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| Category | LABOUR ADMINISTRATION | Organ of Promulgation | The State Council | Status of Effect | In Force |
| Date of Promulgation | 1996-10-30 | Effective Date | 1996-10-30 |
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Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safety in Mines |
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Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of
the People's Republic of China on Safety in Mines (hereinafter referred to as
the Mining Safety Law).
Article 2 Terms used in the Mining Safety Law and in these Regulations
have meanings as the following:
"Mines" refers to the site where mining operations of mineral resources
are performed within a mining area assigned with legal approval, and its
auxiliary facilities.
"Mining operations of mineral resources" refers to those operations
related to exploration of mineral resources, construction of mines,
production, close-down of pits and other operations, within the mining area
assigned with legal approval.
Article 3 The state shall adopt policies and measures to support
education on mining safety, to encourage research and application of safety
mining techniques, safety management, safety devices and apparatuses, and to
promote progress in science and technology on safety mining operations.
Article 4 People's governments at all levels, government departments or
enterprises and institutions shall, in accordance with relevant state
provisions, give awards to units and persons who fall into any of the
following categories:
(1) having been devoted and made remarkable contributions to his duty in
safety management and safety monitoring;
(2) having done meritorious service in preventing accidents or in rescuing
operations in mines;
(3) having made marked achievements in popularization of safety techniques
and in improving safety devices used in mines;
(4) having presented rationalization proposals on safety production in
mines, bringing in remarkable results; or
(5) having made inventions and achievements in scientific research which Article 5 Geological exploration reports for designing mines shall (1) nature and scope of relatively large faults, zones of fracture, (2) nature, thickness, shape of water-bearing beds (including Karst caves) (3) locations, excavating depth and water-logged situation of original (4) situation about methane and carbondioxide accumulated, possibility of (5) components, contents and variation of ores harmful to human health, (6) abnormality of ground temperature, heat-conducting rate of rock, (7) source and quality of water for industrial and daily uses; (8) data about confining drilled holes; and (9) other data necessary for designing mines; Article 6 In preparing feasibility study reports and general design for In primary design of construction projects, a chapter exclusive for safety Article 7 According to article 8 of the Mining Safety Law, when When revisions must be made to the designs of safety devices used in the Article 8 Operations for mine construction projects shall be conducted The construction unit shall, 60 days before check and acceptance test Article 9 The authorities in charge of mining enterprises and the Article 10 Mines shall be equipped with safety devices to ensure safety (1) Each underground mine shall have at least two separate walkable safety (2) Each underground mine shall be equipped with separate ventilation (3) Lanes in the mine shall meet the need for walking, transport, (4) Pillars in lanes and apical plates in excavating sites shall be (5) Sufficient number of ore-columns for safety insulation shall be (6) In opencast mines, the height of the steps, the width of the platform (7) Water-preventing and water-draining systems shall be installed on the (8) In slide mines, safety measures shall be taken to prevent and tackle (9) In shafts where self-ignition of gases is possible, main transport (10) Ground fire-fighting equipment used in mines shall conform to state (11) Electricity supply and distribution system on the ground and in the (12) Hoisting and transport facilities, devices and equipment in each mine (a) Wire ropes, linking devices, hoisting vessels and security chains (b) There between the hoisting vessels and walls of the shaft, and the (c) The hoisting cable winch and the hoisting vessel shall be equipped (d) Types of electrolocomotives, electric wire and railroads shall be (e) Mechanisms for conveying personnel shall be equipped with reliable (f) hoisting and transport equipment shall be equipped with sensitive and (13) In each underground mine, there shall be a dust-preventing system and (14) In underground mines where explosions may be caused by gas and mine (15) In underground mines where radioactive minerals are excavated, the (a) Quantity and quality of the intaken air shall meet the need for (b) Main air-intaking channels shall be opened outside the ore lode. (c) Retreating recovery method shall be adopted; and (d) Measures shall be taken to prevent sewage from flowing scatteringly in (16) Depots in mines for storing explosive materials shall meet the (17) In sites for dumping earth and gangue, safety measures shall be taken (18) Precautionary measures shall be adopted for preventing landslides and (19) Each underground mine shall be equipped with adequate number of (20) Facilities for transport and communication providing contact with (21) Facilities such as changerooms and bathrooms shall be set up. Article 11 For excavating operations, operative rules shall be made, in Article 12 Mining excavation can be performed only when the following (1) geological charts (including hydrographic charts and engineering (2) general layout of the mine and contrast diagrams above/under the shaft; (3) layout of the shaft, lanes and excavating sites; and (4) main systems for safe operations and protection in the mine. Article 13 Mining enterprises shall perform excavation within the area Article 14 The following equipment, apparatus, protective articles and (1) equipment for excavation, support/protection, containing/conveying, (2) electric motors, transformers, switchboards, electric switches and (3) blasting apparatus, communication apparatus, miners' lamps, cables, (4) detecting instruments and meters for safety and hygiene; (5) protective articles and life-saving devices such as self-saving (6) other equipment and apparatus that serve special safety needs as Article 15 Mining enterprises shall carry out regular inspection and Persons irresponsible for operating the devices may not operate them. Article 16 Density of poisonous and harmful substances in the air over (1) For operating sites where dust prevails, inspections shall be (2) For operating sites where TNT is involved, inspections shall be (3) For operating sites where radioactive material is involved, (4) For other operating sites where poisonous and harmful material is (5) Inspections for respiratory dust done on individuals shall be Article 17 In underground excavating operations, the roof and slab shall In open-cutting operations, it is necessary to set limits on the stripping Article 18 In coal mines and other shafts where gas explosion is Article 19 Under the following circumstances, to perform excavation of (1) Where gas is burst out; (2) Where bumps are found; (3) Where excavation is performed beneath buildings, constructions and (4) Where excavation is performed underwater; and (5) Where excavation is performed in regions where geotemperature is Article 20 In shafts where self-ignition is possible, the following (1) Surface ores and other combustible materials in excavating sites shall (2) To prevent self-ignition, effective measures, for instance, grouting (3) Regular inspection of situation about shut-up of lanes and mining Article 21 When underground excavating operations are performed under (1) near artesian water-bearing layers or water-bearing faults, quick sand (2) near geological zone of fracture which interfaces with surface waters, (3) near old kilns and old lanes full of water, or worked out sections (4) when sign of water-spouting has been found; or (5) when insulating ore columns or rock columns are excavated open to Article 22 Quantity, quality and speed of underground draft, and climate In intaken currents over the stope face, by volume, oxygen shall be above Temperature of air over the operating sites underground must not be higher Article 23 In pits where radioactive ore is excavated, the following (1) timely shut-up of the worked-out sections or worn-out pits or lanes (2) application of down-feeding draft in mining fields where ore-saving (3) strict handling of underground sewage. Article 24 Exploding operations in mines and manufacturing, storing, Article 25 Mining enterprises shall be responsible for taking In underground mines where pneumatic tools are used for drilling, it is Article 26 Mining enterprises shall set up and improve certain rules for Article 27 Mining enterprises shall shut down mines according to relevant (1) situation of the excavated area and worked-out sections after they are (2) measures taken to close the shafts/pits; and (3) manipulations for handling other insecure factors. Article 28 Mining enterprises shall set up and improve responsibility (1) responsibility system for safe production on administrative leaders; (2) responsibility system for safe production on functional institutions; (3) responsibility system for safe production on working personnel on post. Article 29 Superintendents of mines (including directors of mining (1) conscientiously implementing stipulations set in the Mining safety Law (2) making rules for management of safe production in the enterprise; (3) to meet practical need of safe production, providing qualified (4) taking effective measures to improve working conditions for employees, (5) conducting safety education and training for employees according to (6) making preventive and emergency plans against calamities in mines; (7) taking timely measures to handle hidden dangers of accidents in mines; (8) timely and truthfully reporting any accident having occurred in mines Article 30 Mining enterprises shall set up institutions or provide Article 31 Superintendents of mines shall, on a regular basis, be (1) important decisions on safe production in the enterprises; (2) planned technical measures for safe production and their (3) planned safety education and training for employees and their (4) handling of proposals and suggestions put forth by employees for (5) handling of major accidents; and (6) other important