Notices · OSH Code
Duties in a mine emergency
- Accident, danger or disease
- Employer
What to do
On information of an emergency likely to need a rescue team, the manager, or the principal official present at the surface, must inform the rescue room or rescue station, summon the mine’s rescue trained persons, ask nearby mines for help if needed, summon medical assistance, and inform the Inspector-cum-Facilitator rule 144(1).
Who it applies to
Every mine rule 144(1).
When
Immediately rule 144(1).
How
Rescue and recovery work below ground is under the control, direction and supervision of the manager rule 144(2).
Pay the owner of a rescue station or rescue room that helps the full cost of the services and facilities borrowed rule 154.