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Mining Safety & Health

Complaints about safety and health at mines

The Queensland mine safety laws allow mine workers or their representatives to make confidential complaints about safety and health matters to the Mines Inspectorate. These complaints must be investigated and the name of the person making the complaint must not be revealed. Legislation relating to complaints is section 254 of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 and section 275 of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999. Contacts for the Mines Inspectorate are at : http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/contact.cfm

Before a person makes a complaint to the Mines Inspectorate, the person should bring the issue to the attention of the person's supervisor or site senior executive. This can be done personally or through a site safety and health representative.

25 June 2009

Recognised Standard 08 - Conduct of Emergency Exercises (PDF, 125kB)

24 June 2009

Safety Alert 228 - Fatal Accident - Loader Enters Open Stope (PDF, 58kB)

19 June 2009

News Update - Amendments to mining safety and health laws (PDF, 36kB)

Safety Alert 224 - Flushing Canister Bursts (PDF, 526kB)

5 June 2009

News Update - Prosecution following mine accident (PDF, 16kB)

News Update - Fatal Accident at Underground Mine (PDF, 17kB)

3 June 2009

Safety Bulletin 88 - 2008-09 Fatalities (PDF, 69kB)

25 May 2009

Addendum to Coal Mine Tenure Grant Letter (PDF, 56kB) - A guide to the application of Queensland coal mining safety and health legislation to the conduct of coal exploration 'on-site activities' under an Exploration Permit for Coal (EPC) or a Mineral Development Licence (MDL)

Notice about Coal Exploration Activities (PDF, 35kB)  - Pursuant to Section 52 of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999

5 May 2009

Best Practice Pit Slope Safety Workshop - Mackay, 23 April 2009

Queensland's mining industry has heard first-hand of best practices in managing pitwalls in open-cut coal and metalliferous mines for continued mine safety.

About 100 industry people attended a one-day industry workshop in Mackay on April 23, on risk management of pitwalls and leading safety practices used in open-cut mines.

Presentations given at the workshop can be downloaded from the links below:

Anglo Highwall Workshop (PDF, 2.6MB)

BMA PItwall Workshop (PDF, 1.8MB)

Pitwall Workshop Keynote Address J Simmons (PDF, 1.3MB)

Xstrata Blackstar Pitwall Workshop (PDF,1.9kB)

Xstrata EHM Pitwall Workshop (PDF, 3.5MB)

DME Highwall Workshop (PDF, 1.9MB)

 28 April 2009

Safety Alert 223 - Apprentice Injured While Maintaining Mobile Crusher (PDF, 67kB)

20 April 2009

Safety Alert 218 - Fatal Impact of Light Vehicle into Rear of Heavy Vehicle (PDF, 101kB)

Safety Alert 220 - Arcing Fault Causes Flash Burns and Equipment Damage (PDF,84kB)

Safety Alert 221 - Flameproof Alternator Electrical Protection Systems(PDF, 74kB)

26 March 2009

Safety Alert 219 - Man Basket Security (PDF, 65kB)

11 March 2009

Significant Incident Report 72 - Lifting Lug Failure (PDF, 81kB)

Safety Alert 216 - Chain falls from blasthole drill rig, hitting worker (PDF,130kB)

9 March 2009

Queensland Mining Safety Performance - LTIFR to January 2009 (PDF, 26kB) 

5 March 2009

Mining safety statistics reports updated from the 1999-03 to 2003-08 period

3 March 2009

Summary of Serious Accidents and High Potential Incidents Nov 08 - Jan 09 (PDF, 63kB)

30 January 2009

2008 Queensland Level 1 Mine Emergency Exercise (PDF, 567KB)

21 January 2009

Significant Incident Report 74 - Falling Borehole Pump Causes Uncontrolled Movement of Cables and Cable Reels (PDF, 244kB)

12 January 2009

Safety Alert 203 - Fatality Involving Mobile Crushing Plant (PDF, 194kB)

Safety Alert 217 - Unplanned Movement of Towed Equipment (PDF, 60kB)

23 May 2008

These presentations on proximity detection technology and vehicle-personnel interaction on minesites, were recently made to industry by the Department of Mines and Energy Mines Inspectorate. The first presentation is supported by four presentations from proximity detection manufacturers, illustrating possible solutions.

Contact details

If you have difficulty downloading these documents, please contact:

Safety and Health
PO Box 15216
City East Qld 4002
07 32371105
Email Mr John Kabel

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Last Updated 24 June 2009