matters concerning safe production. Article 32 Employees in a mining enterprise shall enjoy the following (1) a right to obtain information concerning safety and occupational (2) a right to lodge complaints to departments concerned and the trade (3) a right to criticize, charge against and report any decision and Article 33 Employees in a mining enterprise shall perform the following (1) complying with laws, regulations and rules set in the enterprise for (2) maintaining production equipment and facilities in the mining (3) taking part in safety education and training; and (4) timely reporting any dangerous situation and joining in rescuing Article 34 The trade union in a mining enterprise shall have a right to Article 35 Any mining enterprise shall conduct safety education and (1) Safety education and training for new employees who are to work in (2) New recruited employees to be put to work in opencast mines shall (3) Employees who have changed to new type of work or operations that (4) All operators in production shall receive on-the-job safety education The mining enterprise shall pay wages to employees during the period of Safety education and training and its outcomes of tests shall be put into Article 36 Safety education and training for employees of a mining (1) every employee's rights and duties as endowed by the Mining Safety Law (2) rules of safety operations in mines, regulations and rules of safety (3) safety knowledge concerning the employee's own jobs; (4) identification of signs of various accidents, measures in emergency (5) knowledge about the use of self-saving devices and emergency (6) other items set by departments concerned in charge. Article 37 Various special operators such as gas inspectors, explosion Article 38 Qualification examination on the superintendent of a mine for (1) the Mining Safety Law and relevant laws and regulations and rules for (2) knowledge about safety in mines; (3) ability to manage safety affairs in mines; (4) ability to handle accidents in mines; and (5) professional achievements made in safe production. Article 39 Labor protective articles distributed among employees by Article 40 Every mining enterprise shall make an annual emergency plan Every mining enterprise shall let every employee know details of the Every mining enterprise shall, according to relevant state provisions, set Article 41 Every mining enterprise shall set up full-time or part-time Organizations for rescue and emergency in mines shall be possessed of Stipulations concerning the scale of the organizations for rescue and Article 42 Every mining enterprise shall conduct production under safe (1) safety technical measures for preventing accidents in the mine; (2) health technical measures for preventing occupational hazards; (3) safety training for employees; and (4) other technical measures for improving conditions of safe production The funds mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be prepared by every Article 43 Administrative departments in charge of labor under people's Supervisory personnel for mining safety shall be knowledgeable of Certificates and signs exclusive for supervision of mining safety shall be Article 44 Supervisory personnel on duty shall have the right to enter When supervisory personnel enter the scene for inspection and discover Administrative departments in charge of labor may trust detecting agencies Administrative departments in charge of labor shall put forth proposals Article 45 Supervisory personnel on duty shall show their certificates of Article 46 In case an accident occurs in a mine, personnel involved at Article 47 When serious bodily injuries and deaths occur in a mine Article 48 After receiving an accident report which involves death or Article 49 When casualties occur in an accident, the mining enterprise Article 50 After the occurrence of a mine accident, departments concerned Article 51 Handling of a mine accident shall be concluded within 90 days Article 52 According to Article 40 of the Mining Safety Law, fines shall (1) A fine below 40,000 yuan shall be imposed on those who have not (2) A fine below 50,000 yuan shall be imposed on those who use equipment, (3) A fine below 50,000 yuan shall be imposed on those who fail to (4) A fine below 20,000 yuan shall be imposed on those who refuse (5) A fine below 30,000 yuan shall be imposed on those who fail to make Article 53 A fine to be imposed according to Article 43 of the Mining Article 54 Those who violate the provisions of Article 15, 16, 17, 18, Article 55 The offender shall pay the fine to a designated financial Article 56 Personnel in charge of a mining enterprise who commits any of (1) giving command in violation of regulations and compelling workers to (2) turning a blind eye to workers who repeatedly carry out operations (3) failing to take timely measures against signs of an impending serious (4) rejecting supervisory advice and orders given by the competent Article 57 Departments of the State Council in charge of mining Article 58 Safety rules for exploiting oil and natural gas shall be made Article 59 These Regulations shall be enforced as of the date of
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have shown marked effects in improving working condition in mines or in
preventing accidents.
