Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961 - Directorate General of ...

(3) The locomotive driver shall immediately report to the engineer or other competent person appointed
for the purpose any defect which he has noticed in the locomotive or any part or fitting thereof.
(4) The locomotive driver shall not set the locomotive in motion until audible warning has been given by
him to persons whose safety may be endangered. He shall also give the audible warning when the
locomotive is approaching a level crossing or any place where any person is at work or where the
driver’s sight is intercepted.
(5) The locomotive driver shall not leave a locomotive unattended away from the places where it is
housed, unless he has ensured that it cannot be set in motion by any unauthorised person.
(6) The locomotive driver shall ensure that no unauthorised person drives, handles or raised on a
locomotive.
(7) When tubs or wagons are being pushed in front of the locomotive, the shunter shall accompany the
leading wagon.
58. Duties of magazine incharge – Every magazine incharge –
(a) shall, subject to the orders of superior officials, be responsible for the proper receipt, storage an issue
of explosives in and from the magazine;
(b) shall maintain such records of explosives so received, stored and issued, as are required by the rules
made under Indian Explosives Act, 1884, and under the Act and under the regulations, rules, byelaws
and orders made thereunder;
(c) shall not issue explosives to any person other than a competent persons; and when explosives are
returned to the magazine, shall re-issue such explosives before issuing fresh stock;
(d) shall record in abound-paged book kept for the purpose the names of various competent persons and
the quantity and nature of explosives issued to each of them; and shall similarly record the quantity and
nature of explosives returned to the magazine by each such person;
(e) shall securely lock each canister before issuing it to the competent persons and shall also check
whether the canister is returned to the magazine in locked condition; he shall not issue explosives in
any canister which is not in proper repair or which cannot be securely locked;
(f) shall not allow any unauthorised person to enter the magazine; and
(g) shall, if he discovers any shortage of explosives in the magazine forthwith inform the manager in
writing.
59. Duties of register keepers and attendance clerks, etc. – (1) Every person appointed to keep registers or
other records required by or under the Act and the regulations and any orders made thereunder, or to make
entries therein, shall make the necessary entries in ink and with reasonable despatch.
(2) During the whole time that persons are at work, the attendance clerk shall remain on duty at attendance
cabin which shall be provided near the workplaces, or in case of workings belowground, near the outlet
used by the workpersons to enter and leave such workings.
(3) No person who is not an employee of the mine or is not entitled to enter the mine under the Act or
under the regulations, or orders made thereunder, or is not so authorised by the manager, shall enter the
mine. It shall be the duty of the attendance clerk to see that no such person enters the mine; if any such
person forcibly enters the mine, the attendance clerk shall immediately report the matter in writing to the
manger.
(4) If after the commencement of a shift any official or a competent person has not got his attendance
recorded in the register maintained under section 48(4) of the Act, the attendance clerk concerned shall,
within two hours after the commencement of the shift, report the fact in writing to the Manager, or the
under manager or assistant manager of other official in charge of the shift.