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Mining Safety and Health

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The dangerous goods safety publications section also contains Safety bulletins and Significant incident reports that may be applicable to mining operations.

Codes of practice

In addition to the codes of practice below, the Welding Technology Institute's Health and Safety in Welding technical note (TN07) was approved (effective from 7 July 2006) by the then Minister for Employment Protection as a code of practice under section 93 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 (WA).

  • Consultation at work - code of practice(PDF 1466 kb)
  • Mines survey - code of practice(PDF 503 kb)
  • Prevention and management of violence, aggression and bullying - code of practice(PDF 447 kb)
  • Surface rock support for underground mines - code of practice(PDF 109 kb)
  • Working hours - code of practice(PDF 146 kb)
  • Working hours code of practice - risk management guidelines(PDF 78 kb)

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    Guidelines

    Please note: The NORM guideline is currently under review. You can review and comment on the draft revised guideline through the Legislation and Policy section.

  • Accident and incident reporting - guideline(PDF 665 kb)
  • Adjustment of exposure standards for extended workshifts - guideline(PDF 175 kb)
  • Alcohol and other drugs at the workplace - guideline(PDF 474 kb)
  • Approved procedures for dose assessment - guideline(PDF 534 kb)
  • Asbestos management in mining - guideline (under revision)(PDF 4850 kb)
  • Dealing with bullying at work - guideline(PDF 608 kb)
  • Development of an operating manual for tailings storage - guideline(PDF 168 kb)
  • Diesel transport storage and refuelling underground - guideline(PDF 157 kb)
  • Emergency preparedness for underground fires in metalliferous mines - guideline(PDF 324 kb)
  • Fatigue management for the WA mining industry - guideline(PDF 398 kb)
  • Fitness for mine rescue personnel - guideline(PDF 1066 kb)
  • Foam fire suppression systems on mine vehicles - guideline(PDF 244 kb)
  • General duty of care in Western Australian mines(PDF 620 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations in open pit mines - guideline(PDF 202 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations in underground mines - guideline(PDF 709 kb)
  • Isolation and tag-out procedures(PDF 219 kb)
  • Management and prevention of heat stress - guideline(PDF 257 kb)
  • Management of asbestos in mining operations - guideline (under revision)(PDF 686 kb)
  • Management of hazardous substances on mine sites - guideline(PDF 314 kb)
  • Managing naturally ocurring radioactive material (NORM) – Cover, foreword and table of contents(PDF 1793 kb)
  • Managing NORM 1 - Applying the system of radiation protection to mining operations - guideline(PDF 499 kb)
  • Managing NORM 2.1 - Preparation of a radiation management plan – exploration - guideline(PDF 379 kb)
  • Managing NORM 2.2 - Preparation of a radiation management plan – mining and processing - guideline(PDF 321 kb)
  • Managing NORM 3.1 - Pre-operational monitoring requirements - guideline(PDF 858 kb)
  • Managing NORM 3.2 - Operational monitoring requirements - guideline(PDF 310 kb)
  • Managing NORM 3.3 - Air monitoring strategies - guideline(PDF 294 kb)
  • Managing NORM 3.4 - Airborne radioactivity sampling - guideline(PDF 1366 kb)
  • Managing NORM 3.5 - Measurement of particle size - guideline(PDF 1245 kb)
  • Managing NORM 4.1 - Dust control strategies - guideline(PDF 1455 kb)
  • Managing NORM 4.2 - Management of radioactive waste - guideine(PDF 319 kb)
  • Managing NORM 4.3 - Transport - guideline(PDF 516 kb)
  • Managing NORM 5 - Radiation dose assessment - guideline(PDF 729 kb)
  • Managing NORM 6 - Reporting and notifying - guideline(PDF 378 kb)
  • Managing NORM 7 - Boswell – assessment and reporting database - guideline(PDF 2279 kb)
  • Noise control in mines - guideline(PDF 909 kb)
  • Open pit mining through underground workings - guideline(PDF 529 kb)
  • Personnel access to heavy mining machinery - guideline(PDF 125 kb)
  • Project management plan - guideline(PDF 235 kb)
  • Purchase, operation and maintenance of underground diesel equipment - guideline(PDF 539 kb)
  • Railway vehicle drivers (loco drivers) medical fitness - guideline(PDF 401 kb)
  • Refuge chambers in underground metalliferous mines - guideline(PDF 1602 kb)
  • Risk-based health surveillance and biological monitoring - guideline(PDF 885 kb)
  • Safe design and operating standards for tailings storage - guideline(PDF 393 kb)
  • Safety and health risk management - guideline(PDF 319 kb)
  • Safety bund walls around abandoned open pit mines - guideline(PDF 491 kb)
  • Safety management of underground combustible sulphide dust - guideline(PDF 277 kb)
  • Tyre safety, fires and explosions - guideline(PDF 355 kb)
  • Underground barring down and scaling - guideline(PDF 271 kb)
  • Underground ventilation (metalliferous mines) - guideline(PDF 199 kb)
  • Vertical opening safety practice in underground mines - guideline(PDF 2026 kb)

