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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.88Cutting, drilling or excavating near a concealed service
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### sec.88 Cutting, drilling or excavating near a concealed service
A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for controlling risks from cutting or drilling into a building or structure, or excavating ground, at the mine where there may be a concealed service.
The system must provide for the following to minimise the uncontrolled release of non-electrical or electrical energy from a concealed service—
locating the energy source and placing a mark, describing the source, on or near the source;
isolating the energy source;
testing the energy source and proving the source de-energised.
The site senior executive for the coal mine must provide sufficient equipment for the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (a) to (c) .
(sec.88-ssec.1) A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for controlling risks from cutting or drilling into a building or structure, or excavating ground, at the mine where there may be a concealed service.
(sec.88-ssec.2) The system must provide for the following to minimise the uncontrolled release of non-electrical or electrical energy from a concealed service— locating the energy source and placing a mark, describing the source, on or near the source; isolating the energy source; testing the energy source and proving the source de-energised.
(sec.88-ssec.3) The site senior executive for the coal mine must provide sufficient equipment for the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (a) to (c) .
- (a) locating the energy source and placing a mark, describing the source, on or near the source;
- (b) isolating the energy source;
- (c) testing the energy source and proving the source de-energised.