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

(c) The operations and examination required under this sub -regulation shall be carried out
by or under the supervision of the engineer or other competent person, who shall record
the date and other particulars thereof in a bound paged boo kept for the purpose, and shall
sign and date the same.
90. Precautions after recapping, etc - After every installation or recapping of a rope and
after every renewal or refitting of any suspension gear, the engineer or other competent
person shall, after the cages or other means of conveyance fully loaded with materials
have made five trips up and down the working portion of the shaft, examine the cappel
and other parts of the suspens ion gear to see that they are in proper working order. A
report of every such examination shall be recorded in the book kept under regulation
89(2), and shall be signed and dated by the persons making the examination.
91. Examination of winding equipment – (1) It shall be the duty of the engineer or other competent person
to examine –
(a) Once at least in every 24 hours –
(i)
(ii)
the attachment of the winding rope to the drum, the depth indicator, every part of the suspension
gear in the shaft, including cages or other means of conveyance and their gates, and every external
part of the winding apparatus, upon the proper working of which the safety of persons depends;
and
the brakes of the winding engines;
(b) Once at least in every seven days –
(i)
(ii)
each winding rope, by passing the rope at a speed not exceeding one meter per second; and
the external parts of the winding engine, the guides and the signalling arrangements fitted in a
shaft or winze;
(c) Once at least in every 30 days, every winding rope, by passing the rope at a speed not exceeding 0.5
metre per second. For the purpose of this examination, the rope shall be cleaned of any entrusted dirt and
grease at all places particularly liable to deterioration and at other places, not more than 30 metres apart
throughout the length, and any reduction in the circumference of the rope and the superficial condition of
the wires as to wear, corrosion, brittleness and fracture at every such place shall be noted; and
(d) Once at least in every 12 months, the winding engine as to the condition of its internal parts.
(2) A report of every such examination shall be recorded in a bound paged book kept for the purpose, and
shall be signed and dated by the person who made the examination and countersigned and dated by the
engineer, or where there is no duly qualified engineer, by the manger.
(3) If on any examination made as aforesaid, there is discovered any weakness or defect by which the
safety of persons may be endangered, such weakness or defect shall be immediately reported in writing to
the engineer or other competent person and to the manager; and until such weakness or defect is remedies
the winding installation shall not be used.
92. Gates and fences – (1) At the tope of every shaft or winze and at every inset which is in use, there shall
be provided suitably gates or fences which shall effectively close the openings into the shaft or winze at all
times when a cage or other means of conveyance is not at the tope or the landing. Except with the
permission of the Chief Inspector by an order in writing and subject to such conditions as he may specify
therein, every such gate at the tope of a shaft shall be self-operating.