Minerals And Mining (Explosives) Regulations, 2012 (Li 2177)

1 1 Minerals And Mining ( explosives ) Regulations, 2012 (Li 2177) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Regulation Application and general administration 1. Application 2. Chief Inspector of explosives and Inspectors of explosives 3. Powers and duties of an inspector 4. Reporting of accidents and incidents 5. Power of the Chief Inspector to prepare guidelines 6. Management of explosives 7. Contravention of these Regulations Operating plans 8. explosives operating plans requirement 9. Types of explosives operating plans 10. Content of explosives operating plans 11. Code of safe working practice 12. Security plan 13. Emergency response plan 14. Annual inspection Certificates, licences and permits 15. Certificates of competency, business licences and permits 16.

2 Register of certificates, licences and permits 17. Fees 18. Records to be kept by Chief Inspector 19. Grievance settlement in respect of decision of inspector 20. explosives manager's certificate of competency 21. explosives certificate of competency Operating licence 22. Operating licence for mines and civil works companies 23. Operating licence for the storage of explosives 24. Operating licence to sell, deal with or act as broker of explosives 25. Monthly returns in respect of import or export of explosives under an operating licence 26. Operating licence to manufacture explosives 27. Operating licence for transportation of explosives 28. Licence for blasting firm 29. Notice of changes Permits issued by the Commission 30.

3 Permit for acquisition of specific type and amount of explosives 31. Permit for sale or disposal of specific type and amount of explosives 32. Permit for storage of explosives in a magazine 33. Permit to transport explosives 2 34. Selling or possession of explosives without permit 35. explosives to be used only in accordance with permit 36. Import and export control 37. Provision for use of explosives in mine and civil work sites Authorisation, packaging and labelling of explosives 38. explosives and accessories to be authorised 39. Classification procedure 40. explosives and precursor substances to be classified according to UN classification 41. Classes and divisions of explosives 42. explosives for underground blasting 43.

4 Packaging of explosives 44. Marking of packages and labelling of individual explosives articles 45. Documentation of explosives Reporting and documentation 46. Records and reporting 47. Monthly returns of explosives General safety precautions 48. Establishment of general safety rules by manager 49. Posting of Regulations 50. Training and induction 51. Age of employment for a magazine 52. Appointment of safety officer 53. Avoidance of sources of ignition in proximity to explosives 54. Smoking and intoxicating beverages and narcotics or dangerous drugs forbidden 55. Hot work permit procedure required for repair work in explosives business 56. Fire precautions 57. Removal of cultivation, shrubs or weeds 58. Effective means of fire fighting 59.

5 Fighting of fires 60. Personal protective equipment 61. General obligations of employees 62. Responsibility of manager for prevention of theft and loss of explosives 63. Fencing 64. Restriction and control of access 65. Number of persons allowed in danger area 66. Material safety data sheet 67. Management of waste 68. Precaution in opening cases 69. Deteriorated explosives 70. Destruction of explosives Manufacture of classes of Mining and civil explosives 71. Permits and licences required for manufacturing UN Class 1 and substances 72. Plans, specifications and site plans 73. Manager of UN Class 1 or 5. 1 plant to make special rules 3 74. Table of distances 75. Protection of UN Class plant with mound 76. Authorisation of danger buildings 77.

6 Documents to be exhibited in danger building or area 78. Permitted tools in danger building or area 79. Danger buildings to be kept clean 80. General provisions for UN Class 1 and Class manufacturing plants 81 Foreign objects or materials for UN class 1 plants 82. Spilled ingredients and waste explosives 83. Duties of person in charge of danger building Manufacture of blasting agents 84. Mixing house buildings 85. Manufacture of emulsion 86. Mixing houses for blasting agents to comply with tables of distances 87. Mixing plant operation 88. Storage prohibited in mixing house Manufacture of blasting agents on site 89. Equipment of approved design 90. Hand mixing 91. Supervision in manufacture 92. Prohibition of manufacture underground Manufacture of explosives 93.

7 Thunder-storms approaching UN class 1 or plant 94. Testing of explosives Transportation of explosives 95. Permits and licences required for transportation 96. Authorised vehicle 97. Use of authorised vehicle for other materials 98. Detonators to be transported separately 99. Only unopened boxes or containers in authorised vehicles 100. Effective packaging of explosives 101. Fuel to be carried only in a fuel tank 102. explosives not to be carried in cab 103 explosives compartment to be cleaned Conveyance by road 104. Authorised vehicle requirements 105. Route and speed limit 106. Hours for conveying explosives by roads 107. Vehicles to be accompanied by competent person and police escort 108. Trailers 109.

8 Prohibition against stopping and parking 110. Procedure for vehicles involved in accidents 111. Switching off engine during loading and unloading 112. Prohibition of matches, means of ignition, steel, iron heels or exposed nails 4 113. Vehicle upon arrival at destination to be unloaded 114. Thunder-storm during transportation 115. Convoys Transportation of explosives at surface mine or works 116. Undue delay during transfer 117. Permitted types of conveyance for explosives at any mine or works Mobile mixing units 118. Mobile mixing units Conveyance underground 119. No undue delay to occur during transfer 120. Transportation of explosives with rubber tyred vehicle 121. Transportation of explosives by rail 122.

9 Painting of rail bound carriages used exclusively for explosives 123. Precautions while carrying explosives 124. Limitation for speed for various conveyances underground 125. Precautions in haulage ways 126. Transportation of explosives in shafts 127. explosives in transit under a blastman 128. Only cage tender and blastman to travel with explosives 129. Boxes, cases and canisters for transportation of explosives Storage of explosives 130. Storage permits and leases 131. Receipt and delivery of explosives 132. explosives required for a shift 133. Cleanliness 134. General provisions for explosives magazines 135. Storage rules 136. Opening of packages 137. Posting of storage permit 138. Storage of other materials prohibited 139.

10 Naked light, matches or smoking prohibited 140. Repairs to magazine 141. Inspection 142. Destruction of explosives which have become unfit for use 143. Responsibility for magazines 144. Security guards Surface magazines 145. Plans to be approved 146. Protection of magazine with mound 147. Magazine to be of substantial building 148. Prohibition of magazines near dwellings and public roads 149. Magazine construction requirements 150. Detonators and high explosives to be stored in separate magazines 5 151. Electrical installation in explosives magazines 152. Fencing and locking Ground to be kept clear of shrubs and weeds 154. Security of magazines 155. Magazine keys 156. Warning notices 157. Magazine equipment requirement 158.