1. In this Regulation, “adequate”, when used in relation to a procedure, plan, material, device, object or thing, means that it is, (a)  sufficient for both its intended and its actual use, and (b)  sufficient to protect a worker from occupational illness or occupational injury; (“adéquat”) “adequately” has a meaning that corresponds to the meaning of “adequate”; (“adéquatement”) “authorized” means authorized to do a specific task by a supervisor who is in charge of the workplace; (“autorisé”) “automatic hoist” means a mine hoist that can be operated by controls situated at shaft stations or on the shaft conveyance; (“treuil automatique”) “breaking strength” means the breaking strength of a shaft rope as determined by a cable testing laboratory approved by the Minister; (“résistance à la rupture”) “bulkhead” means a structure for the impoundment of water, compressed air, hydraulic backfill or any material in an underground opening where the potential pressure against the structure will be in excess of 100 kilopascals; (“cloison”) “charge” means, (a)  an explosive and a detonator, or (b)  an explosive, a detonator and primer that is exploded as a single unit; (“charge explosive”) “CSA
Standard” means a standard published by the Canadian Standards Association; (“norme CSA”) “dam” means a structure for the impoundment of more than twenty-five tonnes of water in an underground opening and constructed so as to permit an unobstructed overflow of the water; (“barrage”) “destructive test” means a test on a sample of shaft rope wherein the shaft rope is broken during the test by a tensile testing machine; (“essai de rupture”) “detonator” means a device used in firing a charge of explosive and includes blasting cap and electric blasting cap; (“détonateur”) “drum hoist” means a hoist where the rope is wound on a drum or drums; (“treuil à tambour”) “electromagnetic testing device” means a testing device using an electromagnetic system for examining a shaft rope; (“dispositif d’essai électromagnétique”) “explosive” means a substance that is made, manufactured or used to produce an explosion or detonation and includes gunpowder, propellant powder, dynamite, detonating cord, shock tube, blasting agent, slurry, water gel and detonator; (“explosif”) “factor of safety” means the number of times the breaking strength of a shaft rope exceeds the weight it supports at a specified location on the rope; (“facteur de sécurité”) “fire-extinguishing equipment” means a fire hose, an extinguisher or other similar equipment used to fight a fire; (“matériel de lutte contre l’incendie”) “fire hazard area” means, (a)  an area where a fire hazard may be created by smoking, matches or other means of producing heat or fire and which has been designated as such by the supervisor in charge of the mine, or (b)  a storage area where oil, grease or flammable liquids are stored in excess of 500 litres; (“zone à risque d’incendie”) “fire-resistance rating” means the rating in hours or fraction thereof that a material or assembly of materials will withstand the passage of flame and the transmission of heat when exposed to fire, as established for the material or assembly of materials under the Building Code; (“indice de résistance au feu”) “fire suppression system” means an installation for the specific purpose of controlling a fire in a particular place; (“système d’extinction d’incendie”) “friction hoist” means a hoist where the driving force between the drum and rope or ropes supporting the shaft conveyance is obtained through friction; (“treuil à friction”) “hoist” means a drum or friction hoist used for transporting persons or materials in an underground mine; (“treuil”) “lifting device” means a permanently installed system for the purpose of raising, lowering or swinging materials, which includes its rails and supports but does not include a crane, elevator, mine hoist, utility hoist or tugger hoist; (“appareil de levage”) “locomotive” means a unit propelled by any form of energy or a combination of such units operated from a single control running only on rails of a standard gauge railroad and used for moving standard gauge railroad cars but does not include a self-propelled track crane, motorized equipment used for the maintenance of a standard gauge railroad, a motor vehicle equipped with rail wheels in addition to rubber-tired wheels or other similar equipment; (“locomotive”) “magazine” means a building, place or structure in which an explosive is kept or stored and includes a detonator storage building, or place, but does not include a storage container being used in an underground mine containing less than 160 kilograms of explosive; (“dépôt d’explosifs”) “mine hoisting plant” means a hoist for an underground