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Coal assessment reports

The Resources Regulator has developed assessment tools to proactively develop the Regulator’s incident prevention strategy for health and safety compliance across the NSW resources industry.

The Regulator’s planned assessment programs focus on assessing a mine operator's management of the critical controls to prevent material unwanted events (MUE) and evaluate the effectiveness of critical controls in the mine operator’s health and safety management system. 

Date Report Operation type
July 2024 to July 2025 Explosives surface and underground coal mines
July 2024 to June 2025 Fire or explosion underground coal mines
June to July 2025 Mine safety high visibility campaign (PDF, 855.9 KB) coal, metalliferous and extractives mines
February 2024 to January 2025 Air quality, dust or other airborne contaminants - stage one  (PDF, 502.88 KB) surface coal mines
October 2023 to June 2024 Roads or other vehicle operating areas stage 2 (PDF, 398.95 KB) coal surface mines
July 2023 to November 2024 Falling objects stage 2 (PDF, 456.99 KB) surface and underground coal mines
January 2024 to October 2024 Air quality, dust or other airborne contaminants stage 1 (PDF, 571.43 KB) underground coal mines
July 2023 to August 2024 Ground or strata failure - stage 3 (PDF, 297.87 KB) coal underground outbye areas
January 2024 to June 2024 Fire or explosion - explosion suppression (PDF, 399.13 KB) coal mines below surface
July to August 2024 Uncontrolled gas or explosion (PDF, 411.31 KB) coal mines
July 2023 to May 2024 Health control plan stage 2 (PDF, 454.29 KB) coal mines
June to July 2024 Mine safety high visibility campaign (PDF, 271.5 KB) coal, metalliferous and extractives mines
June 2024 Fire or explosion - explosion suppression (PDF, 401.19 KB) coal mines below surface
May 2024 Health control plan (PDF, 454.29 KB)  coal mines
May 2024 Licensed recognised service facility assessment Dec 2021 to May 2023 (PDF, 590.4 KB) underground coal mines
April 2024 Outburst, coal burst, rock burst (PDF, 351.68 KB) underground coal mines
April 2024 Electrical engineering control plan stage 2 (PDF, 708.34 KB) coal surface and underground
October 2023 Explosives control plan stage 1 (PDF, 891.24 KB) coal mines surface and underground
October 2023 Fire or explosion mechanical stage 2 (PDF, 539.72 KB) coal mines below surface
October 2023 Mechanical engineering control plan structural collapse (PDF, 1.75 MB) coal mines above surface
June 2023 Emergency first response (PDF, 314.24 KB) coal above surface
June 2023 Falling objects - lifting and cranage (PDF, 835.89 KB) combined surface coal mines stage 1 and CPP underground coal mines
April 2023 Roads or other vehicle operating area, unplanned movement underground - stage 1 (PDF, 878.74 KB) underground coal mines
February 2023 Exposure to uncontrolled release of electrical energy (PDF, 673.6 KB) coal mines stage 1
February 2023 Ground or strata failure - secondary extraction (PDF, 404.64 KB) coal underground
November 2022 Ground or strata failure - slope stability (PDF, 520.21 KB) coal mines above surface
June 2022 Ground or strata failure (PDF, 341.44 KB) underground coal
August 2022 Fire or explosion - mechanical  (PDF, 456.03 KB) underground coal
July 2022 Air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants - stage 2  (PDF, 547.7 KB) coal mines above surface
July 2022 Targeted Intervention Campaign - Vehicle interactions (PDF, 204.6 KB) surface coal and metalliferous mines
June 2022 Ground or strata failure - stage 2 (PDF, 626.46 KB) open cut coal
June 2022 Air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants - stage 2 (PDF, 521.28 KB) underground coal
March 2022 Spontaneous combustion underground coal mines (PDF, 475.63 KB) underground coal
March 2022 Fire or explosion - Electrical - Underground coal mines (PDF, 465.58 KB) underground coal
December 2021 Ground or strata failure – slope stability (PDF, 490.07 KB)  open cut coal 
November 2021 Fire or explosion – Surface coal - Mechanical (PDF, 542.55 KB) surface coal
October 2021 Roads or other vehicle operating areas (PDF, 483.1 KB) surface coal
October 2021 Fire or explosion maintain non-explosive atmosphere (PDF, 455.76 KB) underground coal
October 2021 Fire or explosion - mining - surface coal (PDF, 682.64 KB) surface coal
September 2021 Inundation or inrush of any substance (PDF, 454.83 KB) underground coal 
September 2021 Fire or explosion (PDF, 173.98 KB) underground coal
September 2021 Air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants (PDF, 442.34 KB) underground coal
August 2021 Entanglement - Coal mines (PDF, 659.4 KB) coal mines
July 2021 Dust and other airborne contaminants (PDF, 667.78 KB) open cut coal
January 2021 Fire or explosion: Electrical (PDF, 424.7 KB) open cut coal
December 2020 Roads or other vehicle operating areas (PDF, 585.7 KB) open cut coal
December 2020 Ground or strata failure (PDF, 437.04 KB) underground coal
February 2020 Fire or explosion (PDF, 1.1 MB) underground coal
August 2019 Dust and other airborne contaminants (PDF, 257.6 KB) open cut coal
August 2019 Diesel exhaust emissions (PDF, 280.52 KB) underground coal