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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.79Equipment used for maintaining plant
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### sec.79 Equipment used for maintaining plant
A coal mine must have a standard operating procedure for electrical and mechanical equipment used for inspecting, testing and maintaining the safe operation of plant at the mine.
The procedure must provide for the following—
selecting equipment that is fit for its intended purpose;
using the equipment safely;
maintaining the equipment in accordance with its specification;
testing the equipment at appropriate intervals and labelling the equipment to show when the equipment was last tested.
(sec.79-ssec.1) A coal mine must have a standard operating procedure for electrical and mechanical equipment used for inspecting, testing and maintaining the safe operation of plant at the mine.
(sec.79-ssec.2) The procedure must provide for the following— selecting equipment that is fit for its intended purpose; using the equipment safely; maintaining the equipment in accordance with its specification; testing the equipment at appropriate intervals and labelling the equipment to show when the equipment was last tested.
- (a) selecting equipment that is fit for its intended purpose;
- (b) using the equipment safely;
- (c) maintaining the equipment in accordance with its specification;
- (d) testing the equipment at appropriate intervals and labelling the equipment to show when the equipment was last tested.