COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2001

Queensland Consolidated Regulations

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COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Contents

CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions

CHAPTER 2--ALL COAL MINES

Part 1--Preliminary

4. Application of ch 2
5. Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk

Part 2--Safety and health management system

Division 1--General

6. Basic elements
6A. Potential hazard guide—coal seam gas or petroleum
7. Keeping information and data on which risk assessment is based
8. Notification of safety and health issues—generally

Division 2--Standard operating procedures

9. Application of requirement to have a standard operating procedure for a hazard
10. Developing standard operating procedures
11. Accessing standard operating procedures

Division 3--Recognised standards

12. Accessing recognised standards

Division 4--Principal hazard management plan

12A. Application of div 4
12B. Principal hazard management plan

Part 2A--Safety and health fee

12C. Definitions for pt 2A
12D. Meaning of responsible person
12E. Payment of safety and health fee
12F. Safety and health census to be given at the end of each quarter
12G. Notice may be given if safety and health census not given or is inadequate
12H. Fee for late safety and health census
12I. Interest payable on unpaid fees
12J. Refund of overpayment of safety and health fee

Part 3--Accidents, high potential incidents and injuries

13. Prescribed types of high potential incidents—Act, s 198
14. Prescribed types of serious accidents and high potential incidents—Act, ss 200 and 201
15. Investigating accidents and incidents
16. Giving notice of incidents

Part 4--Electrical activities, equipment and installations

Division 1--Electrical activities
Subdivision 1--Controlling and managing electrical engineering activities

17. Qualifications for appointment as electrical engineering manager
18. Duties of electrical engineering manager
Subdivision 2--Other provisions about electrical activities
19. Duty to give notice of proposed introduction of electricity
20. Competencies of persons carrying out work on electrical equipment
21. Access to exposed electrical conductors
22. Locating and dealing with electrical faults

Division 2--Electrical equipment and installations
Subdivision 1--General

23. Design, installation and maintenance
24. Isolators for equipment driven by electricity
Subdivision 2--Electrical control systems
25. Standard for electrical control systems
26. Control circuits
27. Modification of electrical control systems
Subdivision 3--Electrical protection
28. Electrical protection for power outlets for low voltage electrical equipment
29. Operating times and tripping current for circuit protection devices
30. Changing electrical protection settings
31. Unearthed electrical installations
Subdivision 4--Electrical drawings and plans
32. Drawings of electrical installations
33. Plan of coal mine's communication system and main electrical installation
Subdivision 5--Records about electrical activities, equipment and installations
34. Records

Part 5--Emergencies

35. General
36. Visitors' self-escape
37. Fire
38. First aid

Part 6--Fitness for work

Division 1--General

39. Consumption of alcohol
40. Carrying out an activity, or entering a place, while under the influence of alcohol
41. Safety and health management system for alcohol
42. Safety and health management system for personal fatigue and other physical and psychological impairment, and drugs
43. Dealing with records and information about a person's fitness for work

Division 2--Coal mine workers' health scheme
Subdivision 1--Preliminary

44. Application of div 2
Subdivision 2--Nominated medical adviser
45. Appointment of nominated medical adviser
Subdivision 3--Health assessments and health monitoring
46. Health assessment
47. Employer's responsibility for health assessment
48. Reviewing health assessment report
49. Monitoring for workers' exposure to hazards
Subdivision 4--Records
50. Records about health assessment
51. Ownership of health assessment records
52. Confidentiality of medical record
53. Records of monitoring for workers' exposure to hazards

Part 7--Hazardous substances

54. Meaning of hazardous substance
55. Hazardous substance register
56. Using hazardous substances
57. Possible major hazard facilities

Part 8--Mine plans and other information about mines

58. Accuracy of plans and information
59. Survey grid system
60. Record of drilling activities
60A. Borehole abandonment record
61. Plans of coal mine workings
62. Plans of highwall mining underground excavation
63. Mine rescue plan

Part 9--Personal protective equipment

64. Providing personal protective equipment
65. Standard operating procedure

Part 10--Plant

Division 1--Fixed and mobile plant

66. Braking systems
67. Machine guarding or fencing
68. Modifying plant
69. Pre-start warning
70. Safe access to plant
71. Safety checks by competent person
72. Miscellaneous

