Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.77Underground temporary storage
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sec.77 Underground temporary storage
The underground mine manager, or, if there is no underground mine manager, the site senior executive for a mine, must ensure an underground temporary storage area at the mine is located near where the explosives stored in the area are to be used. The person must also ensure the underground temporary storage area is maintained and operated to ensure— explosives in the storage area— do not exceed the quantity needed for the operations in which they are to be used; and are protected against accidental impact; and detonators in the storage area are— stored in a locked containers; and adequately segregated from other explosives; and containers in which explosives are stored are— constructed to protect the explosives against impact, squeezing and theft; and cleaned of residual explosives before being reused; and explosives are removed from the storage area and the storage area closed when the blasting operations for which the explosives were stored stop. s 77 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.77-ssec.1) The underground mine manager, or, if there is no underground mine manager, the site senior executive for a mine, must ensure an underground temporary storage area at the mine is located near where the explosives stored in the area are to be used. (sec.77-ssec.2) The person must also ensure the underground temporary storage area is maintained and operated to ensure— explosives in the storage area— do not exceed the quantity needed for the operations in which they are to be used; and are protected against accidental impact; and detonators in the storage area are— stored in a locked containers; and adequately segregated from other explosives; and containers in which explosives are stored are— constructed to protect the explosives against impact, squeezing and theft; and cleaned of residual explosives before being reused; and explosives are removed from the storage area and the storage area closed when the blasting operations for which the explosives were stored stop.
- (a) explosives in the storage area— (i) do not exceed the quantity needed for the operations in which they are to be used; and (ii) are protected against accidental impact; and
- (i) do not exceed the quantity needed for the operations in which they are to be used; and
- (ii) are protected against accidental impact; and
- (b) detonators in the storage area are— (i) stored in a locked containers; and (ii) adequately segregated from other explosives; and
- (i) stored in a locked containers; and
- (ii) adequately segregated from other explosives; and
- (c) containers in which explosives are stored are— (i) constructed to protect the explosives against impact, squeezing and theft; and (ii) cleaned of residual explosives before being reused; and