan showing on a scale of 1:2,000 the position of
all fixed electrical appliances in the mine other than telephones
and haulage signalling apparatus. The system of cables for
distribution of current is not required to be shown unless so
ordered.

(2) Where, prior to the coming into operation of these regulations,
plans of mines, as required by paragraph (1) were kept on different
scales to those stipulated therein, the mines in question may continue
to use the scales for parts of the mine as may be approved, if a mines
officer is satisfied that they are satisfactory for all working
requirements.

98. Two copies of the underground plan as required by regulation
97(1) duly certified as correct by the manager of a mine shall be
deposited at the office of the Mines Division, Labour Department and
shall be brought up to date at the end of each year.

99. The Superintendent of Mines may require that transverse
sections of the principal shafts in use in a mine shall be made.

100. (1) If in respect of any mine the plans required by regulation
97 are not made, or are not kept as required, the Superintendent of
Mines may have such plans or necessary additions thereto made at the
expense of the manager.

(2) If copies of the underground plan are not deposited as required
by regulation 98 or if copies sent are not made according to the
regulations, the Superintendent of Mines may have copies or any
necessary additions thereto made at the expense of the manager.

101. Copies of the plans referred to in regulations 97 to 100 or any
information concerning them shall not be given by any public servant
to any unauthorized person; nor shall they be inspected by any
unauthorized person without the written permission of the manager:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prevent officers of
the Mines Division, Labour Department showing or supplying to the
public maps showing boundaries of titles and topography.





102. Before a mine or any part of a mine is abandoned or closed
down or rendered inaccessible, all underground plans shall be brought
up to date, and copies thereof shall be deposited at the office of the
Mines Division, Labour Department.

PART XII

GENERAL

103. (1) Where in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of
the Ordinance, a mines officer considers any mine or any matter, thing
or practice in or connected with a mine to be dangerous or defective so
as, in his opinion, to threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person,
he may give notice in writing thereof to the manager with a copy to the
holder of the licence or lessee or his agent and shall state in such notice
the particulars in which he considers such mine, matter, thing or
practice to be dangerous or defective, and shall require the same to be
remedied, either forthwith or within such time as he may specify, and
may order work to be suspended until the danger is removed to his
satisfaction.

(2) On receipt of the notice issued under paragraph (1), the
manager shall comply therewith, or, if he intends to object thereto, he
shall cease to use the said mine, or part thereof or thing or practice, as
to which notice has been given, and shall forthwith withdraw all men
from the danger indicated in such notice until such time as the matter is
determined by the Superintendent of Mines:

Provided that if, in the opinion of the officer who made the order,
there is no immediate danger, he may allow work to proceed during such
period, under such restrictions and upon such conditions as he may
specify in writing in order to ensure the safety of the workmen.

(3)(a) When the manager is aggrieved by the provisions of .any
notice given under paragraphs (1) and (2), he may within 7
days after the receipt thereof, state his objection in writing to
the Superintendent of Mines and thereupon the matter shall
be determined by the Superintendent of Mines or by such
officer as he may appoint on that behalf.

(b)The Superintendent of Mines, or such officer, when
considering the objection may take cognizance of any reports
bearing on the mine, thing or practice considered dangerous
or defective and the degree of skill of those to be employed in
the mine.

(4) Any manager aggrieved by a decision made under the
provisions of paragraph (3) may, within 15 days of the notification to
him of that decision, appeal to the Commissioner.

104. For the purposes of Part VIII of the Ordinance, a dangerous
occurrence means any occurrence specified in the Second Schedule.





105. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulation 3,
4, 5, 8 to 14, 15(2), 17 to 21, 22(1), 22(7), 22(8), 22(9), 23 to 28, 30, 31, 32,
34, 35(1), 36, 37(1) or (2), 38 to 54, 55(1) or (3), 57, 58, 59, 60(1), 61 to 79,
80(1) or (3), 81 to 86, 88(1), 91, 93, 96, 97(1), 98, 102, or 103(2) shall be
guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment
for 6 months.

FIRST SCHEDULE

HONG KONG

FORM I
-

MINES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS


Application for a Mine Blasting Certificate



[reg. 22.]

(This form to be submitted to the Superintendent of Mines. In the case of a ( 91
Government employee the fee is
waived under regulation 22(3)


(1) Full name of applicant

(2) address

(3) Year ot birth


(4) Nationality

(5) IDentity Card No.

