South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - SCHEDULE 20

Schedule 20—Prohibited uses in mines

Regulation 632

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Prohibited use
Internal combustion engine (other than a compression ignition engine)	All uses underground
Compressed natural gas	In an underground mine in an internal or external combustion engine
Hydrogen	In an underground mine in an internal or external combustion engine
Liquid petroleum gas	In an underground mine in an internal or external combustion engine
Petrol and fuel	In an underground mine in an internal or external combustion engine unless suitable for safe use underground Example— Diesel fuel
Ignition sources Examples— Cigarettes, matches, lighters, naked flame, naked light, firearms	At any mine, while carrying, handling or using any explosive or initiating system or within 8 metres of any explosive or initiating system
	At a work area at a mine, where solvents are used At a work area at a mine, where flammable vapours are present At any mine, in a shaft conveyance At any mine, in a refuge chamber during an emergency
Explosives, detonators and exploders (excluding explosive power tools)	All uses at any mine, unless for the purpose of shotfiring