221(1)Except when a skip is used for the purpose of shaft inspection or maintenance, an employer shall ensure that a skip is used for the transportation of employees only in an emergency, in which case employees shall ride in the skip.
221(2)When a skip is used for the purpose of shaft inspection or maintenance or is used to transport employees in an emergency, an employer shall ensure that the hoist is equipped with control devices that prevent the skip from being taken
(a)
to the dump position, or
(b)
to the skip loading pocket unless the controls for loading the skip with ore or waste have been made inoperative.
221(3)When a skip is used for the purpose of shaft inspection or maintenance or is used to transport employees in an emergency, an employer shall ensure that the skip is empty except for the persons being transported or doing the inspection or maintenance.
221(4)When a skip is used for the purpose of shaft inspection or maintenance or is used to transport employees in an emergency, an employer shall ensure that the hoist is operated manually and is not permitted to travel in excess of one-half its normal speed and in no case shall the speed be permitted to exceed five metres per second.
221(5)An employer shall ensure that a top unloading skip is equipped with a protective device to prevent overturning when it is used for the purpose of shaft inspection or maintenance.
221(6)An employer shall ensure that before any person enters a skip, the person is informed by an audible or visual signal that the control devices for the hoist are set in operation.
221(7)An employer shall ensure that the openings between a shaft and a skip box over which a person must pass to enter or leave a skip are closed off sufficiently to prevent the person from falling through the opening.
221(8)An employer shall ensure that the shaft signal pull cord is located in a convenient place for a skip tender.