Acts and Regulations

96-105 - Underground Mine

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Brakes
192(1)An employer shall ensure that the brakes of a drum hoist are arranged to decelerate the hoist at a rate greater than 1.5 m per second per second and less than 3.7 m per second per second where braking is initiated by an interrupted safety circuit and the hoist is
(a) normally used for the transporting of persons, and
(b) operating in the normal full speed zone.
192(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a drum hoist installed before the commencement of this Regulation.