Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.74Underground storage
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sec.74 Underground storage
The underground mine manager, or, if there is no underground mine manager, the site senior executive for a mine, must ensure explosives stored underground at the mine are stored in an underground magazine or underground temporary storage. The person must also ensure— the quantity of explosives stored is as low as reasonably practicable for the operations in which they are to be used; and blasting agents and detonator sensitive explosives are stored in areas segregated from each other; and detonators are segregated from other explosives; and only things associated with storing the explosives are stored in the underground storage. This section does not apply to explosives stored in an adit, drive or similar underground excavation that is separate from, or not integrated with or connected to, an underground mining operation in which explosives are used. s 74 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.74-ssec.1) The underground mine manager, or, if there is no underground mine manager, the site senior executive for a mine, must ensure explosives stored underground at the mine are stored in an underground magazine or underground temporary storage. (sec.74-ssec.2) The person must also ensure— the quantity of explosives stored is as low as reasonably practicable for the operations in which they are to be used; and blasting agents and detonator sensitive explosives are stored in areas segregated from each other; and detonators are segregated from other explosives; and only things associated with storing the explosives are stored in the underground storage. (sec.74-ssec.3) This section does not apply to explosives stored in an adit, drive or similar underground excavation that is separate from, or not integrated with or connected to, an underground mining operation in which explosives are used.
- (a) the quantity of explosives stored is as low as reasonably practicable for the operations in which they are to be used; and
- (b) blasting agents and detonator sensitive explosives are stored in areas segregated from each other; and
- (c) detonators are segregated from other explosives; and
- (d) only things associated with storing the explosives are stored in the underground storage.