Regulations Underground Mines 147 - 167 Flashcards
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S 147
Application of chapter 4 - only relates to underground mines.
S 148
Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk.
S 149
PHMP - An underground mine must have PHMPs that provide for at least the following: Emergency Response Gas management Methane drainage Mine ventilation Spontaneous Combustion
s 150
Restriction on entering below ground -
A person must not enter below ground at an underground mine without the authority of the UMM
S 151
Dealing with flammable substances underground -
An underground mine must have a SOP for using, storing and disposing of flammable substances with a flash point of less then 61c underground
S 152
Limit to external surface temperature of equipment used underground -
Unless otherwise allowed under part 8, div 5, a person must not use equipment underground if it’s external surface temperature is more than 150c
S 153
Giving technical directions to a person appointed under s 60 (8) or (9) of the act. -
A person must not give technical direction about a safety and health matter to a person appointed under S60(8) or (9) of the act unless the person has the necessary technical competency, and is authorised by the UMM to give the direction
S 154
Fire prevention and control -
The SSE for an U/G mine must ensure a building or structure located at a surface intake opening, or in the underground mine, is constructed of a nonflammable material
S 155
Fire Officers -
(1) The UMM for an U/G mine must appoint, in writing, at least 1 person as a fire officer for the mine.
(2) The fire officer is responsible for the following -
(a) inspecting, testing and maintaining all the fire fighting equipment
(b) keeping records of the inspection, testing and maintenance of the fire fighting equipment
(c) establishing fire prevention and control training needs and ensuring the training is carried out
(d) ensuring the currency of all fire fighting plans and procedures
(e) testing, and reporting on, the condition of the mine’s communication system.
S 156
Emergency mine sealing and entry airlocks -
(1) The site senior executive for an underground mine must ensure—
(a )each entrance from the surface to the underground mine is capable of being sealed—
(i) at the surface without requiring persons to travel in
front of the entrance to seal it; or
(ii) if the entrance is a vertical shaft—
(A) in the way mentioned in subparagraph (i); or
(B) in a roadway at the bottom of the shaft; and
(b)at least 1 entrance from the surface to the underground mine has a mine entry airlock.
(2) The site senior executive must also ensure—
(a)each seal installed for sealing an entrance from the
surface to the underground mine is a type E seal; and
(b) each mine entry airlock is capable of withstanding a
pressure pulse of 70kPa passing through the entrance
while the airlock is open.
(3 )The site senior executive must also ensure the underground mine, when sealed, has facilities allowing the following—
(a) the use of inertisation equipment from a safe position;
(b) the monitoring of the atmosphere behind the seal from a safe position;
(c) persons to re-enter the mine through the entrance;
S 157
Testing airlocks -
The UMM for an U/G mine must ensure the operation of each airlock installed for an entrance at the mine is tested, other then pressure tested, at least once a year.
S 157A
Testing inertisation facilities -
(1) The UMM for an U/G mine must ensure the following facilities at the mine are tested at appropriate intervals to ensure facilities are capable of being used in an emergency -
(a) the connection point for using the inertisation equipment mentioned in section 156(3)(a)
(b) each airlock and seal required to be used with the inertisation equipment.
(2) The SSE for the mine must ensure the necessary facilities, including, for example, water and cleared areas, are available for use with inertisation equipment.
S 158
Self-rescuers and other breathing apparatus -
(1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the following for persons other than mines rescue persons—
(a) supplying self-rescuers, and other breathing apparatus, of a certified type for use at the mine;
(b) maintaining and testing self-rescuers and other
breathing apparatus used at the mine;
(c) for self-rescuers—
(i) issuing each person with a self-rescuer that is
physically suitable for the person before the person
enters the mine; and (ii)training persons in donning, changing over and using self-rescuers, including self-rescuers stored in caches in the mine, before the persons enter the mine;
(d) for other breathing apparatus—
(i) issuing the breathing apparatus to each person who
is required to use the apparatus; and
(ii) training persons who are required to use the
breathing apparatus in using the apparatus.