Division 2--Mobile plant

73. Checking mobile plant
74. Protective structures
75. Seat belts
76. Using mobile plant
77. Warning system if mobile plant operator's visibility is restricted

Division 3--Miscellaneous

78. Isolating and tagging procedures
79. Equipment used for maintaining plant
80. Fluid above and below atmospheric pressure
81. Action to be taken if certified equipment does not meet certification requirements or is likely to create an unacceptable level of risk

Part 11--Training

82. Training scheme
83. New coal mine worker not to carry out task until induction training completed
84. Refresher training
85. Coal mine worker not to carry out task unless competent

Part 12--Work and work environment

86. Air conditioning units
87. Bathrooms, toilets and dining facilities
88. Cutting, drilling or excavating near a concealed service
88A. Asbestos material installed in buildings and plant
88B. Asbestos, other than asbestos material installed in buildings and plant
89. Dust
90. Ladders, steps and elevated walkways
91. Noise
92. Working at heights
93. Working near a body of water or other liquid
94. Checking and examining work areas
95. Maintaining hygienic work environment
96. Miscellaneous

Part 13--Miscellaneous

97. Monitoring and recording deformation of natural and artificial structures
98. Reporting and rectifying defects
99. Restricting access to parts of mine
100. Requirements for drilling and abandoning boreholes
100AA. Chief inspector may give exemption from s 100
100AB. Site senior executive may apply for exemption from s 100
100AC. Chief inspector to decide application for exemption from s 100
100AD. Requirements for site senior executive in relation to effect of coal mining operations on petroleum activities
100A. Prohibited substances

CHAPTER 3--SURFACE MINES

Part 1--Preliminary

101. Application of ch 3
102. Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk

Part 2--Open-cut examiner

103. Application of pt 2
104. Presence of, and access to, open-cut examiner
105. Open-cut examiner's responsibilities and duties—general
106. Inspecting surface excavations
107. Reducing unacceptable level of risk
108. Role in developing and reviewing safety and health management system
109. Giving technical directions to open-cut examiner

Part 3--Electrical activities, equipment and installations

Division 1--Preliminary

110. Application of pt 3

Division 2--Electrical activities

111. Appointment of person to control and manage electrical engineering activities
112. Live testing electrical equipment

Division 3--Electrical equipment and installations

113. Electrical protection for electrical distribution system
114. Electrical protection for mobile or transportable equipment

Part 4--Explosives

115. Using explosives
116. Safety and health management system

Part 5--Hazardous areas

117. Spoil dumps and excavated faces
118. Restricting access to hazardous areas

Part 6--Highwall mining

Division 1--General

119. Entry to highwall mining underground excavation

Division 2--Abnormal circumstances declaration

120. Abnormal circumstances declaration
121. Notifying particular persons of abnormal circumstances declaration
122. Revoking abnormal circumstances declaration
123. Particulars of abnormal circumstances declaration must be included in mine record
124. Other provisions applying while declaration is in force

Division 3--Safety and health management system

125. Safety and health management system for highwall mining

Part 7--Mine plans

126. Plan of surface land
127. Plans of surface services

Part 8--Mine roads

128. Specification for design and construction of mine roads
129. Standard operating procedure

Part 9--Plant

Division 1--Operator attended dredges

130. Safety features for operator attended dredges
131. Stability checks
132. Using and relocating operator attended dredges

Division 2--Miscellaneous

133. Discharging loads
134. Using explosive powered tools
135. Using plant near electricity

Part 10--Stockpile and coal waste dump operations

136. Engine shutdown and fire suppression
137. Fire detection and suppression in tunnels
138. Standard operating procedures
139. Safety berms

Part 11--Miscellaneous

140. Prohibited articles
141. Safety inspections
142. Flammable or toxic gas
143. Heat stress
144. Lighting
145. Spray painting and spraying other substances
146. Trenches

