Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 227

227 Portable gas detectors

The site senior executive for an underground mine must ensure—

(a) the mine has a sufficient number of portable gas detectors capable of detecting the presence of methane, carbon monoxide and oxygen in the mine atmosphere; and

(b) each portable gas detector used at the mine is certified as—

(i) suitable for use in an underground mine; and

(ii) having the following explosion protection category—

(A) for parts of the detector other than the gas detector head—Ex ia;

(B) for the gas detector head—Ex ia or Ex s; and

(iii) capable of detecting the type of gas for which the detector is intended to be used; and

(iv) being accurate and reliable.