Recognised Standards
Section 72(1) of the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 provides that the minister may make recognised standards and section 72(2) requires that the recognised standard be notified in the gazette.
- Recognised standard - 01: Underground electrical equipment and electrical installations; (PDF, 216 kB)
- Recognised standard - 02: Control of risk management practices; (PDF, 206 kB)
- Recognised standard - 03: Explosion protection of diesel engines; (PDF, 197 kB)
- Recognised standard - 04: Underground non-flameproof diesel vehicles; (PDF, 194 kB)
- Recognised standard - 05: Quality of incombustible dust, sampling and analysis of roadway dust in underground coal mines. (PDF, 247 kB)
- Recognised standard - 06: Inspections for underground coal mines. (PDF, 196 kB)
- Recognised standard - 07: Criteria for the assessment of drugs in coal mines (PDF, 212kB)
- Recognised standard - 08: Conduct of mine emergency exercises: Conduct of mine emergency exercises (PDF, 125kB)
Recognised standards are not mandatory, but when followed they provide a way of meeting safety and health obligations. A person may adopt another way of managing a risk, but in the event of an incident the person may be required to show that the method adopted was at least equivalent to the method in the recognised standard.
The above recognised standards are available at the offices of Inspectors of Mines at Mackay (07 4967 0860), Rockhampton (07 4938 4473), the Southern Regional Office (07 3238 3722) and Head Office (07 3237 1105).
Last Updated 25 June 2009
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