sec.168Safety and health management system for self-escape

### sec.168 Safety and health management system for self-escape An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the self-escape of persons from the mine, or a part of the mine, to a place of safety. The system must be developed through a risk assessment that includes a consideration of at least the following— the location of devices for assisting self-escape; the number of devices, including self-rescuers, to be distributed throughout the mine; selecting and marking the location for reserve self-rescuers; the number and location of changeover stations and refuges; selecting and marking escape routes; communication equipment and ways of using the equipment; training persons in self-escape; fitness of coal mine workers. The system must provide for a sufficient number of self-rescuers to be placed throughout the mine to enable each person below ground to attempt to escape to the surface if an incident renders the mine, or a part of the mine atmosphere, irrespirable and of poor visibility. (sec.168-ssec.1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the self-escape of persons from the mine, or a part of the mine, to a place of safety. (sec.168-ssec.2) The system must be developed through a risk assessment that includes a consideration of at least the following— the location of devices for assisting self-escape; the number of devices, including self-rescuers, to be distributed throughout the mine; selecting and marking the location for reserve self-rescuers; the number and location of changeover stations and refuges; selecting and marking escape routes; communication equipment and ways of using the equipment; training persons in self-escape; fitness of coal mine workers. (sec.168-ssec.3) The system must provide for a sufficient number of self-rescuers to be placed throughout the mine to enable each person below ground to attempt to escape to the surface if an incident renders the mine, or a part of the mine atmosphere, irrespirable and of poor visibility. - (a) the location of devices for assisting self-escape; - (b) the number of devices, including self-rescuers, to be distributed throughout the mine; - (c) selecting and marking the location for reserve self-rescuers; - (d) the number and location of changeover stations and refuges; - (e) selecting and marking escape routes; - (f) communication equipment and ways of using the equipment; - (g) training persons in self-escape; - (h) fitness of coal mine workers.