sec.35General

### 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.