Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 189

189 Repairing and testing reeling, trailing and feeder cables

(1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for repairing and testing reeling, trailing and feeder cables.

(2) A person must not use a reeling, trailing or feeder cable at an underground mine if the cable—

(a) has been found to be defective; and

(b) has not been effectively repaired and tested under the system.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if—

(a) only the outer sheath of the cable is damaged; and

(b) before the cable is used, the sheath is repaired in a way that satisfies a competent person that the cable can be used without creating an unacceptable level of risk.

(4) In this section—

"competent person" means a person who is competent in assessing the level of risk from a damaged cable.