PART XXX SHAFTS, HOISTS AND CONVEYANCES — Operation of conveyance

not load or permit the conveyance to be loaded in excess of the number of persons or weight of material shown in the certificate issued under paragraph 615 (b); no person is on another level; or

not permit the hoisting of a person while ore or waste material is being hoisted no person, or group of persons, on another level is without a person authorized to give signals.

in the skip of a skip-cage combination, or (ii) in a skip which is in balance with the cage;

permit only those workers required to handle material or equipment to be in or on the shaft conveyance while material or equipment is being hoisted;

ensure that material and equipment is loaded and secured so as to prevent it from shifting its position or catching the shaft timber or any obstacle;

notify the hoist operator of an unusually heavy or irregularly shaped load on or under the shaft conveyance, and not permit a person to ride in the conveyance when the load is being carried;

except during shaft inspection, close and keep closed the conveyance doors and hatch covers until a full stop is made at the destination signalled for, unless there are no persons riding in the conveyance; and

where not riding in the conveyance, remain available within hearing of the shaft signal at all times that persons are underground in an area serviced by the conveyance.

A cagetender or skiptender who is authorized to be in charge of the shaft conveyance and who is a member of the only crew working on a particular level may leave the vicinity of the shaft after giving the conveyance release signal where

In the case of an inadvertent stop in the shaft, the cage doors may be opened and persons may leave the shaft conveyance on instruction to do so from the supervisor in charge of the mine after the supervisor has advised the hoist operator.