Chapter II Safety Guarantees in the Construction of Mines
include technical data as follows:
landslide and mud-rock flows;
and water-resisting layers, hydraulic relation between the water-bearing beds,
between surface waters and underground waters, phreatic water level, quality,
quantity and flowing directions of underground waters, surface water system
and its hydrophobic capacity relating to hydro-engineering, as well as records
of local annual precipitation and the highest level of flood;
small kilns and old kilns within the mining area under design;
self-ignition of ores, and possibility of explosion caused by mine dust;
data about natural radioactive background within the exploring area backdated
for at least one year;
gradient of ground temperature, source of hot-water, water-temperature,
water-pressure, water-quantity within hot-water mining areas and extent of
heat-hazards as demarcated;
construction of mines, it is necessary to access safety condition for mining
operations.
is required. Requirements of this chapter shall be decided by the labor
administrative department of the State Council.
construction units submit to the authorities in charge of mining enterprises
design documents about safety devices used in mine construction projects, the
same documents shall be submitted to the administrative department in charge
of labor. Without the latter's conclusion after examination, the authorities
in charge of mining enterprises may not give approval to the documents.
mine construction projects that have been approved, the original labor
administrative department which involved in examining the designs shall be
approached for opinions.
according to design documents already approved and its quality shall be
guaranteed. Upon completion of the project, check and acceptance test shall be
applied for according to relevant state provisions.
begins, present a comprehensive report about construction of safety devices
and about situation of the completed mine construction project, to the
authorities in charge of mining enterprises and the administrative department
in charge of labor.
administrative department in charge of labor shall, within 30 days after
receiving the comprehensive report submitted by the construction unit, carry
out check on the safety devices installed in the mine construction project; if
inconformity to safety rules set for mines, and technical standards of the
trade, is found, check and acceptance procedure cannot be performed, and the
project cannot be put in operation or use.
production and to prevent accidents and occupational hazards, and shall meet
the following requirements:
outlets leading directly to above the ground. There in each horizontal
(middle) mining sector and each operating sector (panel) of a mine must be at
least two walkable safety outlets leading to the outlets that extend directly
to above the ground;
system using mechanic ventilators to ensure that underground operating sites
can have enough air current; but in small-scale non-methane mines, if air
current necessary in the underground operating sites is ensured, free
ventilation is acceptable;
ventilation, and installation, maintenance and construction of safety devices
and facilities;
managed to ensure safety in operating sites;
retained between neighboring underground mines, between underground mines and
opencast mines, between underground mines and old kilns. Sufficient number of
ore-columns and rock columns shall be deployed in lanes to ensure safety above
and under the shaft;
and the angle of the slope shall meet the need of safe operations and ensure
stability of the slope. In sand-excavating pools, sufficient distance shall be
kept between the boundary of the pool and buildings on the ground and
facilities to ensure safety;
ground and in the shaft to prevent surface water from trickling into the shaft
and into the opencast mines;
jams;
lanes shall be deployed in rock layers or in ore layers where self-ignition is
unlikely, and, effective measures for precaution, for instance, grouting up,
to prevent self-ignition, are necessary;
provisions regarding fire-fighting. In each shaft, there shall be fire control
and fire-extinguishing devices and apparatuses;
shaft shall conform to relevant state provisions;
shall meet the following requirements:
shall be maintained with sufficient safety coefficient;
beams in the stairwell, and between two hoisting vessels, adequate gaps shall