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    Guides, procedures and flowcharts

  • CONTAM system procedures(PDF 838 kb)
  • Electing safety and health representatives (SHRs): flowchart(PDF 72 kb)
  • Guide to electronic submission of CONTAM system sample record sheet(PDF 255 kb)
  • Guide to electronic submission of safety and health representative election notification form(PDF 96 kb)
  • Guide to health surveillance system for employees(PDF 656 kb)
  • Guide to testing and tagging portable electrical equipment and residual current devices at workplaces(PDF 95 kb)
  • Issuing a Provisional Improvement Notice - flowchart(PDF 87 kb)
  • Procedure for completing AXTAT report forms(PDF 660 kb)
  • Procedure for personal noise exposure recordings(PDF 381 kb)

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    Audit guidelines and templates

  • Classified plant administration - audit guideline(PDF 119 kb)
  • Classified plant administration - audit template(Doc 96 kb)
  • Cyanide usage - audit guideline(PDF 34 kb)
  • Cyanide usage - audit template(PDF 32 kb)
  • Development of high headings underground - audit guideline(PDF 155 kb)
  • Development of high headings underground - audit template(Doc 142 kb)
  • Electrical safety management systems - audit guideline(PDF 47 kb)
  • Electrical safety management systems - audit template(PDF 37 kb)
  • Emergency preparedness - audit guideline(PDF 161 kb)
  • Emergency preparedness - audit template(Doc 182 kb)
  • Exploration safety - audit guideline(PDF 157 kb)
  • Exploration safety - audit template(Doc 881 kb)
  • Explosives storage surface part 1 - audit guideline(PDF 31 kb)
  • Explosives storage surface part 1 - audit template(PDF 27 kb)
  • Explosives storage underground part 2 - audit guideline(PDF 31 kb)
  • Explosives storage underground part 2 - audit template (PDF 28 kb)
  • Explosives usage surface - audit guideline(PDF 33 kb)
  • Explosives usage surface - audit template(PDF 29 kb)
  • Explosives usage underground - audit guideline(PDF 41 kb)
  • Explosives usage underground - audit template(PDF 33 kb)
  • Fixed plant - audit guideline(PDF 120 kb)
  • Fixed plant - audit template(Doc 124 kb)
  • Fixed plant management - audit guideline(PDF 31 kb)
  • Fixed plant management - audit template(PDF 57 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations open pit - audit guideline(PDF 211 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations open pit - audit template(Doc 114 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations underground - audit guideline(PDF 73 kb)
  • Geotechnical considerations underground - audit template(PDF 39 kb)
  • Gold rooms - audit guideline(PDF 137 kb)
  • Gold rooms - audit template(Doc 149 kb)
  • Isolation and tagout -audit guideline(PDF 153 kb)
  • Isolation and tagout - audit template(Doc 158 kb)
  • Management systems - audit guideline(PDF 79 kb)
  • Management systems - audit template(PDF 46 kb)
  • Noise - audit guideline(PDF 170 kb)
  • Noise - audit template(Doc 962 kb)
  • Quarry systems - audit guideline(PDF 44 kb)
  • Quarry systems - audit template(PDF 34 kb)
  • Surface atmospheric contaminant management - audit guideline(PDF 287 kb)
  • Surface atmospheric contaminant management - audit template(Doc 280 kb)
  • Surface dust management - audit guideline(PDF 237 kb)
  • Surface dust management - audit template(Doc 234 kb)
  • Surface trackless mobile plant - audit guideline(PDF 35 kb)
  • Surface trackless mobile plant - audit template(PDF 29 kb)
  • Tailings dam - audit guideline(PDF 37 kb)
  • Tailings dam - audit template(PDF 30 kb)
  • Tipping - audit guideline(PDF 107 kb)
  • Tipping - audit template(Doc 96 kb)
  • Underground fire prevention - audit guideline(PDF 154 kb)
  • Underground fire prevention - audit template(Doc 152 kb)
  • Underground ventilation management - audit guideline(PDF 202 kb)
  • Underground ventilation management - audit template(Doc 210 kb)
  • Workshops - audit guideline(PDF 173 kb)
  • Workshops - audit template(Doc 204 kb)

