Document ID (ISN) | 43349 |
CIS number |
85-202 |
Year |
1984 |
Convention or series no. |
VBG 42
|
Author(s) |
(Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften) |
Title |
Quarries, open-cast mines and spoil-heap recovery works |
Original title |
Steinbrüche, Gräbereien und Haldenabtragungen [in German] |
Bibliographic information |
Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Gereonstrasse 18-32, 5000 Köln 1, Federal Republic of Germany, 1 Oct. 1984, 10+12p. Illus. Price: DM.1.60. |
Abstract |
These regulations specify the measures necessary to prevent the hazards connected with soil pressure and accidental ground movements in quarries, open-cast mines, claypits and similar works, as well as in spoil-heap recovery works. General measures include proper planning of operations, benching, layout of haulage ways, overburden removal. Special measures relate to wall height and to slopes in various types of operations. Measures concerning operations include the prohibition of work in isolation, cave-ins, the removal of loose rock from walls, work at the foot of or inside walls, the risk of falling rocks, the monitoring of cracks and protection against flying debris. Enforcement rules and comments are given in the supplement. |
Descriptors (primary) |
Germany (Federal Republic of); quarrying industry; opencast work; cohesionless soil |
Descriptors (secondary) |
protection against landslides; landslides; falls of rock; terraces; earthmoving; directive; sloping of trench sides; bench working; clay quarrying; slate quarrying; mining and quarrying; work in isolation |
Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
Country / State or Province | Germany |
Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
Browse category(ies) |
Trenching and excavating Mining and quarrying
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