sec.353Using fans underground

### sec.353 Using fans underground This section applies only to an underground mine that uses fans underground. The mine’s safety and health management system must provide for using the fans underground. The mine must have a standard operating procedure for using the following fans if the fans are used in the mine’s ventilation system— auxiliary fans, including auxiliary fans used for degassing places where methane has accumulated; booster fans; scrubber fans; a combination of fans mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) . In developing a standard operating procedure for subsection (3) (a) , the site senior executive for the mine must have regard to ways of ensuring a compressed air powered auxiliary fan is de-energised promptly if the main ventilation system fails. If different types of a fan are used at the mine, the mine must have a separate standard operating procedure for each type. (sec.353-ssec.1) This section applies only to an underground mine that uses fans underground. (sec.353-ssec.2) The mine’s safety and health management system must provide for using the fans underground. (sec.353-ssec.3) The mine must have a standard operating procedure for using the following fans if the fans are used in the mine’s ventilation system— auxiliary fans, including auxiliary fans used for degassing places where methane has accumulated; booster fans; scrubber fans; a combination of fans mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) . (sec.353-ssec.4) In developing a standard operating procedure for subsection (3) (a) , the site senior executive for the mine must have regard to ways of ensuring a compressed air powered auxiliary fan is de-energised promptly if the main ventilation system fails. (sec.353-ssec.5) If different types of a fan are used at the mine, the mine must have a separate standard operating procedure for each type. - (a) auxiliary fans, including auxiliary fans used for degassing places where methane has accumulated; - (b) booster fans; - (c) scrubber fans; - (d) a combination of fans mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) .