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    Information sheets

  • Investigating incidents - information sheet for safety and health representatives(PDF 244 kb)

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    Medical bulletins

  • Medical bulletin No.001 High pressure hydraulic oil injection injuries(PDF 60 kb)
  • Medical bulletin No.002 Mine fuming and post explosive blast gases(PDF 82 kb)
  • Medical bulletin No.003 Crush injury(PDF 74 kb)
  • Medical bulletin No.004 Hydrofluoric acid burns(PDF 83 kb)
  • Medical bulletin No.005 Cyanide poisoning(PDF 121 kb)

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    Safety bulletins

  • MSB No. 088 Electric shocks from welding equipment(PDF 42 kb)
  • MSB No.087 Excavating near cables buried in the ground(PDF 45 kb)
  • MSB No.086 Death of an airleg miner in a rockfall – Coroner’s comment and recommendation(PDF 38 kb)
  • MSB No.085 Mobile equipment contact with high-voltage overhead powerlines(PDF 296 kb)
  • MSB No.084 Failure of light vehicle steering box shaft(PDF 85 kb)
  • MSB No.083 Earthing of ANFO loaders used underground (re-issued)(PDF 54 kb)
  • MSB No.082 Emergency Management Act 2005(PDF 94 kb)
  • MSB No.081 Unattended vehicles rolling away(PDF 149 kb)
  • MSB No.080 Asbestos - imported gaskets containing asbestos(PDF 68 kb)
  • MSB No.079 Cyclone emergency preparation, planning, preparedness(PDF 77 kb)
  • MSB No.078 Explosive mortar devices for bringing down hang-ups(PDF 78 kb)
  • MSB No.077 Use of telehandlers(PDF 70 kb)
  • MSB No.076 Use of explosive mortar devices(PDF 400 kb)
  • MSB No.075 Fire and explosion in a working party magazine(PDF 51 kb)
  • MSB No.074 Explosive gases associated with mining(PDF 38 kb)
  • MSB No.073 Loss of control on highway-type vehicles(PDF 91 kb)
  • MSB No.072 Loss of control LME on gradients(PDF 74 kb)
  • MSB No.071 Booster compressor explosions - RC drilling(PDF 175 kb)
  • MSB No.070 Franna mobile cranes- uncontrolled movement(PDF 107 kb)
  • MSB No.067 Open pit scaling(PDF 233 kb)
  • MSB No.065 Design and operation of dredges on ponds(PDF 109 kb)
  • MSB No.064 Safety issues associated with hydraulic backfill(PDF 13 kb)
  • MSB No.063 Dozer safety in open cut operations(PDF 21 kb)
  • MSB No.062 Hazards of collapsing ground in mining operations(PDF 88 kb)
  • MSB No.061 Precautions for the use of the gig rising(PDF 24 kb)
  • MSB No.060 Lightning strikes - managing the risks(PDF 20 kb)
  • MSB No.059 Hazards from falling rock in Alimak and gig rising(PDF 28 kb)
  • MSB No.058 Struck by ventilation doors - blast results in death(PDF 21 kb)
  • MSB No.057 Mine surveying - risks and loss(PDF 25 kb)
  • MSB No.056 Mining industry electrical accidents(PDF 52 kb)
  • MSB No.055 Potential hazards associated with mine fill(PDF 32 kb)
  • MSB No.054 Blast initiation with safety fuse(PDF 26 kb)
  • MSB No.053 Particulate emissions low sulphur diesel and health(PDF 20 kb)
  • MSB No.052 Operation of water trucks in open pit mines(quarries)(PDF 23 kb)
  • MSB No.051 Overhead powerlines(PDF 24 kb)
  • MSB No.050 Crushed by mesh sheets - fatal accident(PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.049 Use of compressed air for cleaning purposes(PDF 17 kb)
  • MSB No.048 Unloading service vehicles on minesites(PDF 15 kb)
  • MSB No.047 Rockfall - potential serious injury (PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.046 Lightning - hazards and safeguards(PDF 22 kb)
