Sand and Granite Quarries Regulations

  Table of Contents

1 Citation

2 Application for licence

3 Plan of sand or granite quarry

4 Directions of Licensing Officer

5 Security deposit

6 Fees

7 Renewal of licence

8 Alteration of quarry in approved plan

9 Assessment of damage

10 Clearing of quarry waste

11 Disposal of silt

12 Explosives for granite quarries

13 Conduct of employees and other persons

14 Safety appliances

15 Machinery safety

16 Unauthorised entry

17 Age limit of employees

18 Safety of surroundings of excavations, etc.

19 No overhang of face or wall

20 Notice to cease work

21 Safe travelling ways

22 Notice to work in benches

23 Night work

24 No obstruction by plant, etc.

25 Regulation of blasting operations

26 Precautions relating to blasting operations

27 Fumes, dust, etc.

28 Thunderstorms

29 Prohibited persons

30 Cleanliness

31 Storage of explosives in magazines

32 Dust extraction plants

33 Licensee to provide dust masks, etc.

34 Duties of licensees

35 X-ray and medical examination

36 Register of persons employed

37 Application of Factories Act

38 Offence and penalty

  Legislative History