be maintained;
with reliable protective devices;
selected to meet requirements for safety;
protective devices; and
reliable signal devices;
water supply system. In all operating sites on ground and underground where
dust will be generated, comprehensive measures for preventing dust shall be
taken;
dust, explosion-proof electric appliances shall be used and measures shall be
taken to prevent dust and to insulate explosions;
following requirements shall be met:
reducing radon in shafts, besides, interdrafting and circulation of dirty air
shall be avoided;
Air-intaking channels built through ore lodes or crevices in rock shall be
protected from the release of radon with certain measures;
shafts and a close drainage system for sewage shall be built;
requirements stipulated by state;
to prevent mud-rock flows and other hazards; in tailings, there shall be
safety devices for preventing accidents such as collapse;
other hazards caused by ground collapse as a result of mining operations;
instruments for check and test of draft and for detecting poisonous and
harmful gases and underground environment. In shafts where gases are likely to
burst out, a monitoring system or detecting instruments shall be installed;
outside shall meet the safety requirements; and
Chapter III Safety Guarantees for Mining
which technical measures and organizational measures are set to ensure safety
of working personnel, which can be timely revised and supplemented whenever
circumstances have changed.
diagrams and data are available:
charts);
approved by mining license. Excavation beyond layers and boundaries shall be
prohibited.
safety detecting instruments shall conform to national safety standards or the
trade safety standards; those which do not may not be used.
transport, hoisting, ventilating, draining, gas-extracting, air-compressing
and cranes;
electric control apparatus;
wire ropes, supporting/protecting materials and fireproof materials;
devices, protecting cap, dust-proof mask/gas mask, protective clothing and
protective shoes; and
designated by the competent department concerned.
maintenance on mechanic-electric equipment and its protective apparatus and
safety detecting instruments, and shall set up technical files to guarantee
safe use.
Persons not on duty may not perform electric operations. Persons who operate
electric equipment shall be protected with reliable insulating devices. When
electric devices are under repair, the devices shall be cut off from the mains.
operating sites may not be allowed to exceed national standards and trade
standards. Regular inspections shall be performed by following the methods of
the state as follows:
conducted at least twice a month;
conducted at least once a month;
inspections shall be conducted at least three times a month;
involved, inspections shall be conducted at least once a month in shaft, at
least once every quarter of a year above ground; and
performed at least once every quarter of a year.
be checked by following operating rules. When excavation is performed through
geologically fractural zones or other points where the roof and slab appear
fractural, supportive columns shall be strengthened.
bank's height, width and angle of boundary slopes at each step, by following
stipulations set in design documents. Stripping operations and earth-removing
operations must not cause jeopardy to lanes in deeper depth and in neighboring
lanes.
possible, it is necessary to enforce strict gas inspection. No cigarette and
lighter are allowed to be brought into any shaft.
mines, special design documents shall be written and submitted to the
authorities in charge of mining enterprises for approval:
railroads that must be protected;
abnormal or where hot water gushes out from underground.
measures shall be taken:
be timely cleaned up and, soon after retreating excavation ends, the
worked-out sections shall be timely shut up;
up, shall be taken; and
sections, measurement of temperature and draft where self-ignition is
possible; regular inspection and measurement of temperature, pressure and
component of air around fire area, shall be done.
any of the following conditions, advance shall be made by probing water ahead:
layers, gravel layers, Karst caves and depressed blocks which bear loads;
or near opened drilled holes which interface with phreatic water layers;
that have been grouted with mud;
discharge water.
over operating environment must conform to safety rules set for mines.
