AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980
(1) Surface
(a) When the number of employees employed on the surface exceeds ten the employer shall provide a fit and proper crib room.
(b) The room referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be furnished by the employer with seats and tables.
(c) The employer shall supply boiling water at meal times.
(d) The employer shall provide a reasonably vermin proof and ventilated cupboard in which the employees may store their crib.
(2) Underground:
(a) One or more places shall be set aside in each leave on or from which persons are working, in the driest and most comfortable position available at which the employees shall eat their food.
(b) Such places shall be so situated that employees shall not be required to travel further than one thousand feet from their working places to such crib places.
(c) Such places shall be provided with tables, seats, and a reasonably vermin proof and ventilated cupboard in which the employees may store their cribs.
(d) The employer shall provide covered receptacles at all crib places to receive all meal scraps and other refuse and to arrange for the disposal of same. No person shall throw or leave waste food about the mine except in the receptacle provided.
(e) Adequate provision shall be made within fifty feet of each crib place to enable employees to wash at crib time.
