sec.265Safety and health management system for hot work

### sec.265 Safety and health management system for hot work An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for carrying out hot work in a place at the mine other than a permanent underground workshop. The system must provide for the following— while hot work is being carried out— controlling the effects of methane inrushes; and keeping the general body concentration of methane to less than 0.5%; and stopping work and quenching hot material if the concentration exceeds 0.5%; carrying out a risk assessment before the hot work is started; stone dusting to at least 85% incombustible content on all roadways connected to the place for the appropriate distance decided by the risk assessment; posting a fire watch during and after the hot work is completed; restricting access by persons, other than persons involved in the work, to the ventilation split in which the hot work is being carried out; returning equipment used to carry out the hot work after the work is finished; keeping a record of the hot work carried out. The system must also provide for a person with a first or second class, or deputy’s, certificate of competency to— carry out inspections identified as necessary under the risk assessment; and be present at the place where the hot work is carried out while it is being carried out. (sec.265-ssec.1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for carrying out hot work in a place at the mine other than a permanent underground workshop. (sec.265-ssec.2) The system must provide for the following— while hot work is being carried out— controlling the effects of methane inrushes; and keeping the general body concentration of methane to less than 0.5%; and stopping work and quenching hot material if the concentration exceeds 0.5%; carrying out a risk assessment before the hot work is started; stone dusting to at least 85% incombustible content on all roadways connected to the place for the appropriate distance decided by the risk assessment; posting a fire watch during and after the hot work is completed; restricting access by persons, other than persons involved in the work, to the ventilation split in which the hot work is being carried out; returning equipment used to carry out the hot work after the work is finished; keeping a record of the hot work carried out. (sec.265-ssec.3) The system must also provide for a person with a first or second class, or deputy’s, certificate of competency to— carry out inspections identified as necessary under the risk assessment; and be present at the place where the hot work is carried out while it is being carried out. - (a) while hot work is being carried out— (i) controlling the effects of methane inrushes; and (ii) keeping the general body concentration of methane to less than 0.5%; and (iii) stopping work and quenching hot material if the concentration exceeds 0.5%; - (i) controlling the effects of methane inrushes; and - (ii) keeping the general body concentration of methane to less than 0.5%; and - (iii) stopping work and quenching hot material if the concentration exceeds 0.5%; - (b) carrying out a risk assessment before the hot work is started; - (c) stone dusting to at least 85% incombustible content on all roadways connected to the place for the appropriate distance decided by the risk assessment; - (d) posting a fire watch during and after the hot work is completed; - (e) restricting access by persons, other than persons involved in the work, to the ventilation split in which the hot work is being carried out; - (f) returning equipment used to carry out the hot work after the work is finished; - (g) keeping a record of the hot work carried out. - (i) controlling the effects of methane inrushes; and - (ii) keeping the general body concentration of methane to less than 0.5%; and - (iii) stopping work and quenching hot material if the concentration exceeds 0.5%; - (a) carry out inspections identified as necessary under the risk assessment; and - (b) be present at the place where the hot work is carried out while it is being carried out.