CHAPTER 4--UNDERGROUND MINES

Part 1--Preliminary

147. Application of ch 4
148. Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk

Part 2--General

149. Principal hazard management plan
150. Restriction on entering below ground
151. Dealing with flammable substances underground
152. Limit to external surface temperature of equipment used underground
153. Giving technical directions to a person appointed under s 60(8) or (9) of the Act

Part 3--Emergencies

Division 1--Fire prevention and control

154. Fire prevention and control
155. Fire officers

Division 2--Entry airlocks and emergency mine sealing

156. Entry airlocks and emergency mine sealing
157. Testing airlocks
157A. Testing inertisation facilities

Part 4--Rescue and communication

Division 1--Self-rescuers and other breathing apparatus

158. Self-rescuers and other breathing apparatus
159. Restriction on entering below ground at underground mine without self-rescuer
160. Responsibility of persons issued with self-rescuers

Division 2--Cap lamps

161. Types of cap lamps
162. Facilities and equipment for cap lamps
163. Maintaining and testing cap lamps
164. Identifying and tracking cap lamps
165. Restriction on entering below ground at an underground mine without a cap lamp
166. Safety and health management system
167. Responsibility of persons using cap lamps

Division 3--Self-escape, aided escape and emergency evacuation

168. Safety and health management system for self-escape
169. Standard operating procedure for self-escape
170. Safety and health management system for aided escape
171. Safety and health management system for emergency evacuation

Division 4--Mines rescue

172. Emergency response
173. Mines rescue team
174. Mines rescue agreement
175. Inertisation capability

Division 5--Communication systems

176. Telephonic communication
177. Coal mine workers must be competent in operating telephonic communication system
178. Communication by notices and plans

Part 5--Electrical equipment and installations

Division 1--General

179. Safety and health management system

Division 2--Suitability of electrical equipment and installations

180. Application of div 2
181. ERZ0
182. ERZ1
183. NERZ
184. Enclosures for switchgear
185. Record of suitability of electrical equipment and installations

Division 3--Live testing of electrical equipment and installations

186. Live testing in an ERZ
187. Live testing in a NERZ

Division 4--Electrical cables and accessories

188. Selecting, installing and using electrical cables and accessories
189. Repairing and testing reeling, trailing and feeder cables

Division 5--Electrical control systems

190. Circuit separation
191. Earth fault current limitation
192. Earth leakage protection
193. Testing earth leakage protection and earth continuity protection
194. Limitation on earthing conductor's current
195. Earthing electrodes

Division 6--Miscellaneous

196. Battery charging stations
197. Battery powered vehicles
198. Traction battery powered vehicles
199. Trolley wire traction systems
200. Switching and isolating electricity supply
201. Using fibre optics
202. Using portable electrical equipment

Part 6--Explosives and explosive powered tools

Division 1--Explosives

203. Risk assessment
204. Authorised explosives
205. Transporting and storing explosives underground
206. Temporarily storing explosives underground
207. Reconciling issue and use of explosives
208. Vehicles used to transport explosives
209. Issuing, and dealing with, explosives
210. Supervising and controlling shotfiring
211. Supervising person undertaking shotfiring training
212. Equipment for initiating explosions
213. Where explosives for shotfiring may be used
214. Action to be taken if a shot misfires
215. Isolating electrical circuits
216. Isolating radio transmission devices
217. Limiting duration of the shot sequence

Division 2--Explosive powered tools

218. Issuing explosive powered tools
219. Charging or firing explosive powered tools
220. Where explosive powered tools may be used

Division 3--Standard operating procedures for explosives and explosive powered tools

221. Standard operating procedures

Part 7--Gas monitoring

Division 1--Safety and health management system

221A. Application of div 1
222. Gas monitoring system
223. Monitoring and sampling mine atmosphere
224. Gas alarm levels
225. Changing gas alarm level settings
226. Acknowledging alarms

Division 1A--Gas monitoring system for drifts driven from mine surface in material other than coal