20 per cent while carbondioxide must not exceed 0.5 per cent.
than 28 degrees centigrade, otherwise, cooling measures or other protective
measures must be taken.
measures shall be taken to reduce radon released:
that will be set aside temporarily;
operation is performed; and
conveying, testing and destroying of exploding materials must be handled
strictly according to relevant state provisions.
comprehensive precautionary measures to contain dust hazards in ground and
underground operating sites where dust may prevail.
prohibited to perform dry drilling.
inspection and maintenance over on-ground depressed zones, earth dump sites,
gangue piles and depots in tailings and take protective measures against
probable hazards.
state provisions, and take preventive measures against possible hazards after
they are closed. The report about shutting down mines shall include the
following:
shut down;
Chapter IV Safety Management of Mining Enterprises
systems for safe production as follows:
and
bureaux, managers of mines, and the same below) shall bear the following
responsibilities for safe production in the enterprises:
and these Regulations and other laws and regulations about safe production in
mines;
personnel and conducting on-the-shift field inspection on every operating site;
to ensure timely supply of materials, apparatuses, equipment, instruments and
protective items, necessary for safe production;
the provisions of these Regulations;
and
to the administrative department in charge of labor and the authorities in
charge of mining enterprises.
full-time personnel responsible for safe production in the light of practical
needs. The full-time personnel must have been trained and endowed with
professional knowledge and experience in safety work in mines, competent for
field inspection on safety.
accountable to congresses of employees or assemblies of employees on the
following subjects and submit themselves to democratic supervision by
employees:
implementation;
implementation;
improving working conditions;
rights:
hazards related to the operating site;
union about situation and existing problems in safe production in the
enterprise; and
action endangering the safety and health of employees.
duties:
mining safety;
enterprise;
operations.
urge the management of the enterprise to strengthen safety education and
training for its employees and conduct safety propaganda in order to improve
employees' safety consciousness and technical quality.
training for its employees in accordance with the following stipulations:
underground mines may not be below 72 hours. They shall be put to exams and
work under the guidance of experienced employees for 4 full months and once
again be put to tests and pass the tests before they can work independently.
receive safety education and training for no shorter than 40 hours and be put
to exams and get qualified before they can work on their own posts.
apply new arts shall be retrained and pass exams before they can work on their
new posts.
and training for no shorter than 20 hours each year.
safety education and training.
individual records of the employees.
enterprise shall include the following items:
and these Regulations;
management in mining enterprises;
and the line of withdrawal when in danger;
treatment; and
operators, ventilation workers, signal workers, vessel carriers, electricians,
welding (cutting) workers, pump workers, gas-extracting workers, fan
operators, hoist workers, winch operators, conveyor workers, tailing workers,
safety inspectors, and drivers of motor vehicles in mines, shall receive
training for specific techniques and put to qualification tests for license
before they can go on their position. Examinations on workers of special
operations and issue of licenses shall be handled in accordance with relevant
state provisions.
safety management shall include the following items:
safety in mines;
mining enterprises shall be qualified goods up to standard set by the
competent labor administrative department of the State Council.
for preventing calamities in mines and shall, in the light of practical
situation, make timely revision on the plan at the end of each quarter of the
year and make relevant measures.
emergency plan for preventing calamities and organize at least one
demonstration of fighting calamities every year.
up various mining safety signs as required by different operating sites.
rescuing teams and emergency corps. Small-scale enterprises where separate
full-time professional rescuing team and emergency corps are impossible, shall
set up part-time ones instead, and also sign agreements with the neighboring
mining enterprises where there are full-time ones for rescuing and emergency
treatment, or set up joint full-time rescuing teams and emergency corps in
tandem with the neighboring mining enterprises.
fixed sites, apparatus and arena for training.
emergency in mines and their standard equipment shall be set by the competent
department of the State Council in charge of mining enterprises.
conditions prescribed by the state, and shall make use of certain funds for
improving the following items for safe production in the mine:
in the mine.
mining enterprise in a 20 per cent proportion of the funds for maintenance of
the mine; in mining enterprises where there is no funds for maintenance
available, the funds shall be prepared as 20 per cent of the depreciation
charge of fixed assets.
