Safety and health in opencast mines

Book : Safety and health in opencast mines

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : Geneva

ISBN : 92-2-107103-0

Publish Date : January 1991

Publisher : International Labour Offıce Geneva

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 622

INDEX

Contents
Preface
1. General provisions
1.1. Objectives
1.2. Scope
1.3. Definitions . .
General duties
2.1. Duties of governments
2.2. Duties of mine operators
2.3. Duties of mine managers and supervisory officials.
2.4. Duties of other supervisory officials
2.5. Duties of workers
3. Surveyors and plans
3.1. Appointment of duly qualified surveyor
3.2. Duties of mine surveyor
3.3. Plans: General
3.4. Faulty plans
3.5. Abandonment plans
4. Registration and record-keeping
4.1. Commencement and cessation of mining operations ,
4.2. Posting of notices
4.3. Records and returns
5. Training
Design and methods
6.1. Design requirements . .
6.2. Stripping of overburdenSafety and health in opencast mines
6.3. Mining methods
6.4. General precautions for frozen soil and permafrost
6.5. Design and safety requirements for ground and surface water control
7. Machinery and plant
7.1. General provisions
7.2. Mechanical apparatus
7.3. Protective safety devices
7.4. Boiler and steam plant
7.5. Compressed-air equipment
7.6. Standards for boilers and pressure vessels
8. Electrical apparatus
8.1. General provisions
8.2. Insulation
8.3. Control devices
8.4. Distribution boxes
8.5. Earthing systems
8.6. Overload protection
8.7. Transformers
8.8. Conductors
8.9. Switchboards and switchgear
8.10. Protection of portable, transportable and mobile machines
8.11. Miscellaneous safety procedures
8.12. Electrical trolley locomotives
9. Surface buildings and structures .
9.1. Safety of buildings
9.2. Safe means of access
9.3. Provision of emergency lighting
9.4. General provisions
10. Tips, dams and lagoons 10.1. Tips 10.2. Dams and lagoons
10.3. Reporting of dangerous occurrences
11. Fire protection and fire-fighting
11.1. General provisions
11.2. Precautions against fire
11.3. Provision of fire protection
11.4. Fire-fighting and rescue
12, Explosives and shotfiring
12.1. General provisions: Explosives
12.2. Storage of explosives
12.3. Transport of explosives
12.4. General provisions: Shotfiring .
12.5. Misfires
12.6. Electrical firing
13. Drilling and rotary jet piercing
13.1. General safety precautions .
13.2. Drilling rigs
13.3. Rotary jet piercing
14. Excavation and loading
14.1.Duty of mine manager
14.2. Excavation
14.3. Single-bucket excavators
14.4. Multi-bucket and rotary excavating machines
14.5. Scrapers and bulldozers
14.6. Loading
15. Dredges and other floating installations
15.1. Scope
15.2. Approval by the competent authority
15.3. Personnel
15.4. Safety precautions on board dredges .Safety and health in opencast mines
15.5. Miscellaneous protective precautions
15.6. Emergency provisions
15.7. Other matters
16. Transport and handling of material
16.1. Non-rail vehicles
16.2. Rail transport
16.3. Aerial ropeways
16.4. Conveyors
16.5. Conveyor bridges and overburden spreaders .
16.6. Stockpiles, bins and storage silos
17. Mobile and travelling cranes
17.1. General requirements .
17.2. Safety precautions . . .
18. Hazards in the working environment and environmental protection
18.1. General provisions
18.2. Precautions against airborne dust
18.3. Precautions against harmful gases
18.4. Noise
18.5. Vibration
18.6. Toxic substances
18.7. Protection of the environment
18.8. Testing and measurement
19. First aid and medical services
19.1. First-aid requirements
19.2. First-aid training
19.3. Medical examinations
20. Recording and notification of accidents, notifiable diseases and dangerous occurrences
21. Consultation on health and safety .
22. General welfare
23. Protective clothing and equipment
24, Miscellaneous provisions
24.1. General conduct
24.2. Employment of workers speaking different languages
24.3. Admission of outside persons
24.4. Safety signs