226A. Gas monitoring

Division 2--Methane and other gas detectors
Subdivision 1--General

227. Portable gas detectors
228. Providing portable gas detectors
229. Fixed methane detectors
Subdivision 2--Plant to be protected by methane detectors
230. Plant to be protected by methane detectors
231. Auxiliary, or booster, fan
232. Main exhausting fan
233. Coal cutter, continuous miner, tunnel boring and road heading machine
234. Longwall shearer
235. Mobile bolting machine
236. Explosion protected electrically powered loader
237. Explosion protected load-haul dump vehicle powered by a battery or internal combustion engine
238. Other explosion protected plant powered by battery or internal combustion engine
239. Other explosion protected electrical plant
240. Non-explosion protected plant
Subdivision 3--Places where methane detectors must be located
241. Places where methane detectors must be located
242. Intake airways
243. Main return airway and return airway in a ventilation split
244. Longwall face

Division 3--Action to be taken if methane is detected or methane detector is non-operational

245. Explosion protected electrically powered loader
246. Explosion protected vehicle powered by a battery, or internal combustion engine
247. Other explosion protected electrical plant
248. Non-explosion protected vehicle powered by a battery or an internal combustion engine
249. Ventilation split or main return airway
250. Action to be taken if methane detector activates or is non-operational

Division 4--Miscellaneous

251. Record of tripping of electricity supply
252. General back-up for gas monitoring system
253. Withdrawal of persons in case of danger caused by failure or non-operation of gas monitoring system

Part 8--Mechanical

Division 1--Aluminium alloys

254. Using aluminium alloys underground
255. Standard operating procedure

Division 2--Conveyors

256. Belt conveyors
257. Designing, installing, inspecting and maintaining conveyors
258. Riding on, or crossing over or under, a conveyor

Division 3--Stored energy

259. Compressed air equipment

Division 4--Transport

260. Safety and health management system
261. Using plant powered by internal combustion engines
262. Conveyances forming part of a train

Division 5--Hot work

263. Authorisation required for hot work
264. Notice to inspector of hot work
265. Safety and health management system for hot work
266. Safety and health management system for permanent underground workshops

Division 6--Winders, slope haulages and hoists
Subdivision 1--Design and installation of equipment and shafts generally

267. Winders and slope haulages
268. Controls and safety devices for conveyances
269. Fire control for winders and slope haulages
Subdivision 2--Further provisions about design and installation for friction winders
270. Safety devices
271. Speed
272. Brakes
Subdivision 3--Operating, maintaining and testing winders, slope haulages and hoists
273. Operating requirements for winders, slope haulages and hoists
274. Risk assessment and controls for winders, slope haulages and hoists
275. Operating manually operated winder, slope haulage and hoist equipment
276. Signals code
Subdivision 4--Winder and slope haulage ropes
277. Certificates for winder and slope haulage ropes
278. Using winder and slope haulage ropes
279. Safety factors for winder and slope haulage ropes
280. Attaching winder ropes to conveyance or counterweight
281. Safety and health management system

Part 9--Mine design

Division 1--Mine plans

282. Plan of coal mine workings
283. Plan of surface land
284. Plan of surface facilities
285. Fire fighting and mine rescue plan

Division 2--Establishing and identifying explosion risk zones

286. Risk assessment
287. ERZ0
288. ERZ1
289. NERZ
290. Signposting of ERZ boundaries
291. Plan of ERZ boundaries

Division 3--Precautions against inrushes

292. Data about potential inrushes
293. Risk assessment
294. Standard operating procedure
295. Preventing inrushes through boreholes

Division 4--Escapeways and refuges

296. Escapeways
297. Headings for intake air
298. Primary escapeways
299. Safety of persons when only 1 escapeway available for use

Part 10--Mining operations

Division 1--Coal dust explosion prevention and control

299A. Application of div 1
300. General
301. Incombustible material content for mine roadway dust
302. Action to be taken if incombustible material content not met
303. Record of roadway dust sampling

Division 2--Inspections under safety and health management system
Subdivision 1--General

304. Application of div 2
305. Appointment of persons to carry out inspections
306. Who may carry out inspections
307. ERZ controller must carry out regular periodic inspections of explosion risk zones
308. Duties of persons carrying out inspections—generally
Subdivision 2--Procedure for carrying out inspections
309. Safety and health management system
310. Notice of inspection result
311. Action to be taken if inspection not carried out when required under a standard operating procedure
312. Inspection districts
313. Inspection district boundaries
314. Notice of entry to inspection district
Subdivision 3--Miscellaneous
315. ERZ controller must be present during mining in ERZ1
316. Prohibition on entering uninspected part of mine

