Council Directive 92/104/EEC of 3 December 1992 on the minimum requirements for i... (31992L0104)
Council Directive 92/104/EEC of 3 December 1992 on the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in surface and underground mineral-extracting industries (twelfth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
- COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/104/EEC
- of 3 December 1992
- on the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in surface and underground mineral-extracting industries (twelfth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
- SECTION I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Subject
- Article 2
- Definitions
- SECTION II
- EMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS
- Article 3
- General obligations
- Article 4
- Protection from fire, explosions and health-endangering atmospheres
- Article 5
- Escape and rescue facilities
- Article 6
- Communication, warning and alarm systems
- Article 7
- Keeping workers informed
- Article 8
- Health surveillance
- Article 9
- Consultation of workers and workers' participation
- Article 10
- Minimum requirements for safety and health
- SECTION III
- OTHER PROVISIONS
- Article 11
- Adjustments to the Annex
- Article 12
- Mineral-extraction by dredging
- Article 13
- Final provisions
- Article 14
- ANNEX
- MINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10 OF THE DIRECTIVE
- PART A
- COMMON MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINERAL-EXTRACTING INDUSTRIES AND TO ANCILLARY SURFACE INSTALLATIONS
- 1.
- Supervision and organization
- 1.1.
- Organization of workplaces
- 1.2.
- Person in charge
- 1.3.
- Supervision
- 1.4.
- Competent workers
- 1.5.
- Information, instructions and training
- 1.6.
- Written instructions
- 1.7.
- Safe working methods
- 1.8.
- Work permits
- 1.9.
- Regular review of safety and health measures
- 2.
- Mechanical and electrical equipment and plant
- 2.1.
- General
- 2.2.
- Specific provisions
- 3.
- Maintenance
- 3.1.
- General maintenance
- 3.2.
- Safety equipment maintenance
- 4.
- Protection from explosion risks, harmful atmospheres and fire hazards
- 4.1.
- General
- 4.2.
- Protection from explosion risks
- 4.3.
- Protection from harmful atmospheres
- 4.4.
- Protection from fire hazards
- 5.
- Explosives and initiating devices
- 6.
- Traffic routes
- 7.
- Outdoor workplaces
- 8.
- Danger areas
- 9.
- Emergency routes and exits
- 10.
- Means of evacuation and escape
- 11.
- Safety drills
- 12.
- First-aid facilities
- 13.
- Natural and artificial lighting
- 14.
- Sanitary installations
- 14.1.
- Changing rooms and lockers
- 14.2.
- Showers and washbasins
- 14.3.
- Lavoratories and washbasins
- 15.
- Overburden dumps and other tips
- 16.
- Ancillary surface installations
- (additional special provisions)
- 16.1.
- Stability and solidity
- 16.2.
- Floors, walls, ceilings and roofs of rooms
- 16.3.
- Room dimensions and air space in rooms — freedom of movement at the workstation
- 16.4.
- Windows and skylights
- 16.5.
- Doors and gates
- 16.6.
- Ventilation of enclosed workplaces
- 16.7.
- Room temperature
- 16.8.
- Rest rooms
- 17.
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers
- 18.
- Disabled workers
- PART B
- SPECIAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SURFACE MINERAL-EXTRACTING INDUSTRIES
- 1.
- General
- 2.
- Operation
- PART C
- SPECIAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO UNDERGROUND MINERAL-EXTRACTING INDUSTRIES
- 1.
- General
- 2.
- Plans of underground workings
- 3.
- Outlets
- 4.
- Workings
- 5.
- Transport
- 6.
- Support and ground stability
- 7.
- Ventilation
- 8.
- Gassy mines
- 9.
- Mines containing flammable dusts
- 10.
- Gas outbursts, rockbursts and water inrushes
- 11.
- Fires, combustions and heatings
- 12.
- Precautions for withdrawal of workers
- 13.
- Lighting
- 14.
- Underground workforce accounting
- 15.
- Rescue organization
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