sec.132Using and relocating operator-attended dredges

### sec.132 Using and relocating operator-attended dredges A surface mine must have a standard operating procedure for using and relocating operator-attended dredges at the mine. The procedure must provide for the following— safe access to a floating pontoon; restricting access to areas identified in a risk assessment as high risk areas; controlling electrical trailing cables connected to the dredge; the safety of persons near winch ropes; using a bilge pump, including, in particular, ways to minimise the risk of reverse siphoning; checking and recording the dredge’s freeboard; maintaining and inspecting the dredge’s hulls and parts essential for flotation; controlling risk from dredging the face; monitoring climatic conditions and securing the dredge during adverse climatic conditions. (sec.132-ssec.1) A surface mine must have a standard operating procedure for using and relocating operator-attended dredges at the mine. (sec.132-ssec.2) The procedure must provide for the following— safe access to a floating pontoon; restricting access to areas identified in a risk assessment as high risk areas; controlling electrical trailing cables connected to the dredge; the safety of persons near winch ropes; using a bilge pump, including, in particular, ways to minimise the risk of reverse siphoning; checking and recording the dredge’s freeboard; maintaining and inspecting the dredge’s hulls and parts essential for flotation; controlling risk from dredging the face; monitoring climatic conditions and securing the dredge during adverse climatic conditions. - (a) safe access to a floating pontoon; - (b) restricting access to areas identified in a risk assessment as high risk areas; - (c) controlling electrical trailing cables connected to the dredge; - (d) the safety of persons near winch ropes; - (e) using a bilge pump, including, in particular, ways to minimise the risk of reverse siphoning; - (f) checking and recording the dredge’s freeboard; - (g) maintaining and inspecting the dredge’s hulls and parts essential for flotation; - (h) controlling risk from dredging the face; - (i) monitoring climatic conditions and securing the dredge during adverse climatic conditions.