Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 112

112 Live testing electrical equipment

(1) A surface mine must have a standard operating procedure for live testing electrical equipment at the mine.

(2) The procedure must—

(a) state—

(i) what equipment may be live tested; and

(ii) what instruments may be used for the testing; and

(b) provide for the following—

(i) isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run;

(ii) using personal protective equipment;

(iii) using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test;

(iv) dealing with high prospective fault currents;

(v) other precautions to be taken for live testing.