Mines and Quarries Act, 1965

First aid.

85.—(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure the provision thereat of adequate facilities and equipment for the purpose of rendering first-aid to persons employed at the mine, who, while so employed, suffer bodily injury or become ill.

(2) Regulations, for the purposes of this section, may—

(a) determine for mines of any class what are adequate facilities and equipment,

(b) require the attendance at mines during working hours of persons trained in first-aid treatment and the making and carrying out at mines—

(i) as respects persons who, while employed below ground thereat, suffer bodily injury or become ill, of prescribed arrangements for their conveyance from the place where they were injured or became ill to the surface, and

(ii) as respects persons who, while employed thereat (whether above or below ground), suffer bodily injury or become ill, of prescribed arrangements for their conveyance, where necessary, to hospitals or their homes.

Excessive Weights