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

Section 117 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

117. Safety procedures in case of fire, infiltration, flood, landslide or other event of a similar nature shall be prepared for every underground mine. The procedures shall include the following elements:

(1)  the obligations of the worker who discovers such an event;

(2)  the organization of rescue operations;

(3)  the persons to be informed and methods of contacting them;

(4)  procedures for activating the alarm system;

(5)  the organization of the evacuation of the mine;

(6)  monitoring of persons brought to the surface in an evacuation and tasks of persons designated to do the monitoring;

(7)  persons designated to draw up the list of persons still underground as evacuation takes place;

(8)  a list of the persons responsible for seeing to the operation of the installations necessary for rescue of the workers, in particular, hoists, fans, compressors, electrical substations and the control and monitoring equipment for the substations powering the hoists, fans, and compressors;

(9)  persons assigned to contact outside institutions that may be needed during operations and the method of contacting them;

(10)  persons responsible for guiding persons from outside, including physicians, ambulances and rescue teams;

(11)  the organization of gathering information relating to the rescue of persons;

(12)  the methods used to see that such procedures are known and thoroughly understood by the persons involved.

O.C. 213-93, s. 117; O.C. 1326-95, s. 23.