Chapter V Supervision and Management of Mining Safety
governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with practical
requirements for mining safety supervision, provide supervisory personnel for
mining safety.
techniques for mining safety, experienced in work for mining safety and
competent for inspection of mining safety.
made solely by the administrative department of the State Council in charge of
labor.
the scene for inspection, join relevant meetings, call for pertinent data free
of charge, and collect information from units and persons involved.
situation harmful to employees' safety and health, they shall have the right
to order the mining enterprise to make immediate correction or to make
improvement within a time limit; in emergency, they shall have the right to
order the enterprise to stop operations immediately and let operators withdraw
from endangered sites.
with spot checks on operating sites in mines and their existing equipment,
instruments, apparatus and materials which appear to be comparatively
dangerous.
for handling situations discovered in inspections, which violate provisions of
the Mining Safety Law, these Regulations and other laws and regulations
concerning mining safety.
mining safety supervision, enforce laws impartially and comply with pertinent
stipulations.
Chapter VI Handling of Accidents in Mines
the scene shall immediately report the accident to the superintendent or
persons in charge, who then shall immediately take effective measures and
organize rescuing operations in order to prevent the accident from spreading
and reduce casualties and losses of property to the minimum.
accident, the mining enterprise shall truthfully report within 24 hours to the
administrative departments in charge of labor and the authorities in charge of
mining enterprises.
serious bodily injuries of more than three persons, the administrative
department in charge of labor and the authorities in charge of mining
enterprises shall report the accident to the people's government at the same
level and respectively to their own competent departments at the higher level.
and the unit concerned shall keep the scene intact; when some articles in the
scene must be moved for rescuing work, a diagram of the scene shall be drawn
and, in addition, details of the accident shall be recorded; only after
dangerous factors have been eliminated and preventive measures have been
carried out may production be resumed.
shall carry out investigation on the accident in accordance with relevant
state provisions.
after the accident occurs. In special cases, this time limit may be properly
extended but still within 180 days the longest. After handling, the outcome of
the accident shall be announced to the public.
Chapter VII Legal Responsibility
be imposed respectively in accordance with the following provisions:
conducted safety education and training for employees before assigning them to
posts;
apparatus, materials, protective articles and detecting instruments which are
below safety standards set by state and the trade;
withdraw or use specific funds for safety technical measures as stipulated;
supervisory personnel for mining safety to conduct on-the-spot inspections, or
conceal hidden dangers of accidents or fail to truthfully report the
situations when being inspected; and
timely and truthful reports on accidents in mines as stipulated.
Safety Law may range from 50,000 to 100,000 yuan.
19, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 25 of these Regulations shall be ordered by the labor
administrative department to make correction and may be concurrently imposed a
fine of below 20,000 yuan.
agency within 15 days after receiving the notice of decision. In case of
failure to pay the fine in time, delayed payment shall be added by an overdue
fine of 0.3% for every day from the first day payment becomes overdue.
the following actions, resulting in accidents in the mine, shall be given
disciplinary sanctions according to provisions; if his act constitutes a
crime, the personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.
carry out operations against rules or at risks;
against rules and failing to stop them;
accident or already discovered hidden dangers; or
administrative department in charge of labor, or rejecting suggestions
proposed by departments concerned for rectification, resulting in serious
consequences.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
enterprises shall submit to the administrative department of the State Council
in charge of labor rules and trade technical standards revised or made for
mining safety in accordance with the Mining Safety Law and these Regulations
for record.
by the administrative department of the State Council in charge of labor, in
tandem with departments in charge of oil industry, and be put into effect
after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
promulgation.
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