Minerals And Mining (Health, Safety And Technical Regulations, 2012) (L.I. 2182)
Regulation 299
The engineering manager of a mine shall in relation to the mine
(a) cause to be designed safety tags to warn personnel of a defect in an appliance, system or machine and the prescriptions of the safety tags shall be strictly adhered to;
(b) ensure that specific tag out procedures apply to different machinery, but the following are generally observed:
(i) where a motor or a part of a moving machinery is to be worked on, the person responsible for the job shall isolate the machinery from the power supply, lock out and tag the machinery at the control device and keep the key;
(ii) a person working on a motor or a part of a moving machine shall put that person's personal tag on the machine and shall remove the tag only when that person has finished working;
(iii) the lock and tag shall not be removed by any person other than the person who fixed the lock and tag; and
(iv) where the job cannot be completed the supervisor shall be informed and the supervisor may ask that the key be kept by the person doing the job or the supervisor may replace the lock with that of the company and tag the lock accordingly;
(c) ensure that
(i) each lock used is of good quality and has an individual number;
(ii) the issuing of locks is documented;
(iii) only one key is issued to the appropriate person for each lock and a duplicate key is kept under lock and key and only the manager has access to the duplicate key;
(iv) the engineering manager of the mine shall keep a record of the use of the duplicate key; and
(v) machinery and installations shall be designed in a manner that enable the main switches to be secured with locks.
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- Website: https://www.mincom.gov.gh/
- GPS: GA-110-0371
- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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