Decree of the Czech Mining Office No. 237 / 1998 Coll.
Decree of the Czech Mining Office amending Decree of the Czech Mining Office No. 51 / 1989 Coll., on safety and health at work and safety of operations in the treatment and processing of minerals, as amended
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Effective from 01.04.1999
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01.04.1999
19.10.1998
237
DECLARATION
Czech Mining Office
of 30 September 1998
amending the Order of the Czech Mining Authority No. 51 / 1989 Coll., on Safety and Health at Work and Safety of Operation in the Treatment and Processing of Minerals, as amended
According to § 6 (6) (a) of Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, the Czech Mining Authority provides:
Decree No. 51 / 1989 Coll., on safety and health at work and safety of operations in the treatment and processing of minerals, as amended by Decree No. 340 / 1992 Coll. and Decree No. 9 / 1994 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. The following Section 4a is inserted after Section 4:
Object requirements
(1) Floors shall have no dangerous obstacles, holes or inclination and shall be firm, stable and non-slippery.
(2) The surface area (base), height and volume of the work space must be designed and carried out so that workers can carry out their work without affecting their good working well-being, health or safety. 13)
(3) The space available to the worker at the workplace must be so large that the worker has sufficient mobility in his activity and can carry out his tasks safely.
(4) Windows, skylights and ventilation equipment which can be opened, closed, rebuilt and secured should be designed and constructed in such a way as to guarantee safe handling. In the open state, they must not constitute a danger to workers. Safe cleaning of windows and skylights shall be possible.
(5) Transparent or translucent walls, bulkheads in or near the transport routes, doors and doors shall be clearly marked at eye level and shall be made from safety materials or protected to avoid injury to workers if they are broken.
(6) Access to roofs from materials which do not have adequate load resistance shall be prohibited unless there is a device in place that allows the appropriate operation to be performed safely.
(7) The location, number and dimensions of doors and doors and the materials for their manufacture must be chosen according to the characteristics and manner of use of premises and workplaces.
(8) Doors and doors must meet the following requirements:
(a) the shuttle doors and doors must be transparent or have a transparent window;
b) the sliding door shall be secured against ejection and falling out;
(c) doors and doors opening upwards shall be capable of being secured against unexpected falling back;
(d) the emergency doors shall be opened outwards, marked, their structures shall be capable of being opened at any time even from the inside without any means of assistance and shall not be locked;
(e) a door on the road with traffic, if the passage by it for pedestrians is not safe, it shall be equipped with other well-visible and still accessible doors for passage;
(f) the door and door operated by mechanical force shall not endanger workers by their movement, shall be equipped with a clear, well-recognizable and easily accessible emergency switch-off device and, except where they are automatically opened in the event of power failure, shall also allow manual opening;
(g) where access to a site is restricted by chains or similar devices, such chains or similar devices shall be clearly visible and marked with appropriate signs of prohibition or warning.
(9) Auxiliary operating objects, such as workshop, office, warehouse or break room, must be located in an area without any risk of explosion.
(10) If the measuring and control devices to which the gas is supplied are installed in the operating facility, their exhaust pipe shall be removed from the facility so that the gas cannot return, even diluted.
(11) Operating objects must be marked with the object name. ';
2. In Article 6, the following sentence shall be added at the end of paragraph 1, including footnote 5a (a): "Only products which meet the requirements for a safe product may be put into use. (a)
5a) Act No. 22 / 1997 Coll., on technical requirements for products and amending and supplementing certain laws. '.
3. The following Section 6a is inserted after Section 6:
Working in heights
(1) If a worker is threatened by falling, falling or falling from a height or depth of 1,5 m or more, he shall be assured against falling. Personal reinsurance may only be used if collective reinsurance cannot be used or this would be ineffective in view of the nature of the work or local conditions.
(2) A protective or retaining banister, fence or net which is sufficiently firm, durable and fixed to withstand the expected stress shall be considered as a collective anti-fall protection.
(3) A safety belt or safety harness shall be considered as personal anti-fall protection. The safety-belt shall be used only as a positioning device in a place where the movement of the worker by free fall is not expected when falling from a height. When using a safety harness without a shock absorber, the free fall height shall not exceed 1,5 m, with a shock absorber of 4 m. '
4. In Article 18c, the following paragraph 3 is added:
"(3) The accident manager shall designate a representative in writing in cases where he is unable to perform his duties. At the time when a representative of the accident's management of the accident is in control of the accident, he shall have all the rights and obligations of the accident's manager. ';
5. Paragraph 34 (1), including footnote 19, is deleted and paragraph 2 is deleted.
6. In Paragraph 35, the following shall be added at the end of the text of paragraph 5: "and in the case of parts to be raised by lifting equipment, a binding scheme shall be provided. ';
7. In Paragraph 50, the following paragraph 4 is added:
"(4) Cables and conductors shall be secured against all surges in such a way that when the current rises above the manufacturer's specified limit, the safety of work and operation cannot be compromised."
8. In Paragraph 52 (2), the words "protective circuit 'are replaced by the words" protective wire' and in paragraph 4, the words "protective circuit 'are replaced by the words" protective wire'.
9. Paragraph 57 (2) reads:
"(2) The arrangements and deadlines for inspections, maintenance and revisions of electrical equipment shall be determined by the organisation in the operational documentation."
This Decree shall take effect on 1 April 1999.
Chairman:
Doc. JUDr. Ing. Makarius, CSc.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Czech Mining Office No. 237 / 1998 Coll., amending Decree of the Czech Mining Office No. 51 / 1989 Coll., on safety and health at work and safety of operations in the treatment and processing of minerals, as amended |
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| Regulation Type | Order |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 19.10.1998 |
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| Effective from | 01.04.1999 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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