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Section Title Related Regulations Page No<br />
PART 4 SAFETY PROVISIONS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES AND INSTALLATIONS<br />
32 APPLICATION OF THIS PART (Regulation 35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
33 STABILITY AND SOLIDITY (Regulation 36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
34 FLOORS, WALLS, AND CEILINGS AND OF ROOMS (Regulation 37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
35 ROOM DIMENSIONS AND AIR<br />
SPACE IN ROOMS ETC (Regulation 38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />
36 WINDOWS AND SKYLIGHTS (Regulation 39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />
37 DOORS AND GATES (Regulation 40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
38 VENTILATION (Regulation 41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
39 TEMPERATURE IN ROOMS (Regulation 42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
PART 5 EXPLOSIVES<br />
40 APPLICATION OF PART FIVE (Regulation 43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
41 APPOINTMENTS OF EXPLOSIVE SUPERVISORS,<br />
SHOTFIRERS AND STOREKEEPERS (Regulation 44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
41.1 EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
41.2 APPOINTMENT OF SHOTFIRER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
41.3 BLASTING CONTRACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
42 STORAGE,TRANSPORT, USE AND<br />
DISPOSAL OF EXPLOSIVES (Regulation 45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
42.1 CUSTODY OF EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
42.2 ON SITE SECURITY OF EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
42.3 USE OF VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
42.4 PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
42.5 DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS AND DETERIORATED EXPLOSIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
43 SHOTFIRING RULES (Regulation 46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
44 BLASTING SPECIFICATION (Regulations 47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />
45 SHOTFIRING OPERATIONS (Regulation 48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
46 DUTIES OF EXPLOSIVES SUPERVISOR AND SHOTFIRER (Regulation 49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
47 MISFIRES (Regulation 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />
48 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES (Regulation 51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
PART 6 SAFETY OF EXCAVATIONS (INCLUDING QUARRY FACES), TIPS AND LAGOONS<br />
49 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
50 GENERAL DUTY TO ENSURE SAFETY<br />
OF EXCAVATIONS,TIPS AND LAGOONS (Regulation 52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
50.1 DESIGN OF EXCAVATIONS,TIPS AND LAGOONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
50.2 WORKING EXCAVATIONS,TIPS, AND LAGOONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
51 OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR<br />
EXCAVATION,TIPS AND LAGOONS (Regulation 53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72<br />
52 APPRAISAL AND SITE INVESTIGATION<br />
OF EXCAVATIONS,TIPS AND LAGOONS (Regulation 54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
53 GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT (Regulation 55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78<br />
53.1 OPERATOR’S DUTIES IN RELATION TO<br />
EXCAVATIONS,TIPS AND LAGOONS<br />
WHICH ARE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br />
SAFE QUARRY GUIDELINES TO THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AT WORK (QUARRIES) REGULATIONS 2008 5
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