sec.128Specification for design and construction of mine roads

### sec.128 Specification for design and construction of mine roads A surface mine’s safety and health management system must provide a specification for the design and construction of mine roads to enable the safe movement of vehicles about the mine. The specification must have regard to the particular conditions at the mine, including the following— the characteristics of the mine vehicles; the types of materials used for road construction; the methods of working the mine. The specification must be developed through a formal risk assessment process and must provide for the following for the roads— barriers; curvature; grade; guideposts; pavement shape; safety berms; signs; surface material; width. The specification must provide for appropriate control measures for preventing persons and vehicles from falling over road edges with a vertical drop of more than 0.5m. For a primary haul road regularly used for 2-way traffic, the specification must provide for a road width at least 3.5 times the width of the largest vehicle regularly using the road. In this section— primary haul road means a road— intended to be used, during the life of the mine, by heavy vehicles to move overburden, coal and reject material from the mine; and capable of carrying mixed traffic at high speed. width , for a road, means the width of the road’s useable running pavement clear of guideposts, grader rills and safety berms. (sec.128-ssec.1) A surface mine’s safety and health management system must provide a specification for the design and construction of mine roads to enable the safe movement of vehicles about the mine. (sec.128-ssec.2) The specification must have regard to the particular conditions at the mine, including the following— the characteristics of the mine vehicles; the types of materials used for road construction; the methods of working the mine. (sec.128-ssec.3) The specification must be developed through a formal risk assessment process and must provide for the following for the roads— barriers; curvature; grade; guideposts; pavement shape; safety berms; signs; surface material; width. (sec.128-ssec.4) The specification must provide for appropriate control measures for preventing persons and vehicles from falling over road edges with a vertical drop of more than 0.5m. (sec.128-ssec.5) For a primary haul road regularly used for 2-way traffic, the specification must provide for a road width at least 3.5 times the width of the largest vehicle regularly using the road. (sec.128-ssec.6) In this section— primary haul road means a road— intended to be used, during the life of the mine, by heavy vehicles to move overburden, coal and reject material from the mine; and capable of carrying mixed traffic at high speed. width , for a road, means the width of the road’s useable running pavement clear of guideposts, grader rills and safety berms. - (a) the characteristics of the mine vehicles; - (b) the types of materials used for road construction; - (c) the methods of working the mine. - (a) barriers; - (b) curvature; - (c) grade; - (d) guideposts; - (e) pavement shape; - (f) safety berms; - (g) signs; - (h) surface material; - (i) width. - (a) intended to be used, during the life of the mine, by heavy vehicles to move overburden, coal and reject material from the mine; and - (b) capable of carrying mixed traffic at high speed.