Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 33

33 Plan of coal mine’s communication system and main electrical installation

(1) The site senior executive for a coal mine must ensure the mine has a plan of the mine’s main electrical installation showing the following—

(a) the location of each main electricity reticulation line;

(b) the location, rating, identifying label and purpose of each main isolator, substation and high voltage switchboard;

(c) any information required to perform switching programs;

(d) for a surface mine—the general location of each item of high voltage mobile plant supplied with electricity by a trailing cable.

(2) The site senior executive for an underground mine must also ensure the mine has a plan of its communication system showing the location of each fixed communication device at the mine.

(3) For an underground mine, the scale of each plan under this section must be 1:5000.

(4) A plan under this section must be updated as soon as practicable, but not later than 8 days after—

(a) for a plan of the communication system—the installation or removal of a communication device; or

(b) for a plan of the main electrical installation—the relocation, removal or installation of a thing mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (d) .

(5) The site senior executive for a coal mine must ensure each plan is kept in a location at the mine that is easily accessible by each coal mine worker authorised by an electrical supervisor or the mine’s electrical engineering manager to access the plan.