New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 45

Page 917

✨ Stone-quarries Regulations

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allowed, without special permission from the manager or other official, to ascend or descend by means of an aerial incline.

A competent person appointed for the purpose shall daily inspect the external parts of the plant, machinery, and appliances, and shall forthwith make or cause to be made a true report (signed by himself) of the condition thereof, in a book to be kept at the quarry.
The rails on the tops of all inclines and on all landing-tables shall be provided with proper stops or other appliances for preventing the wagons from running away, except when the rope or chain is not detached from the wagon.
Every crane shall be provided with an efficient catch or an efficient brake.
Machinery shall not be cleaned while in motion.
The machinery appliances, and permanent-ways shall be kept in an efficient state of repair.
Only wire ropes shall be used for haulage purposes on self-acting inclines, except on the advancing top section of jigs where chains may be used.
All underground haulage inclines and self-acting inclines exceeding 100 ft. in length shall be fitted with bells or other adequate signalling appliances.
A back-stay or trailer shall be attached to each ascending truck or set of trucks on every inclined haulage road where mechanical haulage other than endless rope or chain is used.
No person shall ride upon any truck without permission of the manager or foreman.

V. AMBULANCE AND WATER-SUPPLY.

At quarries where more than twenty-five persons are employed, ambulances or stretchers, with splints and bandages, shall be provided at convenient places ready for immediate use in case of accident.
A sufficient supply of fresh drinking-water shall be provided for the free use of all persons employed at all quarries.

VI. DUTIES OF OFFICIALS AND WORKMEN.

The quarry manager or foreman shall see that the provisions of the Act and these regulations are carried out.
The quarry manager or foreman shall daily inspect every working-place and travelling-road, and all adjacent places from which danger might arise; and should danger appear, steps shall at once be taken to remove it. He shall satisfy himself as to the safety of any rope and other appliances used by the workmen.
The quarry manager or foreman, or other competent person appointed for such purpose, shall once at least in every twenty-four hours examine the state of all safety appliances or gear connected with the cages, winding-ropes, or shafts; and the manager shall once in each week carefully examine the buildings, machinery, shafts, levels, planes, and all places used in the working of such quarry; and every such manager and person forthwith after every such examination shall record in writing, in a book to be kept for that purpose, his opinion as to their condition and safety, and as to any alterations or repairs required to ensure greater safety to the persons employed in the working of such quarry.
The quarry manager and foreman shall cause to be provided proper sanitary arrangements for the use of the workmen in the locality of the quarry to the satisfaction at all times of the Inspector.
All workmen shall comply with the provisions of the Act and these regulations, and with such directions concerning safety and discipline as may be given to them by the officials.
Each workman working on the face of the quarry, or standing on a narrow ledge shall, when requisite, use a rope or other appliance; and every workman shall, before commencing work, satisfy himself as to the safety of any rope and other appliances for his personal use, and shall not use anything that he finds unsafe.
Each workman shall, before commencing work, and during the course of it, and especially after blasting, make a careful examination of his working-place, and remove any loose rocks, stones, or ground which might be dangerous.
No workman shall throw down rock, stones, ground, or other material which might endanger other persons, without giving them warning and seeing that they have retired to a safe place.
Every workman who notices anything that appears unsafe, or likely to produce danger, shall forthwith report it to the owner, agent, or person in charged.
Every person howsoever employed in or about the quarry shall be subject to the provisions of the Stone-quarries Act and regulations thereunder, and shall obey the commands or instructions of the manager or foreman.
No person shall use threatening or abusive language towards the manager or foreman, nor shall the manager or foreman use threatening or abusive language towards any person employed at or about a quarry.
No person shall be permitted to enter or to continue in or about the quarry or works while in a state of intoxication. No intoxicating liquor, on any pretence whatever, except in cases of necessity and with the consent of the manager, shall be taken into a quarry.

VII. SERVICE PERMITS.

Applications for service permits as quarry managers or foremen shall be made to the Inspector of Quarries for the district in which the quarry is situated, in the form No. 1, and the certificate shall be issued by the Inspector in the form No. 2, of these regulations.

SCHEDULES.

Form I.

Under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910.

APPLICATION FOR SERVICE PERMIT AS QUARRY MANAGER OR FOREMAN.

To the Inspector of Quarries.

I, THE undersigned, [Full name, residence, and occupation], hereby apply for a service permit as quarry manager or foreman, and hereby declare as follows: That I have had at least two years’ experience in quarrying, and in proof thereof I forward with this application evidence in writing from my previous employers.

Dated at this day of , 19 .

SCHEDULE.

Particulars of Employment, and Nature of Evidence in Proof thereof.

Name and Locality of Quarry.	Name of Employer.	Period of Employment.	Nature of Employment.	Signature of Employer or Manager.
		From	To

……………
Signature of Applicant.

Approved by ……………
Inspector of Quarries.

Form II.

New Zealand.

The Stone-quarries Act, 1910.

QUARRY MANAGER OR FOREMAN’S SERVICE PERMIT.

This is to certify that has produced satisfactory evidence of his experience in quarrying, and is entitled to the issue to him of this permit to act as quarry manager or foreman.

Date: ……………
Name: ……………
Address: ……………

Inspector of Quarries.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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🌾 Regulations under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910 (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated18 March 1918
KeywordsStone-quarries, Safety Regulations, Quarry Operations, Blasting, Machinery
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F. D. Thomson, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

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