S-2.1, r. 14 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety in mines

Section 13 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

13. A hoistman whose work station is underground or in the head frame of a shaft shall have available:

(1)  a self-contained breathing apparatus which shall:

(a)  have a regulator maintaining air pressure higher than atmospheric pressure at all times inside the facial part of the apparatus;

(b)  have a connector that enables the worker to be supplied with compressed air from a cylinder as prescribed in paragraph 2;

(2)  a cylinder of compressed air charged at not less than 13,800 kPa (2,001.5 lb/in2), of a capacity of at least 6 m3 (211.9 ft3) of air at normal atmospheric conditions, equipped with a compressed air supply hose with a regulator and a recharge hose that can be attached to the self-contained breathing apparatus and long enough to enable the hoistman to have access to his work station, to the circuit breaker where the latter cannot be activated from his work station or to the pinion brake where the latter has to be engaged manually.

The device mentioned in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph shall not have an automatic shutoff device closing off or restricting the air supply in the facial part.

Operating instructions for the self-contained breathing apparatus and the cylinder as well as emergency evacuation procedures shall be posted at the hoistman’s work station.

The hoistman shall receive training every 2 months in the use and maintenance of the self-contained breathing apparatus and the cylinder.

The same model of self-contained breathing apparatus shall be used in the work stations mentioned in the first paragraph.

O.C. 213-93, s. 13; O.C. 1190-2010, s. 2.