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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 554 · clause 554 · NLR 5/12

PART XXIX UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS — Steeply inclined raises

554

An employer shall ensure that a raise being driven that is inclined at more than 50 ° from the horizontal, and that is to be more than 16 metres slope length and into which a worker shall enter

554(a)

is driven by a raise climber or other hoisting device that protects the worker from falling material while ascending and descending; or

554(b)

is divided into at least 2 compartments, one of which is maintained as a ladderway and is timbered to within a safe distance of the face, but that distance shall not exceed 7.5 metres.

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