Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 215

215 Isolating electrical circuits

(1) This section applies to electrical equipment and circuits—

(a) other than electrical equipment and circuits used for handling, preparing, charging and firing an explosive; and

(b) located—

(i) at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or

(ii) in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.

(2) The shotfirer must ensure the equipment and circuits are effectively isolated while the explosive is being handled, prepared, charged or fired.