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

Provided that this clause shall not apply to temporary structures, supports and coverings at the top
of a shaft or winze which is in the course of being sunk an to the small lid of a shaft-covering
operated by the rope cappel.
(b)
(c)
Dead leaves or dry vegetation shall not be allowed to accumulate or remain, and
combustible materials other than material required for use within a period of 24 hours,
and inflammable materials, shall not be stored within a distance of 15 metres from any
entrance to a mine, which is not effectively sealed off from the workings belowground.
No person shall light a fire or permit a fire to be lighted on the surface within a distance
of 15 metres from any entrance to a mine, except by an order I writing of the manager
and only for a special purpose specified in such order. All such orders shall be recorded
in a bound paged book kept for the purpose:
Provided that this clause shall not apply to boilers other than vertical boilers.
(3) (a) Except with the previous permission in writing of the Regional Inspector and subject to such
conditions as he may specify therein, no timber or other combustible material shall be used I the
construction of or in connection with, any shaft lining or any room housing any machinery or
apparatus belowgsround.
(b) Wood cuttings shall not be left in any working belowgroud, but shall be removed to the surface
at the end of every shift.
©No person shall light a fire or permit a fire to be lighted in any workings belowground :
Provided that –
(i)
(ii)
(d)
(e)
in the case of a mine to which regulation 142 does not apply, flame or electric welding or
repairing apparatus may be used belowground if permitted by a order in writing of the
manager or assistant manager or underground manager. Every such order shall specify
person who shall be in charge of the apparatus; and it shall be the duty of such person to
bring the apparatus back to the surface when no longer required belowgsround; and
in the case of a mine to where the provisions of regulation 142 apply, a flame or electric
welding or repairing apparatus may be used belowground if prior permission in writing
has been obtained from the Regional Inspector and subject to such conditions as he may
specify therein.
No person shall leave a portable light or lamp belowground unless he has placed it in
charge of some other person remaining therein.
At the end of a shift, unless the mine is worked by a continuous succession of shifts, after
all persons have left the mine, all lights shall be extinguished and all power cut off :
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to prohibit the running of a
mechanical ventilator or auxiliary fan belowground after the shift is over.
(f)
Proper provision shall be made to prevent an outbreak of fire or spontaneous heating
belowground or the spread of fire to the mine from any adjoining mine; and adequate
steps shall be taken to control or isolate any such fire or heating that may occur. Where in
the opinion of the Regional Inspector the provisions of this clause have not been
complied with or the steps so taken are inadequate, he may, by an order in writing,
require such aditional precautions or steps to be taken within such time as he may specify
therein. If any such order is not complied with within the specified period, the Regional