  • MSB No.045 Two post vehicle hoists - unsuitable vehicles to lift(PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.044 Radio-frequency energy - hazards and safeguards(PDF 20 kb)
  • MSB No.043 Structural safety of buildings and plant(PDF 16 kb)
  • MSB No.042 Airhoists as personnel transport - underground mines(PDF 15 kb)
  • MSB No.041 Death of mine surveyor in rockfall(PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.040 Induction training and assessment - competency(PDF 17 kb)
  • MSB No.039 Vertical opening development in underground mines(PDF 31 kb)
  • MSB No.038 Use remote control mobile plant in underground mines(PDF 15 kb)
  • MSB No.037 Shiftwork and rostering practices(PDF 13 kb)
  • MSB No.036 Split rim wheel and tyre assembly(PDF 13 kb)
  • MSB No.035 Underground rockfalls - geotechnical considerations (PDF 13 kb)
  • MSB No.034 Retrofitting ROPS to mobile mine equipment - Reg 4.15(PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.033 Seatbelts and anchorages for vehicles on mines(PDF 12 kb)
  • MSB No.032 Millennium bug - safety and health implications(PDF 21 kb)
  • MSB No.031 Accident and incident performance - drilling industry(PDF 55 kb)
  • MSB No.030 Ingress of water into electrical equipment(PDF 19 kb)
  • MSB No.029 Rock stress factors in mine design and operation(PDF 14 kb)
  • MSB No.028 Rollover protection - surface earth moving machinery(PDF 18 kb)
  • MSB No.027 Diamond drillers intersecting hazardous gases(PDF 13 kb)
  • MSB No.026 Service pipe ranges(PDF 9 kb)
  • MSB No.025 Rockbolt failures underground(PDF 6 kb)
  • MSB No.024 Air hoists as underground mine transportation(PDF 8 kb)
  • MSB No.023 Manual metal arc welding - electrical safety(PDF 238 kb)
  • MSB No.022 Access ladderways(PDF 10 kb)
  • MSB No.021 Surface drill rigs - protection from rotating parts(PDF 6 kb)
  • MSB No.020 Restraints in heavy earthmoving equipment(PDF 7 kb)
  • MSB No.019 Scaling and rockbolting(PDF 9 kb)
  • MSB No.018 Operating Practice with drill jumbos(PDF 6 kb)
  • MSB No.017 Use bucket of loader as EWP underground(PDF 12 kb)
  • MSB No.016 Hazard - inert gases in mining industrial processes(PDF 6 kb)
  • MSB No.015 Re-entry after blasting(PDF 7 kb)
  • MSB No.014 Ground support in underground mines(PDF 16 kb)
  • MSB No.013 Injuries through opening enclosed systems(PDF 9 kb)
  • MSB No.012 Effects of tiredness drugs and alcohol(PDF 7 kb)
  • MSB No.011 Forklifts - access ramps to road haulage trucks(PDF 6 kb)
  • MSB No.010 Fires on light 4wd vehicles(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.009 Off-highway mobile earth moving equipment (tyres)(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.008 Recharging of fixed fire suppression systems(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.007 Earthing of anfo loaders used underground(PDF 8 kb)
  • MSB No.006 Formation of hydrogen gas from silicon metal(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.005 Annual road closures on mining tenements(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.004 Charging of holes where mechanised jumbos are used(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.003 Vertical opening safety practice(PDF 16 kb)
  • MSB No.002 Emergency stops and PLCs(PDF 5 kb)
  • MSB No.001 Sulphide dust explosion hazard(PDF 19 kb)

