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PART XXIX UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS — Clearances for mobile equipment

598

(1) In an underground haulageway where mobile equipment is used, an employer shall maintain

598(a)

a minimum total clearance of 1.5 metres between the sides of the workplace and the mobile equipment;

598(b)

a clearance of 300 millimetres above equipment having a covered cab;

598(c)

safety stations, at intervals not exceeding 30 metres, when the working is simultaneously used for pedestrian traffic and there is less than 2.1 metres total horizontal clearance; and

598(d)

a minimum one side clearance of 600 millimetres.

598(2)

On a ramp in an underground haulageway where mobile equipment is used, the safety station may consist of a slash taken up-ramp to provide one face perpendicular to the ramp.

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