mine and includes the prime mover, transmission equipment, head-frame, sheaves, ropes, shaft, shaft conveyances, shaft sinking equipment, shaft furnishings, hoist controls, counterweight, signalling and communications equipment and any other equipment used in connection with a hoist; (“installation d’extraction minière”) “motor vehicle” means a vehicle propelled by other than muscular power, including an automobile, a caterpillar-tracked vehicle, a truck, a tractor and a motor vehicle running on rails but does not include a locomotive; (“véhicule automobile”) “noncombustible” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) made under the Building Code Act, 1992; (“incombustible”) “non-destructive test” means one of the following methods of testing or examining a material, component or part to evaluate its condition without subjecting it to physical distortion, damage or destruction: 1.  Eddy current testing. 2.  Magnetic particle testing. 3.  Liquid penetrant testing. 4.  Radiographic testing. 5.  Ultrasonic testing; (“essai non destructif”) “prime mover” means an engine or other device that provides an initial source of motive power; (“élément moteur”) “primer” means a small charge placed within the main charge to initiate an explosion; (“charge d’amorçage”) “production crane” means an electrically operated device that travels on fixed overhead track or tracks, and, (a)  is used to handle hot or molten materials, or (b)  has a duty rating equal to or greater than Class D, E or F as determined under Part 5.2.1 of CSA Standard B167-16 (R2021) “Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists, and jib cranes”; (“pont roulant de production”) “railroad” means a standard gauge railroad at a mine or mining plant; (“voie ferrée”) “rockburst” means an instantaneous failure of rock causing an expulsion of material at the surface of an opening or a seismic disturbance to a surface or underground mine; (“coup de terrain”) “SABS” means South African Bureau of Standards; (“SABS”) “service crane” means an electronically operated device that travels on fixed overhead track or tracks and has a duty rating equal to or less than Class A, B or C as determined under Part 5.2.1 of CSA Standard B167-16 (R2021) “Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists, and jib cranes”; (“pont roulant de service”) “shaft conveyance” means a conveyance raised or lowered by a mine hoist in a shaft and includes a bucket, a single or multi-deck cage, a skip or a combination of skip and cage; (“transporteur de puits”) “shaft rope” means a hoisting, tail, balance, guide or rubbing rope; (“câble de puits”) “shot” means the sound of a charge or charges being exploded; (“coup de mine”) “standard gauge” means that the space between the rails of a railroad is approximately 1,435 millimetres; (“largeur normale”) “surface mine” means a pit or quarry where metallic or non-metallic rock, mineral bearing substance, earth, clay, sand or gravel is being or has been removed by means of an excavation open to the surface to supply material for construction, industrial or manufacturing purposes and includes any work, undertaking or facility used in connection therewith but does not include a cutting for a right of way for a highway or a railroad; (“mine à ciel ouvert”) “train”, (a)  except in Parts V and VI, means one or more locomotives without railroad cars or coupled with railroad cars, and (b)  in Parts V and VI, means one or more motor vehicles running on rails without cars or coupled with cars; (“train”) “transmission equipment” means any object or objects by which the motion of a prime mover is transmitted to a machine that is capable of utilizing such motion and includes a shaft, pulley, belt, chain, gear, clutch or other device; (“organe de transmission”) “uncontrolled fall of ground” means a fall of ground, such as rock or fill falling from the walls or back of an underground or surface mine but does not include falls occurring as part of blasting or scaling operations; (“éboulement incontrôlé”) “underground mine” means a mine that is not a surface mine and includes any work, undertaking or facility used in connection therewith; (“mine souterraine”) “vehicle” includes a locomotive, railroad cars, motor vehicle, trailer or any vehicle propelled, drawn or driven by any kind of power. (“véhicule”)  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 854, s. 1; O. Reg. 584/91, s. 1; O. Reg. 571/92, s. 1; O. Reg. 272/97, s. 1; O. Reg. 174/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 31/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 630/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 34/14, s. 1; O. Reg. 167/16, s. 2; O. Reg. 187/19, s. 2; O. Reg. 373/22, s. 1; O. Reg. 69/23, s. 1.