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    Significant incident reports

  • SIR No.157 Work platform struck by skip and dislodged into shaft(PDF 51 kb)
  • SIR No.156 Detonation of misfired explosive during bogging operation(PDF 47 kb)
  • SIR No.155 Rock fall during support cycle in a high heading development – fatal accident(PDF 50 kb)
  • SIR No.154 Heavy wire lifting slings fell from crane hook – employees injured(PDF 54 kb)
  • SIR No.153 Truck driver fell from deck of Caterpillar 777D haul truck – fatal accident(PDF 54 kb)
  • SIR No.152 Haul truck and light vehicle collision(PDF 182 kb)
  • SIR No.151 Crushed in a pinch point of fixed elevating work platform (EWP) –– fatal accident(PDF 50 kb)
  • SIR No.150 Failure of escape ladderway in underground rise(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.149 Loader falling into an open slope(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.148 Tropical Cylcone George(PDF 72 kb)
  • SIR No.147 Fire and entrapment hazard on mobile plant (salt harvester)(PDF 129 kb)
  • SIR No.146 Hazard posed by cyclone draw in RC drilling(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.145 Driller’s offsider struck by dust deflector box(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.144 Roll-over of front-end loader(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.143 Use of dozers for tree clearing operations(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.142 Explosion of flammable containers at hot demo site(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.141 Rockfall fatality(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.140 Service truck tyre failure(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.139 Loss of control of service vehicles(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.138 Paste fill wall failure(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.137 Emergency response members struck by falling cylinder(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.136 Caught between headboards of two trucks - fatal(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.135 Aluminium drill rod failure(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.134 Detonator found inside ANFO loader(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.133 Use of torque multiplier — fatal accident (PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.132 Mine haul truck runs over a light vehicle following a driver change (PDF 115 kb)
  • SIR No.131 Drill rig fire - self-rescuer failed(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.130 Employee sprayed with rocks when a truck tyre failed(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.129 Derailment and fall of overhead crane(PDF 95 kb)
  • SIR No.128 Steering failures on haul trucks(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.127 Operator tipped out of elevated work platform(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.126 Accidental initiation of explosives during blasting(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.125 Transport of explosives underground -vehicle incident(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.124 Tyre inflation - fatal accident(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.123 RTA at intersection of mine road and bush track(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.122 Dumptruck tyre failure(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.121 Haul road stability in open-cut operations(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.120 Contamination of high pressure compressed air - plant(PDF 105 kb)
  • SIR No.119 Drillers offsider blasted with dust under pressure(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.118 Grader incident - loss of control(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.117 Underground electrical equipment - fatal accident(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.116 Operator safety - earthmoving scrapers(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.115 Tyre rolling down a ramp(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.114 Wrong gas used during gas purge resulted in burns(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.113 Drillers offsider struck by stillson type wrench(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.112 Loading service vehicle onto trailer(PDF 76 kb)
  • SIR No.111 Mine rescue team members collapse during exercise(PDF 73 kb)
  • SIR No.110 Vehicle over stope edge(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.109 Fitting of tile boxes on drilling rigs(PDF 31 kb)
  • SIR No.108 Detonation of misfire in pit floor(PDF 19 kb)
  • SIR No.107 Multiple fuming and gas explosion(PDF 20 kb)
  • SIR No.106 Operator trapped by suction hose(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.105 Failure of a galvanised grade 80 chain sling(PDF 16 kb)
  • SIR No.104 Dislodgement of a crane load above a person(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.103 Hazards associated with dehydration(PDF 17 kb)
  • SIR No.102 Fatal methane gas explosion - South Africa(PDF 16 kb)
  • SIR No.101 Lime tanker pressure piping connection failure(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.100 Pressure vessel entry - scalding injury(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.099 Remotely operated LHD - runaway(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.098 Jumbo drilling rig fire - underground fire(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.097 Radio-operated crane - uncontrolled movement(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.096 Remotely operated LHD - brake failure(PDF 13 kb)
  • SIR No.095 Death of exploration worker(PDF 16 kb)
  • SIR No.094 Fall from height in gig rise - fatal accident(PDF 69 kb)
  • SIR No.093 Ventilation doors - fatal accident(PDF 13 kb)
