New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

COAL MINES (UNDERGROUND) REGULATION 1999 - REG 34B

34B Notification of other incidents

(1) A mine manager must report the following incidents to the district inspector and district check inspector within 24 hours of the manager’s becoming aware of the occurrence of the incident:

(a) an event that occurs in a hazardous zone and leaves visible evidence on an electric cable of arcing having occurred,

(b) an unplanned fall of roof or sides of a mine that impedes passage or disrupts mine ventilation,

(c) a windblast that results in injuries requiring first-aid treatment,

(d) the entrapment of a continuous miner by a fall of roof or sides such that it is unable to be recovered under its own tractive effort,

(e) the entrapment of a breaker line support by a fall of roof such that it is unable to be recovered under its own tractive effort,

(f) a creep, progressive pillar collapse or significant deviation from predicted surface subsidence,

(g) the in-service failure of the explosion protection characteristic of explosion protected apparatus located in a hazardous zone.

(2) A form may be specified for the purposes of subclause (1) and, if a form is specified, a report must be in that form and contain such details as may be specified.