Division 3--Second workings

317. Risk assessment
318. Standard operating procedure
319. Changing standard operating procedure
320. Notices to inspector

Division 4--Strata control

321. Stability of mine workings
322. Preventing dangerous subsidence
323. Strata support for workings
324. Monitoring strata support

Division 5--Routine and emergency sealing

325. Types of seals for particular circumstances and parts of mines
326. Notice of intention to seal mine
327. Sealing underground mine
328. Changing sealing method
329. Emergency sealing
330. Evacuating mine after sealing

Division 6--Construction work

331. Risk assessment
332. Excavations, dumping stations, chutes and bins
333. Controlling flooding in excavations
334. Preventing explosive atmospheres around operating machines
335. Standard operating procedure
336. Notice of proposed sinking of drift or shaft
337. Evacuation and escape from drifts and shafts
338. Travelling in a kibble
339. Drilling in butts

Part 11--Ventilation

Division 1--Ventilation officer

340. Ventilation officer may hold another appointment
341. Functions of ventilation officer
342. Reports by ventilation officer

Division 2--Ventilation system

343. Ventilation system must provide for general body concentrations for particular contaminants and gases
344. Other things for which ventilation system must provide
345. Parts of mine exempted from ventilation requirement

Division 3--Safety and health management system and standard operating procedures for ventilation

346. Safety and health management system
347. Ventilating workplaces
348. Evacuating mine
349. Taking action if ventilation system fails

Division 4--Ventilation control devices

350. Installing ventilation control devices
351. Interfering with ventilation control devices
352. Standard operating procedure

Division 5--Fans

353. Using fans underground
354. Provision for fans in principal hazard management plan for ventilation
355. Auxiliary fans
356. Scrubber fans
357. Monitoring fans
358. Dealing with underground auxiliary and booster fans

Division 6--Controlling exposure to atmospheric contaminants

359. Exposure to atmospheric contaminants other than carbon dioxide
360. Exposure to carbon dioxide
360A. Exposure to internal combustion engine pollutants
361. Prohibition on working in poor quality air

Division 7--Monitoring atmosphere

362. Air distribution
363. Barometric pressure
364. Effective temperature at coal face
365. Measurements following changes

Division 8--Miscellaneous

366. Withdrawal of persons in case of danger

Part 12--Working environment

Division 1--Contraband

367. Contraband
368. Standard operating procedure

Division 2--Heat stress management

369. Managing risk from heat
370. Calculating effective temperature

CHAPTER 5--MISCELLANEOUS

370A. Activity that is not an on-site activity—Act, s 10(2)(f)
371. Prescribed tasks—Act, s 76(3)(a)
372. Fees

CHAPTER 6--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR MINING AND OTHER LEGISLATION (SAFETY AND HEALTH) AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 1) 2008

373. Provision about safety and health fee payable on or before 31 October 2008
SCHEDULE 1A POTENTIAL HAZARD GUIDE--COAL SEAM GAS OR PETROLEUM
SCHEDULE 1 TYPES OF HIGH POTENTIAL INCIDENTS FOR SECTION 198 OF THE ACT
SCHEDULE 2 TYPES OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND HIGH POTENTIAL INCIDENTS FOR SECTIONS 200(1) AND 201(1) OF THE ACT
SCHEDULE 2A PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

SCHEDULE 3 CHAPTER 4 PROVISIONS APPLYING WHILE ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES DECLARATION IS IN FORCE
SCHEDULE 4 VENTILATION CONTROL DEVICES AND DESIGN CRITERIA
SCHEDULE 5 MATTERS TO BE COVERED IN INSPECTIONS
SCHEDULE 6 GENERAL BODY CONCENTRATIONS FOR ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINANTS
SCHEDULE 7 PRESCRIBED TASKS FOR SECTION 76(3)(A) OF THE ACT
SCHEDULE 8 BOARD OF EXAMINERS' FEES
SCHEDULE 9 DICTIONARY
Endnotes

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