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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 601 · clause 601 · NLR 5/12

PART XXIX UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS — Boreholes in advance of working face

601

Where a workplace in a mine approaches abandoned or other workings which cannot be inspected and in which there is or could be an accumulation of water, the employer shall

601(a)

ensure that boreholes are kept at least 6 metres ahead of the working face; and

601(b)

take those additional measures as are considered necessary by the employer or the minister to preclude a sudden breakthrough of water.

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