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

Regulation 221(1) A person shall not be the manager of a gold processing plant that uses cyanide if that person is not appropriately qualified in extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, metallurgical or chemical engineering.(2) A worker of a gold processing plant shall not be appointed for a cyanide specific task including the off-loading, issuing  of clearance, permits for entering cyanide areas, testing and clearance for cyanide gases and supervision of cyanide storage areas unless that person is competent and meets specific training requirements appropriate to the work activities.(3) Any other worker of the processing plant shall not operate or maintain processes which contain or transfer cyanide or cyanide which contains solutions and slurries unless that worker possesses qualification and has undergone training that is specific and appropriate to the work activities.(4) A person working at a gold processing plant that uses cyanide shall not perform any task that exposes that person to the possible impacts of cyanide without that person having been assessed competent in the requirements listed in sub-regulation (5).(5) The training requirements for a worker at a processing plant, who has responsibilities which directly or indirectly involve cyanide or cyanide which contains solutions and slurries, shall include(i) training on task procedures developed from risk assessments;(ii) emergency procedures and equipment;(iii) location of emergency equipment and alarms;(iv) risk assessment techniques;(iv) hazard identification;(vi) environmental impacts;(vii) lock-out and clearance procedures;(viii) cyanide first aid treatment; and(ix) handling of personal protective equipment and specialised breathing apparatus where appropriate.

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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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