PART XXXII OPEN CUT WORKINGS IN MINING OPERATIONS — Protective curbs or berms
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(1) An employer shall maintain a protective curb or berm of material at an open pit or quarry along the outer edge of
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a ramp; a portion of a surface haul road that exposes mobile equipment to a vertical fall of greater than 3 metres is protected by a berm that is equivalent to at least one half the height of the largest haulage truck tire in use on that haul road; and
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a roadway that is within 20 metres of a hazardous slope in the open pit or quarry; a break in the berm of a surface haul road is not greater than the width of the smallest haul truck in regular service on that road.
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a bench, where mobile equipment other than a drilling machine is operated within 8 metres of the edge of the bench;
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waste dumps;
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an access ramp
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used to feed a hopper, crusher, or conveyor system, or (ii) when required by an officer;
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a road that has a vertical fall of greater than 2.5 metres and is used for the haulage of quarried or mined material whether in its raw or concentrate form.
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An employer shall ensure that
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Where it appears that the waste dump is slumping, written safe work procedures shall be developed to address the placement of material on the slumping dumps. (4) Berms or curbs shall be made of unconsolidated material.
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