The protection of all types of minerals which are, or may become, of economic importance, against other types of development which would be a serious hindrance to their extraction.

Protection of mineral deposits, rail heads and potential minerals wharfage from sterilisation by preventing building or other development.

(Machine Safety) Measures (including guards, safeguarding devices, awareness devices, safeguarding methods, or safe work procedures) used to protect personnel from hazards which cannot reasonably be eliminated, or from the risks which cannot be sufficiently reduced by inherently safe design measures.

See: Document Safeguarding.