Paragraph 5 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.3 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(a)
Sch.3 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, para 3(k)
Sch.3, s. 2, title rev. in Pt. by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(h)
Sch.3, s. 3 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(j)
Sch.3, s. 5 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(n)
Sch.3, s. 5, title amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(m)
Sch.3, s. 6 added by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.4, Sch.2, para 21(d)
Sch.3, s. 4.2.3 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(1)
Sch.3, ss. 1.5.14, 1.5.15 added by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(c)
Sch.3, title substituted by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.4, Sch.2, para 21(a)
Sch.3, title amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.4, Sch.2, para 21(b)(c)
Sch.3, ss. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 rev. in Pt. by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(i)
Sch.3, s. 1.2.4 substituted by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(b)
Sch.3, s. 1.2.4 amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.4, Sch.2, paras 3, 4
Sch.3, s. 1.7.4(a) amended by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(e)
Sch.3, s. 1.6.2 rev. in Pt. by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(d)
Sch.3, s. 1.7.4(b)(d) substituted by Supply of Machinery (Safety) 1994 reg.3, Sch.1, Pt I, para 3(1)(f)(g)
Sch. 3 para. 1.5.8 restricted by Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors 2001 reg. 3
Sch. 3 para. 1.7.4(f) restricted by Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors 2001 reg. 3

ESSENTIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR MACHINERY INTENDED SOLELY FOR UNDERGROUND WORK

In addition to the essential safety and health requirements provided for in sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, machinery intended solely for underground work must be designed and constructed to meet the requirements below.

5.1.

Risks due to lack of stability

Powered roof supports must be so designed and constructed as to maintain a given direction when moving and not slip before and while they come under load and after the load has been removed. They must be equipped with anchorages for the top plates of the individual hydraulic props.

5.2.

Movement

Powered roof supports must allow for unhindered movement of exposed persons.

5.3.

Lighting

The requirements laid down in the third paragraph of section 1.1.4 do not apply.

5.4.

Control devices

The accelerator and brake controls for the movement of machinery running on rails must be manual. The deadman’s control may be foot-operated, however.
The control devices of powered roof supports must be designed and laid out so that, during displacement operations, operators are sheltered by a support in place. The control devices must be protected against any accidental release.

5.5.

Stopping

Self-propelled machinery running on rails for use in underground work must be equipped with a deadman’s control acting on the circuit controlling the movement of the machinery.

5.6.

Fire

The second indent of 3.5.2 is mandatory in respect of machinery which comprise highly flammable parts.
The braking system of machinery meant for use in underground working must be designed and constructed so as not to produce sparks or cause fires.
Machinery with heat engines for use in underground working must be fitted only with internal combustion engines using fuel with a low vaporising pressure and which exclude any spark of electrical origin.

5.7.

Emissions of dust, gases etc

Exhaust gases from internal combustion engines must not be discharged upwards.