(5)The overman shall -(a)ensure that every air-crossing, stopping, door, brattice and other ventilation device is maintained in good order;(b)ensure that the ventilation is effective in his district, and when brattices or air pipes or ducts are required to be used for the ventilation of the working places, he shall see that they are kept sufficiently advanced so that an adequate amount of air reaches every such working place;(c)have power to send out of the mine any person under his charge who infringes or attempts to infringe any provision of the Act or of the regulations or orders made thereunder, or fails to carry out any direction given with regard to safety, and shall report such matter in writing to the manager;(d)ensure that all tracks and tramlines are properly laid, graded, ballasted or otherwise packed;(e)see that the manholes on the haulage roadways are kept safe, clear of any obstruction, and properly white-washed;(f)ensure that the stop-blocks, runway switches and other safety devices are fixed and used as required under the regulations, drag or back-stays are provided and regularly used behind tubs ascending inclines and that a sufficient supply of suitable sprags is provided where tubs are loaded on a gradient or lowered down a gradient by hand;(g)stop the use forthwith if he finds any of the ropes, chains, signals, brakes, jig wheels and post or other apparatus in use in his district to be in an unsafe condition;(h)ensure that, except for the purposes of inspection, examination and repair every person other than an official or a haulage attendant travels by the travelling roadway;(i)give prompt attention to the removal of any danger observed or reported to him, and shall see that dangerous places are adequately fenced off;(j)see that approved safety lamps are used belowground.
