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Opal mining safety workshop – July

… Street, Lightning Ridge … This two-day safety awareness course has been combined with … skills required to be a mine operator at an opal mine, including safety policy, hazard … requirements that must be undertaken by opal mine holders and operators.  Individuals …

Opal mining safety workshop - June

… Street, Lightning Ridge … This two-day safety awareness course has been combined with … skills required to be a mine operator at an opal mine, including safety policy, hazard … requirements that must be undertaken by opal mine holders and operators.  Individuals …

New WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation

… The Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation … the need to register items of plant in an opal mine with prescribed safety requirements … operations. The new regulation also exempts opal mines from needing to prepare a …

Dust disease toolkit

… dust. … The member organisations of the Mine Safety Advisory Council have combined resources … Take steps to ensure your own personal safety, as well as the safety of your work mates. View the dust …

Hazardous chemicals

… … All workplaces must manage health and safety risks associated with the use, storage … outlined in Chapter 7 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017, in addition to the  Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 …

Tourist mines

… Sites) laws, then only the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and associated Regulation will … (section 125) managing risks to health and safety associated with mining operations … implementing, maintaining and reviewing a safety management system (section 18-22) …

Update: COVID-19 situation

… under the Mining Act have now resumed. Safety inspection and assessment activity have … programs and compliance priorities. The Opal Miners Safety Awareness Courses has been reworked for …

Environmental management and rehabilitation at Lightning Ridge

… Areas disturbed by opal prospecting and mining activities should … is undertaken so that areas disturbed by opal prospecting and mining activities are … potential pollutants under work health and safety legislation (e.g. for the management of …

Quarterly safety report – April to June 2024

… published its April to June 2024 Quarterly Safety Report to help mine and petroleum site … their obligations under the Work Health and Safety Regulation.  The report highlights:  An … gemstones), small mines and quarries, opal mines, petroleum and geothermal sites, and …