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Forms - Notification of appointments

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

The coal mining and mining and quarrying legislation requires a number of notifications. The following forms standardize this notification.

Coal

Coal mine operator - notice of appointment (PDF, 132kB)
Electrical engineering manager at a surface coalmine - notice of appointment (PDF, 120 kB)
Electrical engineering manager at an underground coalmine - notice of appointment (PDF, 120 kB)
Holder of a coal mining tenure - notice of details (PDF, 131 kB)
Site senior executive for a coal mine - notice of appointment (PDF, 116 kB)
Underground manager for a coal mine - notice of appointment (PDF, 115 kB)

Metalliferous

person to control electrical work - notice of appointment (PDF, 119 kB)
Holder of a mining tenure - notice of details (PDF, 130 kB)
Mine operator - notice of appointment (PDF, 132 kB)
Quarry operator - notice of appointment (PDF, 116 kB)
Site senior executive for a mine - notice of appointment (PDF, 117 kB)
- Site senior executive for a mine - notice of temporary appointment (PDF, 118 kB)
Site senior executive for a quarry - notice of appointment (PDF, 117 kB)
- Site senior executive for a quarry - notice of temporary appointment (PDF, 118 kB)
Underground manager for a mine - notice of appointment (PDF, 115 kB)
- Underground manager for a mine - notice of temporary appointment (PDF, 116 kB)
Notification of possible major hazard facility (PDF, 100kB)

Compliance Policy

Mines Inspectorate Compliance Policy - July 2008 (PDF, 130kB)

All General Directives to Mines

These directives, issued by the Mines Inspectorate under either the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 or the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, usually apply to a group of mines, eg underground coal mines. Copies of relevant sections of these directives are included here for information to industry in general.

Use of polyurethane foam to flatproof tyres used in underground coal mines (PDF, 105 kB)
Requirements pertaining to the use of ATF Series 251 headlights in Queensland underground coal mines (PDF, 110 kB)
Flameproof Diesel Vehicles Electrical Circuits (PDF, 133 kB) 29/5/06
Possible risk associated with running explosion protected compression ignition engines in ERZ1 areas of an underground coal mine(PDF, 139kB) 22/6/06

Guides and reports

2008 Queensland Level 1 Mine Emergency Exercise (PDF, 597kB) )

General

SafeGuard (PDF, 297 kB) - A safety and health management system and audit criteria for the Queensland mining and quarrying industries 2nd edition March 1998
Mining in Queensland: A question and answer guide to safety and health issues for small mines and quarries (PDF, 314 kB)
Mining industry incident report manual - online forms (PDF, 222 kB) - instructions for completion of on-line incident report forms.
Mining industry incident report manual - hardcopy forms (PDF, 82 kB) - instructions for completion of hardcopy incident report forms.
Adjustment of occupational exposure limits (PDF, 211 kB) for unusual work schedules. Simtars has prepared this useful paper concerning exposure limits to industrial chemicals, to help people understand the issues and to adjust the limits for their particular work schedules.

Hazards database and spreadsheets

Self extracting and zipped files for users with access to Lotus Notes and/or Microsoft Excel is available for download in either of two compressed formats. To view, download to your computer, unzip and open in the appropriate program.

Hazards Excel spreadsheet (EXE, 1.4 MB)** - large file which may take some time to download.
Hazards Excel spreadsheet (ZIP, 1.4 MB)*** - large file which may take some time to download.

If problem downloading contact John Kabel for alternative method.

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