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1 50Chains, Ropes

and Lifting Tackles

Competent person 12 Months

1. No chain, rope or lifting tackle shall be used unless it is of substantial construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from any defect.2. No chain, rope other than fibre rope and fibre rope slings, or lifting tackle shall be taken into use for the first time in any place of work unless it has been tested and examined by a competent person, and a report of such test and examination, specifying the safe working load and signed by the competent person is obtained and kept available for inspection.

No chain, rope or lifting tackle shall be used for raising, lowering or suspending any load exceeding the safe working load specified by the manufacturer, except by a competent person for testing purposes.

3. Every chain, rope or lifting tackle shall bear a distinguishing mark or number sufficient to identify it.

4. A register containing a record of the examination under subsection (4) shall be kept by the employer in respect of all such chains, ropes or lifting tackles.

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2 51Cranes and other

lifting machines

Registered

Machinery

Inspector

12 months

All parts and working gear, whether fixed or movable,

including the anchoring and fixing appliances, of every

crane or other lifting machine shall –

(a) be of good construction, sound material, adequate

strength and free from patent defect, and shall be

properly maintained; and

(b) be thoroughly examined by a registered machinery

inspector at least once every 12 months.

No person under 18 years of age shall be employed to

operate any lifting machine driven by mechanical

power or to give signals to the operator of any such

machine.

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3 52 Vehicle liftsRegistered Machinery Inspector

6 months

(a) Vehicle lift to be positioned in such a manner that any of its moving parts is not less than 600 mm from the nearest fixed structure; (b) appropriate measures have been taken to prevent bodily injury when the lift descends to its lowest level;

(c) approaches to the lift does not exceed 20 degrees from the horizontal, where applicable;

(d) every vehicle lift is provided with a readily accessible and efficient safety device to prevent the fall of the vehicle when raised;

(e) Efficient automatic devices are provided and maintained on every vehicle lift to prevent its platform from overrunning.

No person under 18 years of age shall be employed to operate any vehicle lift.

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4 53 Hoists and liftsRegistered Machinery Inspector

6 months

(a) efficient automatic devices shall be provided and maintained to prevent the cage or platform from overrunning;

(b) every cage shall, on each side from which access is afforded to a landing, be fitted with a gate, and in connection with any such gate efficient devices shall be provided to secure that, when persons or goods are in the cage, the cage cannot be raised or lowered unless the gate is closed and will come to rest when the gate is opened;

(c) the maximum number of persons or amount of load that can safely be carried shall be marked conspicuously;

(d) where the platform or cage is suspended by rope or chain, there shall be at least two ropes or chains separately connected with the platform or cage, each rope or chain and its attachments being capable of carrying the whole weight of the platform or cage and its maximum working load, and efficient devices shall be provided and maintained which will support the platform or cage with its maximum working load in the event of a breakage or failure of the ropes or chains or any of their attachments.

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5 54 EscalatorsRegistered Machinery Inspector

6 monthsEvery escalator shall be provided with at least 2 (top & bottom) readily accessible emergency stop controls.

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6 55,56,57 Steam boilers Registered Boiler Inspector

12 months(1) Every part of every steam boiler shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from patent defect and shall conform to the specifications of the Mauritius Standards Bureau, if any.

(2) The devices referred to in subsection (2) (a) are –

(a) a suitable safety valve, separate from and incapable of being isolated by any stop-valve, which shall be so adjusted as to prevent the boiler being worked at a pressure greater than the maximum permissible working pressure and shall be fixed directly to, or as close as practicable to the boiler;

(b) a suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler to the steam pipe;

(c) a correct steam pressure gauge connected to the steam space and easily visible, which shall indicate the pressure of steam in the boiler and have marked on the face of the gauge in a distinctive colour the maximum permissible working pressure;

(d) at least one water gauge of transparent material to show the water level in the boiler, and if the gauge is of the glass tubular type and the working pressure of the boiler normally exceeds 275 kilopascals fitted with an efficient guard which

does not obstruct the reading of the gauge.

