Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The manager of a
mine must ensure that, unless exempted in writing by the senior inspector,
each cage and skip in which persons are transported is fitted with a suitable
appliance to prevent its sudden fall down the shaft in the event of rope or
winding system failure.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(2) The manager of a
mine must ensure that a new or rebuilt cage is not used in a shaft until it
is —
(a)
proof loaded —
(i)
in the case of a cage, with 2 times the static load
normally hoisted; or
(ii)
in the case of a skip, with 1.5 times the static load
normally hoisted;
and
(b)
provided with any safety appliances required by this regulation.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(3) The manager of a
mine must ensure that safety appliances required by subregulation (1) are
tested by a drop test each 2 weeks.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(4) The manager of a
mine must ensure that, unless exempted in writing by the senior inspector, a
cage used or intended to be used for transporting heavy equipment is fitted
with suitable chairing devices for the purpose of loading and unloading heavy
equipment.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(5) The manager of a
mine must ensure that, unless exempted in writing by the senior inspector,
each cage or skip in which personnel are transported that is not fitted with
safety appliances referred to in subregulation (1) is fitted with a slack
rope detection device in proper working order that —
(a) is
designed to give notice by visual or audible signal to the driver of the
winding engine when a slack rope situation occurs; and
(b) will
initiate emergency brake action application to the winding engine.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.