Acts and Regulations

96-105 - Underground Mine

Section 202
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Hoist operating controls
202(1)An employer shall ensure that a device that permits changing from manual to automatic control is installed on an automatic hoist and the device is
(a) located where it is readily accessible to the manual controls, and
(b) operated only by an employee who is authorized and competent to do so.
202(2)Where a hoist is designed to be operated from control stations located at shaft levels and within a shaft conveyance, an employer shall ensure that the switch for effecting the changeover of the control mode between that at a shaft level and at the shaft conveyance is effective only at the shaft level at which the shaft conveyance is stopped.