Health and sanitation
13 Health and sanitation
The protection of health in mines and the sanitary conditions in mines, including—
the prevention and laying of dust; the prevention of the escape of poisonous or deleterious gases and fumes from any chemical or metallurgical process in use on mines; the use of water sprays, atomisers, and other damping appliances;
the use of apparatus for collecting, filtering, and preventing the inhalation of dust;
the prevention of nuisances, and the cleansing and keeping clean of the mine; the construction and position of all sanitary conveniences, and the condition in which they shall be kept;
the provision and construction of change houses and their accommodation, baths, washing appliances, the destruction of old clothes, and drying of clothes; pure water supply;
examination and exclusion of persons likely to be infected with infectious or transmissible diseases.
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