(1)Every banksman or onsetter shall-(a)subject to the orders of a superior official, have full control of the top or bottom of shaft or the inset, as the case may be, and shall report to such official any person who, without authority, gives a signal or disobeys instructions;(b)thoroughly acquaint himself with, and carefully attend to, the prescribed code of signals, and shall properly transmit the signals by the means provided:Provided that the banksman or onsetter shall not act on any signal, the correctness of which he is in doubt, except a signal which he believes to be "to stop" and shall not allow any unauthorised person to give signals;(c)immediately report to his superior official any defect in the signalling installation;(d)devote the whole of his time to his duties, and shall not leave his post during the period of his duty. Where persons are raised or lowered in the shaft, he shall not leave his post at the end of his shift unless all the persons have come out of the shaft or unless relieved by a duly appointed substitute;(e)not allow more than the authorised number of persons to enter the cage or other means of conveyance at any one time;(f)not, unless specially authorised in writing by the manager in that behalf, allow any person when riding in a cage or other means of conveyance, to take with him any bulky materials other than tools and instruments:Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to prohibit the carrying, in a cage or other means of conveyance, of explosives by a shotfirer or other competent person;(g)after any stoppage of winding for repairs or for any other cause for a period exceeding two hours, not allow any person to ride in the cage or other means of conveyance unless it has been run at least one complete trip up and down the working portion of the shaft;(h)not allow any person to ride on the top or edge of any cage or other means of conveyance except when engaged in examination, repair or any other work in the shaft;(i)after persons have entered the cage, see that the cage gates on both sides are in position and closed, before signaling for the cage to be lowered or raised;(j)not allow any unauthorised person to handle tubs in or out of the cage;(k)while tubs are being lowered or raised, see that the catches are holding the tubs properly before signaling the cage or other means of conveyance away and if he notices any defect in the tub-catches, he shall immediately inform his superior official;(l)at any entrance into a shaft or inset which is provided with gates or fences not worked by the cage or other means of conveyance, not begin to remove the gate or fence until the cage or other means of conveyance has stopped at the entrance, and shall close the gate before he has signalled the cage or other means of conveyance away, and he shall not permit any unauthorised person to open or interfere with the gate;(m)see that all fences and gates provided at the top of the shaft or at any inset are in position;(n)not permit any unauthorised person to remove a fence or gate and if he notices any defect in such fence or gate, immediately inform his superior official;(o)keep the top of the shaft or the inset and the floor of every cage free from loose materials;(p)when long timber, pipes, rails or other materials projecting over the top of a cage or other means of conveyance are lowered or raised, ensure that the projecting ends are securely fastened to the rope, chains or bow;(q)when he suspects that the cages are not working smoothly in the shaft or when he hears anything unusual happening in the shaft while the winding engine is working, immediately give signal to the winding engineman to stop the engine.
