sec.138Standard operating procedures

### sec.138 Standard operating procedures A surface mine must have standard operating procedures for the following— operating equipment on stockpiles and coal waste dumps; ensuring the safety of persons— on or near a stockpile or coal waste dump; and in, or near, heated areas or areas with a potential for spontaneous combustion; and working below or near a stockpile or coal waste dump where there is potential for material inrush or outrush; and entering a bin or hopper to free blockages from inside or outside the bin or hopper; maintaining a safe atmosphere in a tunnel under a stockpile while persons are working in the tunnel; evacuating persons from a tunnel under a stockpile. The procedure for operating equipment on a stockpile must provide for the following— detecting, and giving notification of, voids in a stockpile; taking emergency action if equipment falls into a void; traversing a stockpile; creating loading faces and dozer slots and battering down the faces and slots; supplying uniform lighting to minimise shadows. (sec.138-ssec.1) A surface mine must have standard operating procedures for the following— operating equipment on stockpiles and coal waste dumps; ensuring the safety of persons— on or near a stockpile or coal waste dump; and in, or near, heated areas or areas with a potential for spontaneous combustion; and working below or near a stockpile or coal waste dump where there is potential for material inrush or outrush; and entering a bin or hopper to free blockages from inside or outside the bin or hopper; maintaining a safe atmosphere in a tunnel under a stockpile while persons are working in the tunnel; evacuating persons from a tunnel under a stockpile. (sec.138-ssec.2) The procedure for operating equipment on a stockpile must provide for the following— detecting, and giving notification of, voids in a stockpile; taking emergency action if equipment falls into a void; traversing a stockpile; creating loading faces and dozer slots and battering down the faces and slots; supplying uniform lighting to minimise shadows. - (a) operating equipment on stockpiles and coal waste dumps; - (b) ensuring the safety of persons— (i) on or near a stockpile or coal waste dump; and (ii) in, or near, heated areas or areas with a potential for spontaneous combustion; and (iii) working below or near a stockpile or coal waste dump where there is potential for material inrush or outrush; and (iv) entering a bin or hopper to free blockages from inside or outside the bin or hopper; - (i) on or near a stockpile or coal waste dump; and - (ii) in, or near, heated areas or areas with a potential for spontaneous combustion; and - (iii) working below or near a stockpile or coal waste dump where there is potential for material inrush or outrush; and - (iv) entering a bin or hopper to free blockages from inside or outside the bin or hopper; - (c) maintaining a safe atmosphere in a tunnel under a stockpile while persons are working in the tunnel; - (d) evacuating persons from a tunnel under a stockpile. - (i) on or near a stockpile or coal waste dump; and - (ii) in, or near, heated areas or areas with a potential for spontaneous combustion; and - (iii) working below or near a stockpile or coal waste dump where there is potential for material inrush or outrush; and - (iv) entering a bin or hopper to free blockages from inside or outside the bin or hopper; - (a) detecting, and giving notification of, voids in a stockpile; - (b) taking emergency action if equipment falls into a void; - (c) traversing a stockpile; - (d) creating loading faces and dozer slots and battering down the faces and slots; - (e) supplying uniform lighting to minimise shadows.