(d) The Sirdar or other competent person shall, at the completion of his shift, record without

delay the result of his inspections in a bound paged book kept for the purpose. Every
such report shall be a full and accurate report of the inspections and shall include the
following.

(i) the details referred to in clause (b);

(ii) the number of persons working under his charge;
(iii) such instructions for the purposes of securing the safety of the persons as he may
have given during his shift; and
(iv) the date and time of the inspections, the signature of the sirdar or other competent
person, and the date and time when the report was written.

(4) In the case of a shaft in the course of being sunk, the competent person or chargeman
shall –

(a) have entire charge of the shaft bottom and shall, in his shift, remain in the shaft while
persons are at work at the bottom of the shaft. He shall be the last person to ascend the
shaft at the end of the shift and if his shift is succeeded immediately by another shift, he
shall not leave the bottom of the shaft until after the descent of the chargeman of the
succeeding shaft; and

(b) after each round of shots, and at the beginning of every shift, and after every cessation of
work in the shaft for a period exceeding two hours, shall examine the sides of the shaft
and remove all loose pieces before persons are allowed to descend.

114. Avoidance of dangers – (1) If at any time it is found by a competent person in charge of
a mine or district, that by reason of any cause whatsoever, the mine or district is dangerous,
he shall immediately withdraw all persons from the mine or district; and the mine or district
shall be fenced off so as to prevent persons inadvertently entering therein.

(2) The competent person shall also immediately inform the manager or under-manager or
assistant manager about the danger, and shall record the fact in the book kept under sub-
regulation (3).

(3) The manager shall make, or cause to be made by a competent person, a careful
examination of the mine or district; and no person shall, except in so far as is necessary for
enquiring into the cause of the danger or for the removal thereof or for exploration, be re-
admitted into the mine or district until the mine or district is reported to be safe. A report of
every such examination shall be recorded without delay in a bound paged book kept for the
purpose and shall be signed and dated by the person who made the examination.

(4) If the work of removing the danger is suspended before the danger is removed, the mine
or district shall be securely fenced off effectively to prevent persons entering therein during
the period of suspension.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations –

(a) where the danger arises from the presence of inflammable or noxious gas, the provisions
of regulation 142 shall apply; and
(b) where the appearance in any part of amine of smoke or other sign indicates that a fire or
spontaneous heating has or may have broken out the provisions of regulation 119 shall
apply.

115. General precautions – (1) No person shall cut or remove coal from or in the vicinity of
any place unless it is his authorised working place.

(2) Every person shall carefully examine his working place before commencing work and also
at intervals during the shift. If any dangerous conditions is observed, he shall cease all work
at that place and shall either take immediate steps or remove such danger or inform an official

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