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

Section 232 Disposition versions

2014-12-04

232. An electrical hoisting plant shall be equipped with:

(1)  a red manually operated emergency switch to cut off power from the hoist installed within the operator’s reach when he is at the controls of the hoist and at any other place from which the hoist can be controlled;

(2)  an overwind limit switch controlled directly by the conveyance or the counterweight;

(3)  an upper and lower limit travel switch;

(4)  an automatic overspeed protective device adjusted to the speed determined in subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of section 241 and section 242;

(5)  a manually operated backout device which, in the closed position, permits return to the overwind or underwind protection position;

(6)  an amperemeter that the operator can read when he is at the controls of the hoist and continuously indicating the voltage of the engine of the hoist;

(7)  protective devices against low voltages, overloads and short circuits;

(8)  a limit switch for the braking mechanism;

(9)  an instrument indicating the speed of the conveyance;

(10)  a slack rope device or a device providing equivalent safety;

(11)  a high water level detection device, of the fail-safe type, placed under the lower limit of travel of the shaft.

During the sinking of a shaft, the device must be located under the lower chair of the timbering.

O.C. 213-93, s. 232; O.C. 1326-95, s. 48; O.C. 465-2002, s. 15; O.C. 221-2009, s. 20; O.C. 963-2014, s. 7.

2012-09-01

232. An electrical hoisting plant shall be equipped with:

(1)  a red manually operated emergency switch to cut off power from the hoist installed within the operator’s reach when he is at the controls of the hoist and at any other place from which the hoist can be controlled;

(2)  an overwind limit switch controlled directly by the conveyance or the counterweight;

(3)  an upper and lower limit travel switch;

(4)  an automatic overspeed protective device adjusted to the speed determined in subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of section 241 and section 242;

(5)  a manually operated backout device which, in the closed position, permits return to the overwind or underwind protection position;

(6)  an amperemeter that the operator can read when he is at the controls of the hoist and continuously indicating the voltage of the engine of the hoist;

(7)  protective devices against low voltages, overloads and short circuits;

(8)  a limit switch for the braking mechanism;

(9)  an instrument indicating the speed of the conveyance;

(10)  a slack rope device or a device providing equivalent safety.

O.C. 213-93, s. 232; O.C. 1326-95, s. 48; O.C. 465-2002, s. 15; O.C. 221-2009, s. 20.