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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
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### sec.35 General
A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for managing emergencies at the mine.
The system must provide for the following—
identifying, by risk assessment, potential emergency situations;
minimising risks associated with potential emergency situations;
carrying out aided rescue and self-escape of persons from the mine in an emergency;
carrying out emergency exercises, including testing the effectiveness of emergency management procedures and the readiness and fitness of equipment for use in an emergency;
auditing and reviewing the emergency exercises;
if the mine is a surface mine—involving an open-cut examiner for the mine in—
developing and testing the emergency management procedures for activities, including mining activities, in and around the surface excavation at the mine; and
auditing the documentation for the procedures;
if the mine is an underground mine—involving an ERZ controller for the mine in—
developing and testing the emergency management procedures for explosion risk zones; and
auditing the documentation for the procedures.
(sec.35-ssec.1) A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for managing emergencies at the mine.
(sec.35-ssec.2) The system must provide for the following— identifying, by risk assessment, potential emergency situations; minimising risks associated with potential emergency situations; carrying out aided rescue and self-escape of persons from the mine in an emergency; carrying out emergency exercises, including testing the effectiveness of emergency management procedures and the readiness and fitness of equipment for use in an emergency; auditing and reviewing the emergency exercises; if the mine is a surface mine—involving an open-cut examiner for the mine in— developing and testing the emergency management procedures for activities, including mining activities, in and around the surface excavation at the mine; and auditing the documentation for the procedures; if the mine is an underground mine—involving an ERZ controller for the mine in— developing and testing the emergency management procedures for explosion risk zones; and auditing the documentation for the procedures.
- (a) identifying, by risk assessment, potential emergency situations;
- (b) minimising risks associated with potential emergency situations;
- (c) carrying out aided rescue and self-escape of persons from the mine in an emergency;
- (d) carrying out emergency exercises, including testing the effectiveness of emergency management procedures and the readiness and fitness of equipment for use in an emergency;
- (e) auditing and reviewing the emergency exercises;
- (f) if the mine is a surface mine—involving an open-cut examiner for the mine in— (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for activities, including mining activities, in and around the surface excavation at the mine; and (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures;
- (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for activities, including mining activities, in and around the surface excavation at the mine; and
- (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures;
- (g) if the mine is an underground mine—involving an ERZ controller for the mine in— (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for explosion risk zones; and (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures.
- (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for explosion risk zones; and
- (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures.
- (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for activities, including mining activities, in and around the surface excavation at the mine; and
- (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures;
- (i) developing and testing the emergency management procedures for explosion risk zones; and
- (ii) auditing the documentation for the procedures.