(3) A lever-valve shall not be deemed a suitable safety valve unless the weight is secured on the lever in the correct position.

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7 58Steam receivers and containers

Registered Boiler Inspector

24 months

(1) Every steam receiver and every part thereof and all its fittings shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from patent defect, and shall be properly maintained.

(2) Every steam receiver, not so constructed and maintained as to withstand with safety the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler or the maximum pressure which can be obtained in the pipe connecting the receiver with any source of supply, shall be fitted with–

(a) a suitable reducing valve or other suitable automatic appliance to prevent the safe working pressure of the receiver being exceeded;

(b) a suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the steam to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded, or a suitable appliance for cutting off automatically the steam supply as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded;

(c) a correct steam pressure gauge, which shall indicate the pressure of steam in the receiver;

7 58 Steam receivers Registered Boiler 24 months (d) a suitable stop-valve; and

(e) except where only one steam receiver is in use, a plate

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bearing a distinctive number which shall be easily visible.

(3) The safety valve and pressure gauge specified in subsection (2) shall be fitted either on the steam receiver or on the supply pipe between the receiver and the reducing valve or other appliance to prevent the safe working pressure being exceeded.

(4) For the purpose of subsection (2) other than paragraph (e) thereof, any set of receivers supplied with steam through a single pipe and forming part of a single machine may be treated as one receiver, and for the purpose of the said subsection, except paragraphs (d) and (e) thereof, any other set of receivers supplied with steam through a single pipe may be treated as one receiver but this subsection shall not apply to any such set of receivers unless the reducing valve or other appliance to prevent the safe working pressure being exceeded is fitted on the said single pipe.

(5) Every steam container shall be so maintained as to secure that the outlet is at all times kept open and free from obstruction.

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8 59 Air receiversRegistered Boiler

Inspector24 months

(1) Every air receiver and every part thereof and all its fittings shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from patent defect, and shall be properly maintained.

(2) Every air receiver shall–

(a) have marked upon it, so as to be clearly visible, the safe working pressure;

(b) in the case of a receiver connected with an air compressing plant, either be so constructed as to withstand with safety the maximum pressure which can be obtained in the compressor, or be fitted with a suitable reducing valve or other suitable appliance to prevent the safe working pressure of the receiver being exceeded;

(c) be fitted with a suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the air to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded;

(d) be fitted with an accurate pressure gauge indicating the pressure in the receiver and have marked on the face of the gauge in a distinctive colour the safe working pressure.

8 59 Air receivers Registered Boiler 24 months (e) be fitted with a suitable appliance for draining the receiver other than a vessel specified in paragraphs (b) and

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(d) in the definition of “air receiver”;

(f) be provided with a suitable manhole, hand hole or other means which will allow the interior to be thoroughly cleaned; and

(g) where there is more than one receiver in use in the place of work, bear a distinguishing mark which shall be easily visible.

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), relating to safety valves and pressure gauges, any set of air receivers supplied with air through a single pipe may be treated as one receiver but in the case where a suitable reducing valve or other suitable appliance to prevent the safe working pressure being exceeded is required to be fitted, this subsection shall not apply unless the valve or appliance is fitted on the said single pipe.

(4) Every air receiver shall be thoroughly cleaned and examined at least once every 12 months except that in the case of a receiver of solid drawn construction if it is so constructed that the internal surface cannot be thoroughly examined, a suitable hydraulic test of the receiver shall be carried out in lieu of internal examination at least once every 24 months

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9 60Refrigeration

plantsRegistered Boiler

Inspector12 months

Every refrigeration plant capable of being entered by an employee shall –

(a) have all control valves situated outside the cold storage room; and

(b) have all doors of the cold storage room capable of being opened easily and quickly from the inside and outside.

(2) Every refrigeration plant which has a positive displacement compressor shall be provided with–

(a) an automatic pressure relief device for that compressor; and

(b) a suitable pressure gauge to indicate the discharge pressure from such plant.