Acts and Regulations

96-105 - Underground Mine

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Chutes
42(1)An employer shall ensure that no employee goes out on the broken material above a chute, and no employee shall go out on the broken material above the chute.
42(2)Where there is a hang-up or a suspected hang-up in a chute, an employer shall ensure that the location of the hang-up is identified by suitable signs and surrounded by barricades and that any employee working in the area is notified of the danger.
42(3)An employer shall prepare a written procedure to be followed to clear a hang-up or suspected hang-up in a chute, and an employee who clears a hang-up or suspected hang-up shall follow the written procedure.
42(4)An employer shall make a copy of the written procedure referred to in subsection (3) available to an officer and the committee upon request.
42(5)An employer shall ensure that no employee enters, and no employee shall enter, any chute or transfer raise used for the passage by gravity of ore, rock or other material, unless the chute or transfer raise is emptied and properly secured to prevent the inadvertent entry of ore, rock or other material.