(6)
(a) Have you previously made application in Hong Kong for the issue of a


blasting certificate under the Buildings Ordinance, Chapter 123, or a

Mine Blasting Certificate under these regulations?

If so, when?

(b) If the application was granted state the number, year and reason for

now acquiring another ..........................................................................


(7) Have you ever held a blasting certificate or a Mine Blasting

Certificate which has at any time been suspended or revoked?

give particulars ..............................................................


.....................

(8) Are you in possession of detonator crimpers?
..............................................







(9) For which of the following do you require a Mine Blasting Certificate to

be issued

(a) For surface or opencast workings ........................................................
(b) Mining operations underground ...........................................................


(10) Are you going to use electrical shot-firing when blasting
...........................

I hereby certify that this is a true statement of-the particulars herein set
forth.

Date ........19


HONG KONG
FORM II


MINES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS


Mine Blasting Certificate


Original to grantee.

Duplicate to Superintendent of Mines.

This is to certify that-

(2) Address .....................................................................................................


(3) Age ...........................................................................................................


(4) Nationality
...................................................................................



(5) Identity Card No . .....................................................................................

is qualified to use explosives for blasting in prospecting or mining operations-

(a) Surface and opencast workings.

(b) Mining operations underground.

(c) Qualified to use electrical shot-firing equipment.
..................





(The issuing officer must cross out the words not
required.)


Issued this day of


Photograph.

Signature ......
(Signature o7 holder) ..........



SECOND SCHEDULE [reg. 104.]

DANGEROUS
OCCURRENCES

(1) Collapse of working.
(2) Collapse of buildings.
(3) Failure or defect of any appliance used for hoisting purposes.
(4) Any damage to tunnel, shaft or winze timbering, or other form of
support, tending materially to increase the hazards of mining.

(5) All cases of fire above or below ground.

(6)All cases of ignition of gas or dust below ground, or of the existence of
gas below ground.

(7) All cases of inrush of water, causing flooding.

(8)Electrical short circuits or failure of machinery, plant or apparatus,
involving stoppage or disuse.

(9)Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage at a pressure
greater than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or
any liquid or solid resulting from compression of gases.


(10) Any premature or unexpected explosion or ignition of
explosives.

(11) Any case of asphyxiation affecting a partial or total loss of physical
control.

(12) Bursting of a revolving vessel, wheel, grindstone or grinding wheel
moved by mechanical power.





THIRD SCHEDULE

FEES IN RESPECT OF MINE BLASTING Fees
CERTIFICATES

Issue of mine blasting certificate under regulation 22(4)(a)
........ 305

2. Renewal of mine blasting certificate under regulation 22(5)(a). 245
3. Replacement of worn or defaced mine blasting certificate under

regulation 22(5)(c)
...................................................................... 55

4. Endorsement of mine blasting certificate under regulation

22(6)(b)
.......................................................................................245

