Mines rescue

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19.

Mines rescue

19.1.

General organisation

19.1.1.

The mine operators should provide and maintain,

jointly or separately at convenient centres, adequate central

rescue stations fully equipped for rescue work and for the

training of rescue workers, unless stations rendering equally

effective service are maintained by the individual mines and

approved by the competent authority.

19.1.2.

The radius of operation of a station should be

determined by the competent authority.

19.1.3.

(1) Every rescue station should be placed under the

immediate control of a competent superintendent who has been

fully trained in rescue work and has had a sufficient period of

practical experience underground in a mine, as decided by the

competent authority.

(2) He should also possess such other qualifications as

national laws or regulations specify.

19.1.4.

Unless exempted by the competent authority -

(a) the operator or manager of every mine should affiliate the

mine to a central rescue station, if one exists in the mining

district, in such a manner as to acquire the right of calling

for and obtaining the full services of the station at any

time;

(b) every mine should be connected by telephone to its central

rescue station, if

one

exists, or, if not, to other nearby mines

maintaining their own rescue stations.

19.1.5.

(1) Rescue workers in sufficient numbers should

be prescribed by national laws or regulations.

(2) They should be maintained and organised either -

(a) by the provision of a permanent rescue corps at the central

rescue station, and of trained rescue workers at the mine;

or

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