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Opal mining WHS

… Work health and safety obligations that apply to opal mines in … opal mining: notifying the regulator of the mine operator the mine operator must undergo … maintaining and reviewing a safety management system providing information to …

Mine Safety Advisory Council

… The NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council aims to increase the … organisational factors health and fatigue management safety incentive schemes MSAC … current strategy document,  Strategic Plan to 2026 (PDF, 119.32 KB) explains the …

Captains Flat (Lake George) Mine

… The Lake George Mine is at Captains Flat, approximately 50 … the mine closed to manage erosion, improve safety and control tailings pollution from the … will be guided by a construction environment management plan with strict monitoring …

Investigation reports

… Mt Arthur South (Thiess Pty Ltd) coal mine, Muswellbrook, NSW | 20 August 2024 … Valley Shared Services Infrastructure, Cadia Mine, Orange District NSW | 22 July 2024 … interaction in an underground metalliferous mine Ridgeway Gold Mine, Orange District, NSW | …

Rehabilitation compliance

… annual reporting requirements and regular mine inspections. This monitoring is supported … on Mining and Metals (2015) Health and Safety Critical Control Management Good Practice Guide . The assessment …

Emergency planning

… What is a mine emergency? An emergency at a mine is due … control plan under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 and forms part of the safety management system of the mine. The plan must …

Regulator uses roadshows to deliver mine safety message

… a series of events in regional NSW for small mine and quarry operators. The Small Mines and Quarries Health and Safety Roadshow will visit 15 regional areas … and preparing things like mine safety management plans can be challenging for smaller …

Guidance material for mine design

… for the mining industry's handbook on mine rehabilitation  (Commonwealth of … to the preparation of rehabilitation management plans (formerly mining operation … to minimise potential risks to public safety; and  outcomes of the surface and …

What is mine rehabilitation?

… land can be used for other purposes once a mine closes, such as new industrial activity, … prepares rehabilitation risk assessment and management plan and seeks approval for how … acceptable for the find land use, including safety, land stability, compatibility with the …

Regulating rehabilitation

… … Mining companies have extensive mine rehabilitation obligations across the … final landform and rehabilitation spatial plan (large mines only) undertake a … use prepare and implement a rehabilitation management plan (large mines only) prepare an …