sec.260Safety and health management system

### sec.260 Safety and health management system An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the safe transport of persons, material and equipment at the mine. The system must provide for the following— securing equipment or material carried in a compartment of a vehicle in which a person is also being carried at the mine; routine testing of undiluted exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine used underground; moving, operating and parking vehicles; storing fuel for vehicles; ensuring the safety of pedestrians on roadways used by vehicles, by providing, for example, for clearances, refuges and other hazard controls; carrying out a risk assessment for a vehicle before the vehicle is used at the mine, including, for example, an assessment of the following— the vehicle’s impact on, and suitability for, the mine; the safety of operators, passengers and other persons near the vehicle when the vehicle is in use or being parked; allowable loads, clearances, speeds and operating gradients for vehicles; periodic inspection and testing, at intervals of not more than 8 days, of the braking systems for vehicles. The system must be developed having regard to any information about hazards associated with vehicles at underground mines kept by the CEO under section 280 (1) (a) of the Act . s 260 amd 2020 SL No. 69 s 24 sch 1 (sec.260-ssec.1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the safe transport of persons, material and equipment at the mine. (sec.260-ssec.2) The system must provide for the following— securing equipment or material carried in a compartment of a vehicle in which a person is also being carried at the mine; routine testing of undiluted exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine used underground; moving, operating and parking vehicles; storing fuel for vehicles; ensuring the safety of pedestrians on roadways used by vehicles, by providing, for example, for clearances, refuges and other hazard controls; carrying out a risk assessment for a vehicle before the vehicle is used at the mine, including, for example, an assessment of the following— the vehicle’s impact on, and suitability for, the mine; the safety of operators, passengers and other persons near the vehicle when the vehicle is in use or being parked; allowable loads, clearances, speeds and operating gradients for vehicles; periodic inspection and testing, at intervals of not more than 8 days, of the braking systems for vehicles. (sec.260-ssec.3) The system must be developed having regard to any information about hazards associated with vehicles at underground mines kept by the CEO under section 280 (1) (a) of the Act . - (a) securing equipment or material carried in a compartment of a vehicle in which a person is also being carried at the mine; - (b) routine testing of undiluted exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine used underground; - (c) moving, operating and parking vehicles; - (d) storing fuel for vehicles; - (e) ensuring the safety of pedestrians on roadways used by vehicles, by providing, for example, for clearances, refuges and other hazard controls; - (f) carrying out a risk assessment for a vehicle before the vehicle is used at the mine, including, for example, an assessment of the following— (i) the vehicle’s impact on, and suitability for, the mine; (ii) the safety of operators, passengers and other persons near the vehicle when the vehicle is in use or being parked; - (i) the vehicle’s impact on, and suitability for, the mine; - (ii) the safety of operators, passengers and other persons near the vehicle when the vehicle is in use or being parked; - (g) allowable loads, clearances, speeds and operating gradients for vehicles; - (h) periodic inspection and testing, at intervals of not more than 8 days, of the braking systems for vehicles. - (i) the vehicle’s impact on, and suitability for, the mine; - (ii) the safety of operators, passengers and other persons near the vehicle when the vehicle is in use or being parked;