RE: two shafts needed?5 Jul 2022 06:00
The Mines (Safety of Exit) Regulations 19886
18 These Regulations set out the aims to be achieved in order to prevent danger from operations in workings below ground. They apply to the means of leaving the underground parts of all mines.
19 Regulation 3 requires that all mines have at least two shafts or outlets to the surface.
20 Regulation 7, with certain exceptions, requires there to be at least two ways out of the mine from every place where people work; that those ways out are clearly marked; and that the manager draws up a scheme so that everyone is familiar with the ways out of their places of work, including in an emergency.