(5) Replacement of lost mine blasting certificate under regulation 22(10) 55


G.N.A. 125/54. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 15/71. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 214/77. L.N. 285/85. L.N. 87/86. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 87/86. Report of bringing plant into use. L.N. 87/86. Duty to have competent engineer in charge. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against removal or rendering useless any fencing, etc. Inspection of plant. L.N. 156/63. Power of mines officers to give directions. L.N. 156/63. Duty to keep boilers, etc. in good condition and repair. L.N. 156/63. Duty to fence off dangerous machinery. Prohibition against repairing, etc. when risk of personal injury exists. Prohibition against use of loose clothing. Friction clutches. Air compressors. Safety valves. L.N. 156/63. Duty to fence off dangerous places. Duty to post notices. Inspection of electrical installations. Power of Superintendent with regard to blasting. Power to sell and buy explosives. Prohibition against storing explosives in closed-down mine. L.N. 156/63.. (Cap. 295.) Prohibition against storing explosives underground in excess of estimated requirements. L.N. 87/86. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against using explosives other than those supplied by employer. Method of carrying and cutting explosives. Mine blasting certificate, and matters ancillary thereto L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. Form I, First Schedule. L.N .146/76. Form II, First Schedule. Third Schedule. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. Duty of manager to retain certificate. Person entitled to blast, and his responsibility. Loose ground to be removed before drilling. Working faces to be examined. Duty of gang foreman to be the first to enter place of operations. Action to be taken when blasting takes place within 10 metres of each other. L.N .87/86. Resumption of work after blasting. Validity of existing certificates. Prohibition against carbide, and exceptions. Angle of slope. Duty to station a safety man, and not to deposit spoil near edge. L.N. 87/86. Power of Superintendent to require stepped benches to be cut into mine face. Duty to protect surface where subsidence or cavities occur. Power to give directions, and duty to comply with them. L.N. 87/86. Duty to fill in illegal excavations. Duty in respect of prospecting trenches and pits. Duty to protect disused shafts and mining entrances, etc. Responsibility for old excvations. Prohibition against use of inflammable material, and duty in respect of naked lights. Duty to provide satisfactory ladders and ways of exit. Duty to provide ladders in single shaft. Duty to fence off underground entrance to abandoned workings. Ladders. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against carrying tools, etc., in ladder way. Duty to fence off entrances to shafts and winzes. Prohibition against loose material near unprotected edges. Necessity to provide guides for bucket, cage or skip. L.N. 87/86. Provision for workmen passing from one compartment to another. Prohibition against entering winding compartment. Sinking shafts. L.N. 87/86. Duty to provide ladder ways in sinking shafts. Protection of persons in sinking shafts. Precautions to be taken in using windlasses, etc. Necessity to provide signalling apparatus in shafts. L.N. 87/86. Exemption in respect of prospecting shafts. Duty to fence underground entrances. Duty to provide protection against falling materials. Duty to report danger. Duty to secure unsafe workings, and to keep reserve of timber. Duty to provide safety pillars. Power of Superintendent in respect of pillars. L.N. 87/86. Duty to examine disused workings before reopening. Ventilation requirement. Duty to take air measurement. Ventilation doors. Percussive drills. Duty to provide stationary lights. Duty to light places containing unfenced machinery. Prohibition against movement without lights. Duty to provide manholes. L.N. 87/86. Duty to keep clear space between rails. Prohibition against riding on tubs. Duty as regards haulage appliances. Duty to provide runaway switches in certain cases. Duty in respect of haulage signals. L.N. 87/86. Duty to keep record of employees. Duty to wear miners' hats of approved pattern. Requirements as to first aid equipment. L.N. 156/63. Requirement as to persons with first aid certificates. L.N. 156/63. (L.N. 156/63.) Prohibition against sleeping in a mine. Prohibition against intoxication. Power to arrest inebriates. Limitation in respect of intoxicating liquor. Prohibition against unauthorized persons. Requirement as to underground sanitation. Prohibition against passing danger signals. Prohibition against negligent behaviour. Duty to fence off, and to warn against injurious solutions. Maximum cyanide content of sand filling. Power as to disposal of slime. Duties of responsible persons. L.N. 87/86. (Cap. 285.) Responsibility for working. General responsibility. Manager's responsibility in relation to dangerous work. Responsibility of manager for safety and discipline. Duty of manager to comply with orders. Sanitation. Duty to enforce provisions regarding storage and supplies of explosive, etc. Duty to ensure adequate supply of materials and appliances. Duty to keep plans. L.N. 87/86. Duty to deposit copies with the Mines Division, Labour Department. L.N. 214/77. Power of Superintendent to require transverse sections of shafts. Power of Superintendent in respect of plans. Duty not to make plans public. L.N. 214/77. Duty regarding abandonment of mine. L.N. 214/77. Obligation to remedy any dangerous practice. Dangerous occurrences. L.N. 156/63. Second Schedule. Offences and penalties. L.N. 15/71. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 285/85.

