Coal Mining Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 2
2 In these Regulations, Act means Part II of the Canada Labour Code ; ( Loi ) appointed means, in respect of a coal mine, appointed in writing by the mine manager; ( nommé ) authorized means, in respect of a coal mine, authorized in writing by the mine manager; ( autorisé ) auxiliary fan means a fan that is used for secondary ventilation in an underground portion of a coal mine which cannot be ventilated by the main fan or a booster fan without separate mechanical devices; ( ventilateur secondaire ) blasting machine means a device that is designed for use in a coal mine and that provides an electrical impulse to explode an electrical detonator; ( exploseur ) booster fan means a fan that is situated underground and is used in conjunction with a main fan to assist in the primary ventilation of a coal mine; ( ventilateur d’appoint ) breaking strength means, with respect to a hoist rope, the minimum static load applied to the rope that causes the rope to fail in tension; ( charge de rupture ) certificate means a certificate of competency issued on the recommendation of the Provincial Board; ( certificat ) chief electrician means a mine electrician who holds a first class certificate as a mine electrician and who is appointed to supervise all other mine electricians in a coal mine; ( électricien en chef ) chief mechanic means a mine mechanic who is appointed to supervise all other mine mechanics in a coal mine; ( mécanicien en chef ) coal miner means an employee who holds a certificate as a coal miner and who is appointed to work underground at cutting, shearing, breaking or otherwise loosening coal or stone from a working face; ( mineur de charbon ) designated means, in respect of a coal mine, designated in writing by the mine manager; ( désigné ) district office means, in respect of a coal mine, the district office of the Department of Labour that is (a) closest to the coal mine, and (b) in the administrative region of that Department in which the coal mine is situated; ( bureau de district ) electrical equipment means equipment for the generation, distribution or use of electricity; ( équipement électrique ) engineer means an engineer who is licensed to practise in the Province of Nova Scotia; ( ingénieur ) explosive does not include a detonator; ( explosif ) factor of safety means, in respect of equipment, the number of times the breaking strength of the equipment is greater than the maximum load for which the equipment is designed; ( facteur de sécurité ) first aid certificate means a certificate issued by the St. John Ambulance or the Canadian Red Cross Society following the successful completion of a two-day first aid course; ( certificat de secourisme ) flameproof means, in respect of electrical equipment, that the equipment is in an enclosure that is capable of (a) withstanding, without damage, an explosion that may occur within the enclosure of any mixture of methane gas and air, and (b) preventing ignition of any mixture of methane gas and air surrounding the enclosure from sparks or flames from the explosion of such a mixture within the enclosure; ( antidéflagrant ) intrinsically safe means, in respect of electrical equipment, that any spark or thermal effect in any part of the electrical equipment and its interconnecting wiring is not capable of causing the ignition of any mixture of methane gas and air; ( intrinsèquement sûr ) locked out means, in respect of any equipment, machine or device, that the equipment, machine or device has been rendered inoperative and cannot be operated or energized without the consent of the person who rendered it inoperative; ( verrouillé ) main fan means a fan that is situated above ground at a coal mine and is used for primary ventilation in the coal mine; ( ventilateur principal ) man car means a vehicle that is used underground to transport persons along a fixed rail, track or trolley beam; ( wagonnet de transport des personnes ) material car means a vehicle that is used underground t