General welfare

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22. General welfare

22.1. National laws or regulations should specify the requirements for the

changing, storing and drying of clothes, and for canteen, rest-room and laundry

facilities, as well as toilets, showers and wash-basins to be provided at mines.

22.1.1. It should be the duty of the mine operator to provide at each mine:

22.1.1.1. sufficient and suitable toilets, showers, wash-basins and laundry facilities;

22.1.1.2. adequate supplies of wholesome drinking-water in suitable places and

properly maintained; and

22.1.1.3. adequate facilities for the changing, storage, laundering and drying of

clothes.

22.2. In opencast mines where it is not practicable to set up canteens providing

wholesome meals, and, if necessary, in mines where such canteens already exist,

messroom facilities should be provided for individual workers to prepare food or to

heat and eat meals brought by themselves.

22.3. Where practicable, mobile canteens for the sale of wholesome meals to

workers should be provided.

22.4. Workers should be protected from extremes of temperature and extreme

weather conditions, and should be provided with suitable protection.

22.5. It should be the duty of the manager to ensure that the necessary

arrangements are made to ensure the regular maintenance in a clean and sanitary

condition of all the facilities provided under the terms of the present section.

22.6.1. When required, the mine operator should arrange for adequate transport

facilities to be available to meet the needs of shiftworkers at suitable times of the day

and night.

22.6.2. Where, in the interests of safety and to avoid excessive fatigue, it appears

necessary for persons to be transported to and from their places of work, the mine

operator should arrange for such transport to be provided.