MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017

Queensland Consolidated Regulations

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MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017

- Made under the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
- As at 1 September 2023
- Reg 166 of 2017

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions

CHAPTER 2 - WAYS OF ACHIEVING AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

4. Ways of achieving an acceptable level of risk

PART 2 - SAFETY AND HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT

Division 1 - Risk management practices and procedures

5. Risk management practices and procedures

Division 2 - Risk management process

6. Hazard identification
7. Risk analysis
8. Risk reduction
9. Risk monitoring

Division 3 - Records about risk management

10. Risk management record
11. Risk monitoring record

PART 2A - SAFETY AND HEALTH FEE

11A. Definitions for part
11B. Meaning of responsible person
11C. Payment of safety and health fee
11D. Safety and health census to be given at the end of each reporting period
11DA. Reporting period for mine with 5 or fewer workers
11DB. Effect of notice or increase in worker numbers
11DC. Records of information included in safety and health census
11E. Notice may be given if safety and health census not given or is inadequate
11F. Fee for late safety and health census
11G. Interest payable on unpaid fees
11H. Refund of overpayment of safety and health fee

PART 3 - ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, DISEASES AND INJURIES

12. First aid and medical treatment
12A. Types of high potential incidents—Act, s 195
12B. Diseases that must be reported—Act, s 195
12C. Giving additional information about diagnosed worker
13. Types of serious accidents and high potential incidents—Act, ss 197 and 198
14. Reporting accidents and high potential incidents
15. Site senior executive’s investigation of incidents
16. Giving inspector details of accidents and high potential incidents

PART 4 - ELECTRICAL
Note—

Division 1 - Controlling electrical work

17. Appointment of persons to control electrical work
18. Acknowledgement of appointment

Division 2 - Notice of introduction or disconnection of electricity

19. Duty to give notice of proposed introduction or disconnection of electricity

Division 3 - Operating electrical equipment

20. Electrical plans and data
21. Working on electrical equipment that has explosion-protection

Division 4 - Control and protection for electrical equipment

22. General
23. Interrupting electricity supply to particular plant
24. Automatic control
25. Earthing
26. Earth leakage protection
26A. Basic safety principle
27. Isolation facilities
28. Protection for transportable and mobile equipment
29. Protection from live parts of electrical equipment
30. Prospective touch voltage
31. Voltage rise

PART 5 - EMERGENCIES

32. Risk management for emergencies
33. Emergency preparedness—general
35. Emergency response plan
36. Evacuation
36A. Escapeways from underground
37. Refuges
38. Rescue
39. Resources for first aid and medical treatment
40. Maintaining and improving emergency response capability
41. Mine rescue plan

PART 6 - FACILITIES AND PROCESSES

42. Dredging
43. Excavations
44. Ground control
45. Mine layout, design and construction
46. Mine roads
47. Rail haulage
48. Ventilation
49. Working at heights

PART 7 - HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND DANGEROUS GOODS

Division 1 - Provisions applying to all hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods

Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

49A. Definitions for division
50. Meaning of hazardous chemical
51. Meaning of dangerous goods

Subdivision 2 - Information about hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods

52. Register of hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
52A. Manufacturers, importers and suppliers must mark or label substances
53. Labelling and giving information about hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods

Subdivision 3 - Dealing with hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods

54. Selecting hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
55. Standard work instructions for using, handling and storing hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
56. Handling or storing hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
57. Monitoring, and taking action about, hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
58. Standard work instruction for dealing with leaks and spills
59. Disposal

Subdivision 4 - Major hazard facilities

60. Meaning of major hazard facility
60A. Meaning of possible major hazard facility
60B. Notifying chief inspector if mine is a major hazard facility or a possible major hazard facility
60C. Notifying chief inspector of certain upgrades of mines
60D. Notifying chief inspector of certain downgrades of mines
60E. Safety and health management system for mine that is a major hazard facility
60F. Safety report to chief inspector

Subdivision 5 - Miscellaneous

61. (Repealed)
62. First aid measures and personal protective equipment
63. Records

Division 2 - Explosives
Note—

Subdivision 1 - General

64. Persons who may handle explosives
65. Selecting explosives
66. Warning about explosives
67. Storing, transporting, using and disposing of explosives
68. Mine vehicles and equipment used for manufacturing, storing and transporting explosives

Subdivision 2 - Blasting procedures

69. Identifying interaction hazards before explosives are used
70. Blasting procedures
71. Blasting in hot material
72. Misfires
73. Disposing of explosives

Subdivision 3 - Storing explosives underground at underground mines

74. Underground storage
75. Underground storage location
76. Underground magazine design
77. Underground temporary storage
78. Record of underground storages

Subdivision 4 - Miscellaneous

79. Theft or other loss of explosives
79A. Accountability for explosives

PART 8 - MINE PLANS

80. Survey grid system
81. Protecting survey data against loss, damage or unauthorised access
82. Plans of mine workings
83. Plans of operations undertaken at abandoned mine

PART 9 - PERSONS ON SITE

Division 1 - Fitness

84. Alcohol and drugs
85. Fitness of workers
86. Worker’s self-assessment of fitness level
87. Assessing workers to decide fitness level
88. Fitness of visitors
89. Work hours and rest breaks
90. Amenities for workers’ fitness and health

Division 2 - Training and assessment

91. Induction training and assessment
92. Persons who have not completed induction training
93. Training
94. Record of training

Division 3 - Carrying out tasks

95. Time and resources for carrying out tasks
96. Supervising workers
97. Communicating with workers working alone underground
98. Checking work quality

