Competencies
NSW Coal mining competencies (includes examination schedule, application forms, guides)
QLD Coal mining competencies (includes examination schedule, application forms, guides)
Current Legislation – NSW
- NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011
- NSW Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017
- NSW WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013
- NSW WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2014
- NSW Explosives Act 2003
- NSW Explosives Regulation 2013
- NSW legislative framework (umbrella)
- Safety management system flowchart
- Summary of high risk activities
Current Legislation – QLD
- QLD Work Health and Safety Act 2011
- QLD Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
- QLD Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
- QLD Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
- QLD legislative framework (umbrella)
- QLD Explosives Act 1999
- QLD Explosives Regulation 2017
Current Legislation – TAS
- TAS Work Health and Safety Act 2012
- TAS Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012
- TAS Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Act 2012
- TAS Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Regulations 2012
- TAS Explosives Act 2012
- TAS Explosives Regulation 2012
ANTS factsheets
Key NSW Mine Design Guidelines (MDGs)
- MDG 25 – Guideline for safe cutting and welding at mines
- MDG 26 – Guidelines for mine winder ropes for use in coal mines
- MDG 28 – Safety requirements for coal stockpiles and reclaim tunnels
- MDG 1003 – Windblast guideline
- MDG 1004 – Outburst mining guideline
- MDG 1005 – Manual on pillar extraction Part 1
- MDG 1005 – Manual on pillar extraction Part 2
- MDG 1006 – Spontaneous combustion guideline
- MDG 1006 – Spontaneous combustion technical reference
- MDG 1009 – Managing vehicles and operating areas in underground coal mines
- MDG 1010 – Minerals industry safety and health risk management guideline
- MDG 1012 – Explosives in underground coal mines
- MDG 1014 – Guide to reviewing a risk assessment
- MDG 1016 – First aid in NSW coal mines
- MDG 1017 – Roof support guidelines for massive strata conditions
- MDG 1020 – Emergency escape systems, MDG 1022 – Withdrawal conditions, and Guidelines for in-seam response
- MDG 1024 – Inrush management
- MDG 1029 – Agency coordination during body recovery
- MDG 1030 – Raiseboring guideline
- MDG 1031 – Managing risk of airblast
- MDG 1032 – Fire prevention, early detection and suppression
- MDG 2007 – Collision management systems for mining
- MDG 3002.1 – Accident Westcliff Colliery 29 July 1991
- MDG 3002.2 – Fatal accident Oakdale Colliery 3 March 1992
- MDG 3002.3 – Fatal accident Newstan Colliery 26 June 1991
- MDG 3002.4 – Fatal accident Metropolitan 2 April 1992
- MDG 3002.5 – Fire on a compressor at Appin and code for air compressors
- MDG 3002.7 – Fatal accident Gretley 14 November 1991
- MDG 3006 MTR 4 – Guideline for coal dust explosion prevention and suppression
- MDG 5004 – A study of the risky positioning behaviour of operators
- MDG 6001 – Filling and capping of surface entries to coal seams
NSW Codes of Practice
- Emergency planning for mines
- Inundation and inrush hazard management
- Roadway dust analysis in underground coal mines
- Safety management systems in mines
- Strata control in underground coal mines
- Mine shafts and winding systems
- Electrical engineering control plan
- Mechanical engineering control plan
Codes of Practice for WHS Legislation
A series of codes of practice have also been approved under the NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
They are available from SafeWorkNSW.
