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

Section 54 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

54. Where the compartment described in section 53 has a motorized device for the transport of persons, the device shall:

(1)  be independent of any hoisting plant;

(2)  be designed, installed, maintained and used in accordance with sections 215 to 349;

(3)  be used solely for the transport of persons including the portable tools they carry with them;

(4)  have a minimum capacity of 8 persons, except during the sinking of a shaft when the number of persons may be less than 8;

(5)  be capable of obtaining power from at least 2 independent sources of electrical energy, one being a generator operated by a diesel-type internal combustion engine; the generator shall:

(a)  have sufficient power to supply the facility and be reserved in priority to that facility;

(b)  have sufficient power to ensure the starting and operation of the hoist motor at its rated load;

(c)  be checked at least once each week; the check shall include a complete cycle in the shaft, and the result of the check shall be noted in the work station register concerning hoisting equipment as prescribed by section 344;

(6)  have a speed between 225 m/min (730 ft/min) and 460 m/min (1,509 ft/min);

(7)  have a hoist installed in a room with at least one hour resistance to fire and separated from other hoists, compressors or other similar equipment by a partition with similar fire resistance.

A hoistman shall be available in the hoist room of the motorized device for transporting persons or in another hoistroom of a hoist serving the same shaft while there are persons likely to use the device.

O.C. 213-93, s. 54; O.C. 1326-95, s. 16; O.C. 460-2000, s. 12; O.C. 465-2002, s. 4.