S-2.1, r. 14 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety in mines

Section 326 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

326. Before using a newly installed cage, a skip or a skip-cage combination intended for transport of persons or one whose safety catches or mass has been altered, a free-fall test shall be carried out. The following data concerning the test shall be noted and kept on the mine site:

(1)  the maximum speed at which the conveyance travelled during the test;

(2)  the mass of the conveyance;

(3)  the load contained in the conveyance;

(4)  the total distance of the conveyance’s fall;

(5)  the distance travelled by the conveyance after the safety catches engage.

Where the cage, skip or cage-skip assembly that the employer wishes to use is similar to a cage, a skip or a cage-skip assembly already tested in accordance with the first paragraph, a quick release test is sufficient.

O.C. 213-93, s. 326.