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Safety

Work health and safety reports for the 2019/20 financial year were due by 31 July 2020. If you are a mine operator that meets the criteria

Work health and safety reports overdue

Report

The Mine Safety Performance Report for 2018-19 has been released following collation and analysis of industry work health and safety reports

Mine Safety Performance Report 2018-19

Competence

From 1 October 2020, a practising certificate must be held by anyone intending to exercise a statutory function at a mine that requires the

Practising certificate required from 1 October 2020

Fatality

The NSW Resources Regulator has commenced an investigation into the death of a worker at Springvale underground coal mine north west of

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Incident Report

An investigation report and incident animation video has been released following a dangerous blasting incident that occurred at Albury

Blasting incident at Albury Quarry

Investigation

A 61-year-old worker with about 41 years’ coal mining experience has been diagnosed with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. The NSW Resources

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Safety

The NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council ran a Dust Safety Awareness campaign throughout July 2020 to increase knowledge and awareness of dust

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Legislation

The Resources Regulator, in consultation with the Mining and Petroleum Competence Board, has made improvements to the requirements for

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Competence

The NSW Resources Regulator has adopted a three-tiered approach to the administration of the quarry manager practising certificate scheme

Changes to the issuing of quarry manager practising certificates

Enforcement

The operator of Maules Creek Coal Mine, near Boggabri, has committed to spending over $800,000 in undertakings in relation to a collision

Photograph of the Maules Creek truck collision

Competence

The Resources Regulator certificate of competence examinations will be resuming soon. Refer to the link below for more information about

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Report

Throughout June 2020 the Resources Regulator continued to operate under the COVID-19 pandemic Business Continuity Plan which saw a measured

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