(1)Every derrick shall be equipped with a ladder arrangement ensuring safe access to the elevated walking and working platform.(2)Access from ladder to working platform shall be properly secured with railings and toe boards.(3)Every ladder shall have rungs equally spaced and the top end of each ladder section shall extend not less than one metre above the platform.(4)The owner, agent or manager of a mine shall provide landing platform or cage on ladders of more than six metre to a maximum unbroken length of nine metre:Provided that nothing in this sub-regulation shall apply where personal fall arrest system is used on the ladder.(5)The landing platform shall be equipped with railings and toe-boards so arranged as to give safe access to the ladder.(6)The ladder leading from derrick platform to monkey board shall be provided with fall prevention device meeting with applicable Indian or international standard to prevent persons from falling.
