Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 277

277 Certificates for winder and slope haulage ropes

(1) The site senior executive for an underground mine must ensure a rope is not used for winder or slope haulage at the mine unless the mine has the rope manufacturer’s certificate stating the following about the rope—

(a) its date of manufacture;

(b) its tensile strength, diameter, length and mass;

(c) the class of steel used in its construction.

(2) The site senior executive must ensure a rope is not used for winding or slope haulage at the mine unless the rope’s tensile strength has been tested by a nationally accredited testing station.

(3) The site senior executive must ensure, for a rope other than a friction winder rope—

(a) a sample of at least 2m is cut off the end of the rope during recapping and sent to a nationally accredited testing station for testing its tensile strength; and

(b) a certificate stating the tensile strength is obtained from the testing station.

(4) If the certificate states the tensile strength is less than 90% of the rope’s tensile strength when new, the site senior executive must ensure the rope is not used for winding or slope haulage at the mine.

(5) For section 68 of the Act , the certificates mentioned in subsections (1) and (3) (b) are prescribed as a matter that must be included in the mine record for the mine.