G.N.A. 125/54. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 15/71. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 214/77. L.N. 285/85. L.N. 87/86. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 87/86. Report of bringing plant into use. L.N. 87/86. Duty to have competent engineer in charge. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against removal or rendering useless any fencing, etc. Inspection of plant. L.N. 156/63. Power of mines officers to give directions. L.N. 156/63. Duty to keep boilers, etc. in good condition and repair. L.N. 156/63. Duty to fence off dangerous machinery. Prohibition against repairing, etc. when risk of personal injury exists. Prohibition against use of loose clothing. Friction clutches. Air compressors. Safety valves. L.N. 156/63. Duty to fence off dangerous places. Duty to post notices. Inspection of electrical installations. Power of Superintendent with regard to blasting. Power to sell and buy explosives. Prohibition against storing explosives in closed-down mine. L.N. 156/63.. (Cap. 295.) Prohibition against storing explosives underground in excess of estimated requirements. L.N. 87/86. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against using explosives other than those supplied by employer. Method of carrying and cutting explosives. Mine blasting certificate, and matters ancillary thereto L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. Form I, First Schedule. L.N .146/76. Form II, First Schedule. Third Schedule. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. Duty of manager to retain certificate. Person entitled to blast, and his responsibility. Loose ground to be removed before drilling. Working faces to be examined. Duty of gang foreman to be the first to enter place of operations. Action to be taken when blasting takes place within 10 metres of each other. L.N .87/86. Resumption of work after blasting. Validity of existing certificates. Prohibition against carbide, and exceptions. Angle of slope. Duty to station a safety man, and not to deposit spoil near edge. L.N. 87/86. Power of Superintendent to require stepped benches to be cut into mine face. Duty to protect surface where subsidence or cavities occur. Power to give directions, and duty to comply with them. L.N. 87/86. Duty to fill in illegal excavations. Duty in respect of prospecting trenches and pits. Duty to protect disused shafts and mining entrances, etc. Responsibility for old excvations. Prohibition against use of inflammable material, and duty in respect of naked lights. Duty to provide satisfactory ladders and ways of exit. Duty to provide ladders in single shaft. Duty to fence off underground entrance to abandoned workings. Ladders. L.N. 87/86. Prohibition against carrying tools, etc., in ladder way. Duty to fence off entrances to shafts and winzes. Prohibition against loose material near unprotected edges. Necessity to provide guides for bucket, cage or skip. L.N. 87/86. Provision for workmen passing from one compartment to another. Prohibition against entering winding compartment. Sinking shafts. L.N. 87/86. Duty to provide ladder ways in sinking shafts. Protection of persons in sinking shafts. Precautions to be taken in using windlasses, etc. Necessity to provide signalling apparatus in shafts. L.N. 87/86. Exemption in respect of prospecting shafts. Duty to fence underground entrances. Duty to provide protection against falling materials. Duty to report danger. Duty to secure unsafe workings, and to keep reserve of timber. Duty to provide safety pillars. Power of Superintendent in respect of pillars. L.N. 87/86. Duty to examine disused workings before reopening. Ventilation requirement. Duty to take air measurement. Ventilation doors. Percussive drills. Duty to provide stationary lights. Duty to light places containing unfenced machinery. Prohibition against movement without lights. Duty to provide manholes. L.N. 87/86. Duty to keep clear space between rails. Prohibition against riding on tubs. Duty as regards haulage appliances. Duty to provide runaway switches in certain cases. Duty in respect of haulage signals. L.N. 87/86. Duty to keep record of employees. Duty to wear miners' hats of approved pattern. Requirements as to first aid equipment. L.N. 156/63. Requirement as to persons with first aid certificates. L.N. 156/63. (L.N. 156/63.) Prohibition against sleeping in a mine. Prohibition against intoxication. Power to arrest inebriates. Limitation in respect of intoxicating liquor. Prohibition against unauthorized persons. Requirement as to underground sanitation. Prohibition against passing danger signals. Prohibition against negligent behaviour. Duty to fence off, and to warn against injurious solutions. Maximum cyanide content of sand filling. Power as to disposal of slime. Duties of responsible persons. L.N. 87/86. (Cap. 285.) Responsibility for working. General responsibility. Manager's responsibility in relation to dangerous work. Responsibility of manager for safety and discipline. Duty of manager to comply with orders. Sanitation. Duty to enforce provisions regarding storage and supplies of explosive, etc. Duty to ensure adequate supply of materials and appliances. Duty to keep plans. L.N. 87/86. Duty to deposit copies with the Mines Division, Labour Department. L.N. 214/77. Power of Superintendent to require transverse sections of shafts. Power of Superintendent in respect of plans. Duty not to make plans public. L.N. 214/77. Duty regarding abandonment of mine. L.N. 214/77. Obligation to remedy any dangerous practice. Dangerous occurrences. L.N. 156/63. Second Schedule. Offences and penalties. L.N. 15/71. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 156/63. L.N. 146/76. L.N. 285/85.

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