This ILO code of practice covers the whole field of occupational safety and health in opencast mines. Contents: general provisions and duties; training; design and methods; machinery and plant; electrical apparatus; surface building structure; tips, dams and lagoons; fire protection and fire-fighting; explosives and shotfiring; drilling and rotary jet piercing; excavation and loading; dredges and other floating installations; transport and handling of materials; mobile and travelling cranes; hazards in the working environment and environmental protection; first aid and medical services; recording and notification of accidents, notifiable diseases and dangerous occurrences; consultation on health and safety; protective clothing and equipment. Miscellaneous provisions cover: general conduct; employment of workers speaking different languages; admission of outside persons; safety signs.