(1) The manager of every mine shall, in relation to...
- Determine maximum persons per cage and post notice at each entrance
UK Statutory Instrument
1956
United Kingdom
The Miscellaneous Mines Order 1956
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25 compliance obligations
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Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
(1) At every mine where persons are carried through a...
- Appoint a banksman at the shaft top when carrying people or when over 15 are underground
(1) In relation to each shaft, staple-pit and unwalkable outlet...
- Determine and post signals for winding or haulage apparatus
(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of...
- Keep accurate up-to-date plans of all mine workings
(1) For the purposes of section forty of the Act...
- Provide refuge holes in mine roads where vehicles run
(1) Where means of transmitting signals are provided in pursuance...
- Determine and post signal codes for rope haulage or conveyor
The manager of every mine shall secure the provision and...
- Provide suitable lighting at underground entrances and sidings
The manager of every mine in which or in part...
- Ensure safety-lamps are examined and locked before use below ground
At any place below ground in any mine at which...
- Provide fire-fighting equipment for oil-filled electrical apparatus underground
At every mine a competent person appointed for that purpose...
- Appoint competent person to inspect mine machinery weekly
At every mine a competent person appointed for the purpose...
- Arrange regular safety inspections of winding and haulage apparatus used for carrying people
In every mine a competent person appointed for that purpose...
- Appoint a competent person to inspect mines daily for safety
(1) At every mine a competent person appointed for the...
- Inspect, treat and maintain winding apparatus and detaching hooks
(1) A competent person appointed for the purpose by the...
- Thoroughly examine winding ropes every 30 days
In every mine a competent person appointed for that purpose...
- Appoint a competent person to inspect shafts and outlets every 7 days
(1) At every mine a competent person appointed for that...
- Have lifting equipment thoroughly examined by a competent person every 14 months
(1) Every steam boiler at a mine shall be provided...
- Fit steam boilers with safety gauges and low-water protection
(1) Every steam boiler at a mine shall be provided...
- Provide safety valves on steam boilers and prevent unauthorised adjustment
(1) Every air receiver at a mine shall—
- You must mark, fit and maintain safety devices on air receivers
(1) In every mine a competent person appointed for that...
- Inspect mine escape routes and airways regularly
(1) Every air receiver at a mine shall be thoroughly...
- Thoroughly clean and examine air receivers every 26 months
First aid
- Provide and maintain first aid facilities, equipment and trained personnel at your mine
Sanitary conveniences
- Ensure sanitary conveniences at mine are covered, private, and have secure doors for females
It shall be the duty of the manager of every...
- Prevent loose materials accumulating on ledges or landings
It shall be the duty of the manager of every...
- Assign all inspections and examinations to competent persons
Browse 57 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
These regulations shall apply to mines other than mines of...
(1) In every shaft provided with a cage which is...
Every cage or carriage which is used for carrying persons...
Every cage or carriage which is used for carrying vehicles...
(1) Where mechanically operated winding apparatus is ordinarily used for...
No person other than a person authorised by the manager...
Where persons are to be carried through a shaft, staple-pit...
(1) No minerals, equipment or materials (other than things which...
Where a kibble is used in any shaft or staple-pit...
(1) A person operating any winding apparatus with which a...
No person operating any winding apparatus shall allow any engine...
Nothing in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section thirty-nine...
A sufficient supply of suitable sprags, lockers or drags shall...
No person employed below ground at a mine shall leave...
(1) In the event of the abandonment of a mine...
No person shall take into or use in any mine...
At every building or structure at or adjoining the top...
(1) No inflammable material shall be used in the construction...
No loose material which is burning shall be left unattended...
No calcium carbide shall be taken below ground otherwise than...
Without prejudice to the obligation imposed by section seventy-seven of...
(1) No person shall clean any machinery which is in...
(1) No spliced rope shall be used for winding in...
No rope shall be used in winding apparatus in which...
No capped rope shall be used in winding or haulage...
No capped rope shall be used in any haulage apparatus...
No capped rope shall be used at any time for...
(1) No rope which has been re-capped shall be used...
No rope having a capping containing white metal shall be...
No rope with a form of capping in which the...
No round rope to which a capel is attached by...
Every crane, crab or winch operated by mechanical power and...
Every water gauge attached to any steam boiler at a...
(1) Every steam boiler at a mine and all its...
A person who has made an examination of a steam...
(1) No new steam boiler shall be taken into use...
No lines of rails of a gauge of or exceeding...
No person shall be at a mine in a state...
No person shall travel by means of an aerial rope-way...
Except under the authority of an official of the mine,...
Any person who opens any door intended to direct the...
Except with the authority of an official of the mine,...
(1) Every person engaged at any working face (including a...
No person shall work on any ledge or other place...
Except in a shaft or staple-pit in the course of...
(1) Where access to any part of a mine in...
No young person who has not attained the age of...
Changing and messing
(1) Any fixed ladder ordinarily in use below ground shall...
The top of any hopper or kiln shall be kept...
Any gantry or platform (other than a temporary wheeling plank)...
Any road or way below ground which passes or crosses...
No person shall descend any shaft or staple-pit which is...
(1) Where mechanically operated winding apparatus or mechanically operated rope...
Except in the case of any examination of a steam...
(1) In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings...
In every shaft and staple-pit provided with winding apparatus, being...
Browse 5 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
(1) The provisions set out in the first schedule hereto,...
Any authority, certificate, determination, direction, exemption, permit or prescription given...
This order shall come into operation at the commencement of...
Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872, sections 14 and 19.
Metalliferous Mines General Regulations, 1938
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