sec.36Evacuation

sec.36 Evacuation

This section applies to a mine if resources, facilities or procedures for evacuating persons are decided as necessary for the mine under section 32 . The site senior executive for the mine must ensure the mine has the following things as are appropriate, having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations— a normal way of access; signed escape ways independent of the normal way of access; assembly areas; equipment and training for self-rescue; resources, facilities and procedures for tracing persons involved in an incident at the mine; a way of knowing the names and approximate location of all persons underground. If an emergency happens at the mine and creates, or is likely to create, an unacceptable level of risk, the site senior executive for the mine must ensure— persons who are, or may be, harmed or affected as a result of the emergency are evacuated from the area of unacceptable risk; and persons, other than those required to handle the emergency, are prevented from entering the area. s 36 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.36-ssec.1) This section applies to a mine if resources, facilities or procedures for evacuating persons are decided as necessary for the mine under section 32 . (sec.36-ssec.2) The site senior executive for the mine must ensure the mine has the following things as are appropriate, having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations— a normal way of access; signed escape ways independent of the normal way of access; assembly areas; equipment and training for self-rescue; resources, facilities and procedures for tracing persons involved in an incident at the mine; a way of knowing the names and approximate location of all persons underground. (sec.36-ssec.3) If an emergency happens at the mine and creates, or is likely to create, an unacceptable level of risk, the site senior executive for the mine must ensure— persons who are, or may be, harmed or affected as a result of the emergency are evacuated from the area of unacceptable risk; and persons, other than those required to handle the emergency, are prevented from entering the area.

• (a) a normal way of access;
• (b) signed escape ways independent of the normal way of access;
• (c) assembly areas;
• (d) equipment and training for self-rescue;
• (e) resources, facilities and procedures for tracing persons involved in an incident at the mine;
• (f) a way of knowing the names and approximate location of all persons underground.
• (a) persons who are, or may be, harmed or affected as a result of the emergency are evacuated from the area of unacceptable risk; and
• (b) persons, other than those required to handle the emergency, are prevented from entering the area.