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

Section 138 Disposition versions

2016-06-23

138. A fire door must be installed

(1)  in a drift leading to a shaft as soon as the travelway is 100 m (328.1 ft) from a shaft station such that it is isolated from the other parts of the mine in case of fire; and

(2)  at every access to a garage designed in accordance with the mine engineering plans and built on or after 23 March 2006.

The door must

(1)  be built of fireproof materials and be fire resistant for at least 1 hour;

(2)  be free of any obstruction;

(3)  have an automatic closing device in the case of a garage referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph; and

(4)  contain a small door for the circulation or evacuation of persons or have such a door alongside it.

For the purposes of this section, “garage” means the place where maintenance and mechanical repair are performed on the main mobile equipment, such as boom drills and scoop trams.

O.C. 213-93, s. 138; O.C. 119-2006, s. 14; O.C. 445-2016, s. 5.

2012-09-01

138. A fire door must be installed

(1)  in a drift leading to a shaft as soon as the travelway is 100 m (328.1 ft) from a shaft station such that it is isolated from the other parts of the mine in case of fire; and

(2)  at every access to a garage designed in accordance with the mine engineering plans and built on or after 23 March 2006.

The door must

(1)  be built of fireproof materials or covered with steel sheet on both sides;

(2)  be free of any obstruction;

(3)  have an automatic closing device in the case of a garage referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph; and

(4)  contain a small door for the circulation or evacuation of persons or have such a door alongside it.

For the purposes of this section, “garage” means the place where maintenance and mechanical repair are performed on the main mobile equipment, such as boom drills and scoop trams.

O.C. 213-93, s. 138; O.C. 119-2006, s. 14.