South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations645—Operation of shaft conveyances
(1) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that material or plant being carried in a
shaft conveyance—
(a) does
not protrude from the shaft conveyance, while it is moving, so as to contact a
wall of the shaft or any thing in the shaft; and
(b) is
so secured to the shaft conveyance that it cannot leave the shaft conveyance
except by being deliberately removed.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(2) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that persons being carried in a shaft
conveyance are adequately protected from another shaft conveyance in the same
shaft and from any material or plant being carried by the other shaft
conveyance.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(3) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that, if a shaft conveyance that combines a
cage and skip is used, material is not carried in the skip while persons are
being carried in the cage.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(4) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure that control measures are implemented to
prevent a shaft conveyance from becoming detached or falling down the shaft.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(5) The mine operator
of an underground mine must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that
facilities for loading material or plant onto or into a shaft conveyance are
designed and operated so as to prevent spillage into the shaft.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.