33Explosives and explosive precursors

33 Explosives and explosive precursors

33 Explosives and explosive precursors

(1) In complying with section 14, the operator of a mine or petroleum site must manage risks to health and safety associated with explosives and explosive precursors at the mine or petroleum site.

(2) In managing risks to health and safety associated with explosives and explosive precursors at the mine or petroleum site, the operator must—

(a) ensure explosives and explosive precursors to be used at the mine or petroleum site are—

(i) safe to handle, and

(ii) fit for their intended use, and

(iii) as insensitive as reasonably practicable to shock, sparks, friction and the environment in which they will be stored, transported and used, and

(iv) as far as reasonably practicable, simple to store, use, transport and control, and

(b) ensure dealing with an explosive or explosive precursor at the mine or petroleum site complies with the Explosives Act 2003 and Australian Standard AS 2187Explosives—Storage, transport and use, and

(c) ensure, for an underground coal mine, shotfiring does not occur in a part of the mine where—

(i) the concentration of methane in the general body of the air is greater than 0.5% by volume, or

(ii) the amount of incombustible material contained in roadway dust is less than 85%, or

(iii) the ventilation is not sufficient to adequately dilute the atmospheric contaminants caused by the shotfiring.