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Section 10 – Lighting, Safety Lamps and Contraband

What are the illumination requirements of all working places?

[9.2(9)] The employer must ensure that the illumination at all working places is sufficient to enable employees, who conforms with the requirements of the vision tests, to perform their work safely.

 

Describe the regulation regarding the carrying of a lamp?

(15.1) No person shall work or travel or cause or permit any other person to work or travel in any un-illuminated part of a mine or works unless he or such other person carries a light.

Describe the requirements for the lights on trains?

(15.3.2) At all times underground and at night on surface the leading end of every moving train and every self-propelled moving machine shall be provided with a light of sufficient intensity shining in the direction of travel to enable the driver to identify any dangerous conditions ahead and to stop the train or machine in time. The average light intensity in the direction of travel shall not be less than 10 lux at a distance of 20 m.

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