Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.76Underground magazine design
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sec.76 Underground magazine design
The underground mine manager, or, if there is no underground mine manager, the site senior executive for a mine, must ensure each underground magazine at the mine is designed and maintained to ensure— explosives in the magazine are— protected against friction, impact, static and heat; and adequately ventilated to keep them cool and dry; and secured against theft; and detonators in the magazine are adequately segregated from other explosives; and when a person is present in the magazine, the atmospheric contaminants in the magazine do not exceed the general exposure limits for the contaminants; and equipment used for moving or storing explosives can be manoeuvred safely in the magazine. s 76 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1
- (a) explosives in the magazine are— (i) protected against friction, impact, static and heat; and (ii) adequately ventilated to keep them cool and dry; and (iii) secured against theft; and
- (i) protected against friction, impact, static and heat; and
- (ii) adequately ventilated to keep them cool and dry; and
- (iii) secured against theft; and
- (b) detonators in the magazine are adequately segregated from other explosives; and
- (c) when a person is present in the magazine, the atmospheric contaminants in the magazine do not exceed the general exposure limits for the contaminants; and
- (d) equipment used for moving or storing explosives can be manoeuvred safely in the magazine.
- (i) protected against friction, impact, static and heat; and
- (ii) adequately ventilated to keep them cool and dry; and
- (iii) secured against theft; and