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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 652 · clause 652 · NLR 5/12

PART XXXII OPEN CUT WORKINGS IN MINING OPERATIONS — Definitions

652

In this Part

652(a)

"angle of repose" means the steepest angle of descent or dip of the slope relative to the horizontal plane when material on the slope face is on the verge of sliding;

652(b)

"berm" means an embankment or ridge of earth that functions as a protective barrier that will prevent a piece of mobile equipment from going over its side; and

652(c)

"catchment berm" means a bench designed to arrest material which sloughs from a face or wall at elevations above the face being worked.

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