Mines rescue services: every site, ready to brief.
A mines rescue service that covers several sites sees each one’s teams and current members in one view, and can print a responder pack for any of them.
Why it matters
Arriving at a site you do not run
Responders need the refuges, caches, fresh air bases and hazards in front of them, as the site recorded them.
Competency is per person
Who holds a current mine competency matters more than who is on the list.
Exercises prove it
Agreements, exercises and their findings are the evidence that the arrangement works.
- The mines rescue service view across the sites in the organisation, with teams and current members
- The responder site pack for any site, printed or saved offline on the phone
- Exercises with their timeline and findings tracked to closure
- Mutual aid and mines rescue agreements with their review dates
- Each organisation’s records stay its own: the view covers the sites in your organisation only
Rule packs that cover mines rescue services
Queensland coal mines
Values confirmedThe greater of 5 or 5% of coal mine workers. Emergency plan tested every 12 months. Explosives stores inspected at least every 3 months, records kept 5 years.
Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 s 173; Explosives Regulation 2017New South Wales coal mines
Values confirmed5% of the underground workforce, contractors included. 6 hours under oxygen in 24. Plan tested yearly. Self-rescuer training every 6 months; coal effort training every 3 years.
Coal Industry Act 2001 s 36 and Mines Rescue NSW rules; WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 ss 96, 103Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries
Values to confirmEmergency plan tested every 12 months; rescue numbers set by the site. Explosives as for Queensland coal.
Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017 s 40New South Wales metalliferous mines
Values to confirmPlan tested yearly. Self-rescuer training every 6 months. Rescue numbers by risk assessment.
WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 ss 96, 103Western Australia mines
Values to confirmPlan tested at least yearly. Refuge chamber inspection every 7 days. Explosives stores inspected monthly, records kept 2 years. Rescue numbers by risk assessment.
Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 r 669; Dangerous Goods Safety (Explosives) Regulations 2007Victoria mines
Values to confirmEmergency plan tested yearly.
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 r 435Model WHS (Mines): SA, Tasmania, NT
Values to confirmEmergency plan tested every 12 months.
Model Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations as adopted in eachNew Zealand mining and tunnelling
Values confirmedTwo teams of six where 40 or more work underground. Self-rescuer training quarterly. Plan tested every 12 months.
Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016; WorkSafe ACOP Emergency preparedness 6.1, 6.3Papua New Guinea (company standard)
Values to confirmYour company standard, entered with you.
Mining (Safety) Act; large operators set their own standardSee it at your own site
Send us your refuge chamber inspection and your breathing apparatus checks. We will set up a mine site with your rule pack and show you the readiness board working.
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