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Safety alert: Serious injury to Jumbo drill rig offsider

The NSW Resources Regulator has released a safety alert for industry into the serious injury of a drilling offsider at an … metalliferous mine on 19 June 2023. The Regulator continues its investigation to …

Reportable events notification

… What are reportable events? Section 125 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum … Regulation 2022 sets out requirements on the mine or petroleum site operator to notify the Regulator of certain events referred to as …

New report: Review of serious injury and illness notifications

The NSW Resources Regulator has reviewed the reporting of serious injuries and illnesses by mine operators and reported the findings to the NSW Mine Safety Advisory …

Annual work health and safety reports can now be submitted online

… Work health and safety reports for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 are now available on the  Resources Regulator Portal  for mine … of exploration sites or non-coal mines where the total number of hours worked at the mine …

Safety alert: Fire suppression systems

The Regulator has issued a safety alert after a … an emergency.  On seeing smoke and flames, the operator tried to activate the fire suppression system but the valve and …

New guideline on autonomous mobile plant

… on  Autonomous mining equipment  about the risks that must be identified and … adopting autonomous mining equipment. Since the introduction of mechanisation in the mid-20th century, workers have been exposed …

Key compliance priorities updated

The Resources Regulator has published the January - June 2021 Compliance priorities which sets out the key compliance priorities for the next six …

Workers injured after truck tyre explosion

The NSW Resources Regulator has commenced an … a semi-trailer truck tyre for an air leak. The tyre’s side wall ruptured, causing an explosive release of air pressure.  The quarry workers were carrying out …

Upcoming changes to applications for item and design of plant, licences and exemptions

… NSW Resources is expanding the Regulator Portal (Portal) to include online … can register for a user account from the dates below with assistance from an introductory webinar on the same days:  5 August 2024: design and item …

Incident at underground mine - worker seriously injured during transit

The NSW Resources Regulator has released … at Appin Colliery. A mine worker, sitting in the front passenger seat of an underground mine … and crush injury to his upper left arm. The incident occurred when the transport …