Surface railway sidings and other vehicular traffic

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22.

Surface railway sidings and other

vehicular traffic

22.1.

Railway sidings

22.1.1.

(1) National laws or regulations should specify the

manner in which danger to persons is to be avoided in the

operation of railway sidings located on the surface of the mine

premises.

(2) These laws or regulations should include items cover-

ing-

(a) the transport of persons;

(b) the control of points and signal wires;

(c) the provision of equipment and safety devices;

(d) the movement of vehicles;

(e) restrictions of the passage of persons on foot;

(f) the provision of specific crossing points;

(g) the minimum age of locomotive drivers.

22.2.

Other vehicular traffic

22.2.1.

It should be the duty of the manager of a mine to

make and post in a prominent place Transport Rules which

control the flow and movement of vehicular traffic on the

surface of the mine, so as to secure the safety of all the persons

employed there.

22.2.2.

As far as possible, the signs used in the control of

traffic should be the same as those used on public roads.

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