(2) The system must also provide for the following—
(a) the use of a self-rescuer at the mine by the following—
(i) a person who is using the self-rescuer other than
the self-rescuer that was issued permanently to the
person;
(ii) a temporary coal mine worker;
(iii) a visitor;
(b) recording the following details about each temporary
use of a self-rescuer at the mine—
(I) the name of the person using the self-rescuer;
(ii) the date and time the self-rescuer was taken or
issued for use by the person;
(iii) the unique identification of the self-rescuer;
(c) removing a record mentioned in paragraph (b) when the person to whom the record applies returns the
self-rescuer.
S 159
Restriction on entering below ground at underground
mine without self-rescuer -
(1) A person must not enter below ground at an underground mine unless the person—
(a) has been issued with, and is carrying, a self-rescuer; and
(b) is trained in donning, changing over and using the
self-rescuer and self-rescuers stored in caches in the
mine; and
(c) has examined the self-rescuer, is satisfied the
self-rescuer has not been damaged externally, and has
carried out any checks required by the manufacturer;
and
(d) is physically capable of using a self-rescuer of a
certified type.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a mines rescue person carrying out a mines rescue activity.
S 160
Responsibility of persons issued with self-rescuers -
While a self-rescuer issued for an underground mine is in the possession or control of the person to whom the self-rescuer has been issued, the person must ensure its safe keeping and, as far as practicable, that the self-rescuer is not damaged.
S 161
Types of cap lamps -
An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the following—
(a) cap lamps for use at the mine to be of a certified type
and explosion protection category Ex ia, Ex s or Ex l;
(b) a record to be kept of the following for each cap lamp type in use at the mine—
(i) its design and construction specifications;
(ii) the manufacturer’s maintenance and testing
recommendations.
S 162
Facilities and equipment for cap lamps -
The site senior executive for an underground mine must
ensure—
(a) the mine has the following facilities and equipment for cap lamps—
(i) a lamp room;
(ii) battery charging stations;
(iii) cap lamp battery charging equipment;
(iv) the correct tools and testing equipment for
repairing and maintaining cap lamps; and
(b) each battery charging station is adequately ventilated to remove gases generated by the charging.
S 163
Maintaining and testing cap lamps -
The underground mine manager for an underground mine must ensure—
(a) each cap lamp used at the mine is operated for the
minimum period stated in the standard against which the cap lamp is certified immediately before the cap lamp is tested; and
(b) the cap lamp is used again only if the test shows its
performance is at least 60% of the performance stated in the standard; and
(c) a record is kept of results of maintenance and testing of cap lamps in use at the mine.
S 164
Identifying and tracking cap lamps -
The underground mine manager for an underground mine must ensure—
(a) each cap lamp issued to a person at the mine has a
unique identification; and
(b) a record is kept of the name of the person to whom the cap lamp is issued permanently.
S 165
Restriction on entering below ground at an underground mine without a cap lamp -
A person must not enter below ground at an underground mine unless the person—
(a) has been issued with, and is carrying, a cap lamp; and
(b) is trained in using the cap lamp; and
(c) has examined the cap lamp, is satisfied the cap lamp is working correctly, and has not been damaged to an
extent that adversely affects its safe use.
S 166
Safety and health management system -
An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the following—
(a) the use of cap lamps at the mine by the following—
(i) a person who is using a cap lamp other than the cap
lamp that was issued permanently to the person;
(ii) a temporary coal mine worker;
(iii) a visitor;
(b) recording the following details about the temporary use of a cap lamp at the mine—
(i) the name of the person using the cap lamp;
(ii) the date and time the cap lamp was taken or issued
for use by the person;
(iii) the unique identification of the cap lamp;
(c) removing a record mentioned in paragraph (b) when the person to whom the record applies returns the cap lamp.
S 167
Responsibility of persons using cap lamps -
(1) While a cap lamp issued for an underground mine is in the possession or control of the person to whom the cap lamp has been issued, the person must ensure its safe keeping and, as far as practicable, that the cap lamp is not damaged.
(2) A person to whom a cap lamp has been issued for an
underground mine must return the lamp to its allotted position at the battery charging station at the mine—
(a) at the end of the person’s shift or any extension of the shift for which the lamp was issued; or
(b) if the person no longer needs the cap lamp during the person’s shift or any extension of the shift—as soon as possible after the person no longer needs the cap lamp.
