Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)

Regulation 113(1) Where a person working adjacent to a place where there is water is likely in the course of employment to fall into the water and possibly drown,(a) that person shall wear a life jacket; and(b) the manager of the mine shall provide suitable rescue equipment which shall be kept in good order and ready for immediate use in the resolve of any person in danger of drowning.(2) Where the elevation of the ground immediately adjacent to a place referred to in sub-regulation (1), is at least one metre above the level of the water or where a floating stage is used on the water or there is a structure immediately adjacent to the water,(a) adequate fencing or similar safeguards shall be provided and maintained to a height of not more than one and half metres at the edges of the ground or structure immediately adjacent to the water; and(b) in the case of a floating stage, the fencing shall cover the full perimeter of the floating stage.(3) Despite sub-regulation (2), the fencing may be temporarily removed for the purposes of maintenance, repair or movement of material

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Minerals Commission

36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
Email:mlnrinfo@mlnr.gov.gh
Website:http://mincom.gov.gh

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