Division 4 - Miscellaneous

99. Entering a workplace

PART 10 - PLANT GENERALLY
Note—

Division 1 - Selection and design

100. Selection and design
101. Instrumentation and warning devices
102. Plant controls and control systems
103. Isolation facility

Division 2 - Other provisions about plant

104. Manufacture, construction, storage, transport and installation
105. Commissioning
106. Operating plant
107. Isolating, locking-out and tagging plant
108. Monitoring
109. Service and maintenance
110. Repair or modification
111. Dismantling or demolition

Division 3 - Information and records

112. Specifications, instructions and other information about plant
113. Records

PART 11 - PROCEDURES AND STANDARD WORK INSTRUCTIONS

114. Procedures and standard work instructions for particular operations
115. Accessing current procedures and standard work instructions
116. Written procedures
117. Standard work instructions

PART 12 - RECORDS GENERALLY

118. Way records must be kept
119. Period for which particular records must be kept
120. Confidentiality of worker’s medical record

PART 13 - WINDING OPERATIONS

Division 1 - Preliminary

121. Application of part

Division 2 - Controlling winding operations

122. Appointment of persons to control winding operations
123. Acknowledgement of appointment

Division 3 - Safety provisions for winding equipment

124. Control measures to protect against persons and things falling into shafts
125. Conveyances
126. Winders
127. Other safety provisions for winding equipment

Division 4 - Miscellaneous

128. Monitoring and maintaining winding equipment
129. Testing winding equipment after particular events
130. Signalling and communication

PART 14 - WORK ENVIRONMENT

Division 1 - Managing risk from exposure to hazards generally

Subdivision 1 - Health assessments

131. Health assessment of workers
132. Health assessment of visitors

Subdivision 2 - Limiting exposure to hazards

133. Exposure limits for workers
134. Adjusting exposure limits for hazards for workers
135. Limiting workers’ exposure
136. Monitoring workers’ exposure
137. Tampering with monitoring samples and results
138. (Repealed)
139. (Repealed)
140. Using personal protective equipment

Division 2 - Managing risk from exposure to particular hazards

Subdivision 1 - Hazards other than lead

141. Asbestos material installed in buildings and plant
142. Asbestos, other than asbestos material installed in buildings and plant
143. Heat
144. Oxygen
145. Radiation

Subdivision 2 - Lead

145A. Application of subdivision
145B. Giving information about health risks of lead process
145C. Containment of lead contamination
145D. Cleaning methods
145E. Prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking
145F. Provision of changing and washing facilities
145G. Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment and other clothing
145H. Review of measures to control health risks from exposure to lead
145I. Identifying lead risk jobs
145J. Notification of lead risk jobs
145K. Changes to information in notification of lead risk jobs

Division 3 - Managing risk through health surveillance

145L. Requirements for health surveillance
145M. (Repealed)
145N. (Repealed)

PART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS

146. Access to Act and regulation
147. Workers’ access to guidelines
148. Prohibited substances

CHAPTER 2A - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

148A. Purpose of chapter
148B. Definitions for chapter
148C. Requirement to complete CPD
148D. Notice of completion
148E. Approval of CPD activities and publication of practising certificate scheme

CHAPTER 3 - MISCELLANEOUS

149. Declarations about mines—Act, s 9
150. Number of persons for giving facility description—Act, s 47
150AA. Information to be included in register—Act, s 185
150A. Civil penalties—Act, ss 246E and 246F
151. Board of examiners’ fees

CHAPTER 4 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 1 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017

152. Definition
153. Documents
154. Processes
155. Safety and health fee
156. Notice if safety and health census not given or is inadequate
157. Late or unpaid fees
158. Refund of overpayment of safety and health fee
160. Exposure limits
161. Obligation to do things within or for stated period
162. Obligation to do things indefinitely
163. References to repealed regulation
164. Obligations, accountabilities and directions
165. Acts of persons

PART 2 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR MINING LEGISLATION (CLASSIFICATION OF CHEMICALS) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2019

166. Definitions for part
167. Existing hazardous substances and dangerous goods at mine
168. Existing standard work instruction relating to hazardous substances and dangerous goods

PART 3 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY LEGISLATION (SAFETY AND HEALTH) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2020

169. Requirement to keep records of information included in safety and health census

PART 4 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION (HEALTH SURVEILLANCE) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2020
Note—

170. Definition for part
171. Persons for whom health surveillance before commencement included respiratory health surveillance
172. Persons for whom health surveillance before commencement included some but not all respiratory health examinations
173. Other persons to whom section 145C applies
174. Application of s 145H
175. Application of ch 2, pt 14, div 3, sdiv 4

PART 5 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR MINING LEGISLATION (CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2022

176. Application of CPD requirements during transitional period

PART 6 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH (LEAD) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2023

177. Definition for part
178. Giving information about health risks of lead process
179. Review of measures to control health risks from exposure to lead
180. Identifying and notifying lead risk jobs
181. Application of health surveillance requirements etc.
182. Biological monitoring for existing workers in blood lead exposure monitoring program
183. Lead health surveillance and biological monitoring for other existing workers
184. Removal of worker etc. if worker removed from lead risk job before commencement
185. Removal of worker etc. if worker not removed from lead risk job before commencement
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1A
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 2A
SCHEDULE 2B
SCHEDULE 2C
SCHEDULE 2D
SCHEDULE 2E
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 5
SCHEDULE 5A
SCHEDULE 6
SCHEDULE 7

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