They cover:
- Abrasive blasting
- Confined spaces
- Construction work
- Demolition work
- Excavation work
- First aid in the workplace
- Hazardous manual tasks
- How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace
- How to manage work health and safety risks
- How to safely remove asbestos
- Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals
- Managing electrical risks at the workplace
- Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work
- Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Managing risks of plant in the workplace
- Managing the risk of falls at workplaces
- Managing the work environment and facilities
- Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals
- Preventing falls in housing construction
- Safe design of structures
- Spray painting and powder coating
- Welding processes
- Work health and safety consultation, coordination and cooperation
- Work near overhead power lines
QLD Recognised Standards
- RS1 – Underground electrical equipment and electrical installations
- RS2 – Control of risk management practices
- RS3 – Explosion protection of diesel engines
- RS4 – Underground non-flameproof diesel vehicles
- RS5 – Quality of incombustible dust, sampling and analysis of roadway dust
- RS6 – Inspections for underground coal mines
- RS7 – Criteria for the assessment of drugs in coal mines
- RS8 – Conduct of mine emergency exercises
- RS9 – Monitoring of sealed areas
- RS10 – Mine surveying and drafting
- RS11 – Training in coal mines
- RS12 – Place change mining operation in underground coal mines
- RS13 – Tyre, wheel and rim management
- RS14 – Monitoring respirable dust in coal mines
- RS15 – Underground respirable dust control
- RS16 – Use and control of polymeric chemicals at underground coal mines
- RS17 – Hazardous chemicals
- RS18 – Management of heat in underground coal mines
- RS19 – Design and construction of mine roads
- RS20 – Dust in surface mines
- RS21 – Underground explosion barriers
- RS22 – Management structure for the development and implementation of the SHMS
- RS23 – Fluid power systems in coal mines
QLD Guidance notes and Directives
- QGN9: Reviewing the effectiveness of safety and health management systems
- QGN10: Handling explosives (surface and quarry)
- QGN11: Handling explosives (underground)
- QGN15: Emergency preparedness for small mines and quarries
- QGN16: Fatigue risk management
- QGN20: Management of oxides of nitrogen in open cut blasting
- QGN22: Management of noise in mines
- QGN24: Guidance note for coal mines to develop and implement a management structure
- Appendix 3 Prevention poster
- Appendix 4 Protect your hearing at work and home poster
- Appendix 5 Protect your hearing at home poster
Key NSW Safety Alerts and Bulletins
- SA04-21 – Machine mounted methane monitors
- SA05-08 – Danger of methane explosion from diesel engine systems
- SA09-02 – Diesel engines run on methane enriched atmosphere
- SA10-04 – Portable gas monitors: understanding response times
- SA11-01 – Water inrush from raisebore hole
- SA13-01 – Underground coal mine roof strata monitoring
- SA15-03 – Electrician injured after making contact
- SA20-02 – Roof fall buries continuous miner
- SA20-05 – Worker sucked into ventilation tube
- SA20-06 – Pods fall off dolly car flat top and slide down drift
- SA20-07 – Concerns about possible tampering with explosion protected diesel engine
- SA20-10 – Antistatic materials in underground coal mines
- SA21-05 – Potential crush point on personnel transport vehicle
- SA21-07 – Lift arm failure on load haul dump (LHD)
- SA21-08 – Proper design, construction, inspection and use of scaffolding
- SB10-05 – Airborne dust – inhalable dust control
- SB13-03 – Diesel emissions in mines
- SB13-04 – Sealing of a goaf or mined out area
- SB14-01 – Exposure to dust and gases
- SB15-02 – Stored energy in u-shaped cable bolts
- SB18-12 – Rib failures in underground coal mines
- SB19-04 – Workers injured by high pressure fluid injection
- SB20-02 – Fire suppression system fails to discharge
- SB20-03 – Electric shocks in the mining industry
Key QLD Safety Alerts and Bulletins
- Alert no. 90 (2002) – Gloving of roof bolts
- Alert no. 96 (2003) – Uncontrolled release of methane from drainage range
- Alert no. 127 (2005) – Ventilation control devices
- Alert no. 164 (2007) – Strata support failure
- Bulletin no. 19 (2001) – Place change – maintaining adequate ventilation
- Bulletin no. 107 (2011) – Construction of seals
- Bulletin no. 115 (2012) – Risk management of heat exposure
NSW and QLD Investigation Reports
- Fatality at Grasstree Coal Mine 6 May 2014
- Death at CSA Mine Cobar 11 June 2014
- Double fatality Austar Coal Mine 15 April 2014
- Austar Investigation report 15 April 2014
- Collision at Ravensworth open cut mine 30 November 2013
- Drill rig incident at Ashton Coal Mine 12 August 2012
- Injuries to delivery truck driver Tasman Mine 7 December 2011
- Fatal injury at Chain Valley Colliery 3 June 2011
- Dozer incident at Mount Thorley 15 May 2011
- Fire and explosion at Blakefield South 5 January 2011
- Inrush incident at Cadia East 21 February 2010
- EWP incident at Bulga Open Cut Mine 21 March 2006
Additional Resources
NSW – Department of Industry Resources and Energy – safety and health
QLD – Department of Natural Resources and Mines – alerts, bulletins and notices
Selected Readings