Council Directive 92/91/EECShow full title

SECTION 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject

1. This Directive, which is the eleventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, lays down minimum requirements for the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling defined in Article 2 (a).

2. The provisions of Directive 89/391/EEC shall apply in full to the sphere referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more stringent and/or specific provisions contained in this Directive.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purpose of this Directive:

(a)

mineral-extracting industries through drilling shall mean all the industries practising:

• extraction, in the strict sense of the word, of minerals through drilling by boreholes, and/or

• prospection with a view to such extraction,

  and/or

• preparation of extracted materials for sale, excluding the activities of processing the materials extracted;

(b)

workplace shall mean the whole area intended to house workstations, relating to the immediate and ancillary activities and installations of the mineral-extracting industries through drilling, including accommodation, where provided, to which workers have access in the context of their work.