  • SIR No.092 RC drill rig 3 sample hose connection - fatal(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.091 Fall of material - fatal accident(PDF 13 kb)
  • SIR No.090 Remotely operated machinery - rockfall - fatal(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.089 Remotely operated LHD machine - fatal accident(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.088 Remotely operated LHD - dangerous occurences(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.087 Drill rod handling - serious incident(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.086 Structural failures of large span gantry crane(PDF 16 kb)
  • SIR No.085 Explosion of flammable gas in underground stope void(PDF 17 kb)
  • SIR No.084 Loss of control of water cart - fatal accident(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.083 Explosion of split-ring tyre assemblies(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.082 Crushed in articulation point of LHD(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.081 Serious burns involving disposable overalls(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.080 Overheating radiator - burn injury(PDF 15 kb)
  • SIR No.079 Exploration drill hole intersection(PDF 14 kb)
  • SIR No.078 Blasting accidents(PDF 16 kb)
  • SIR No.077 Hazardous drill hole intersection(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.076 Stormwater inflow into decline mine(PDF 0 kb)
  • SIR No.075 Explosion in underground magazine(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.074 Driver killed in tractor rollover(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.073 Conveyor belt failure(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.072 Split wheel rim - fatal accident(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.071 Sudden collapse of ground - sinkhole formation(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.070 Thermal lancing of crusher concaves - serious accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.069 Anfo mixing vehicle fire(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.068 Electrical test instrument - serious accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.067 High voltage circuit switched to earth(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.066 Structural failure of bucketwheel reclaimer - fatal(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.065 Children exposed to hazards at unattended mine(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.064 Fire on front end loader(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.063 Remotely operated underground LHD - near miss(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.062 Anchorage of underground scraper hoists(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.061 Caught in a rotating drill rod - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.060 Uncontrolled movement of elevated work platform(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.059 Offloading unpalleted articles(PDF 8 kb)
  • SIR No.058 Removal of a rise ladder - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.057 Remotely operated mobile machine - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.056 Uncontrolled discharge of stored energy source - fatal(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.055 Conveyor belt - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.054 Structural collapse of an iron ore stacker(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.053 Elevated work platform - falling(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.052 Rope power shovel maintenence - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.051 Failure of mast supports on drill rigs(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.050 Trailing cable coupler - electrical accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.049 Hazard alert - auger mixers(PDF 10 kb)
  • SIR No.048 EWP users tipped from basket(PDF 9 kb)
  • SIR No.047 Injuries sustained while working on drilling mast(PDF 9 kb)
  • SIR No.046 Contact with overhead powerline - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.045 Fatal agricultural traffic accident in quarry(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.044 Rockfall - fatal accident(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.043 Remote control loader fire in an open stope(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.042 Remotely operated machinery - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.041 Haul truck rear wheel falls off(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.040 Near-miss underground blasting incident(PDF 10 kb)
  • SIR No.039 Uncontrolled movement of cherry pickers(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.038 Uncontrolled movement of mobile unit(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.037 Lead-acid battery explodes(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.036 Injury sustained whilst working on drilling mast(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.035 Safe welding practice(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.034 Underground vehicle fire(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.033 Passenger lift - a serious accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.032 Storage tank explosion(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.031 Hot oil boiler - potential explosion(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.030 Elevating platform operation - serious injury(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.029 Stope draw-point (Mill Hole) - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.028 Mud rush - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.027 Shrink stope - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.026 Truck toppled over edge of stockpile(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.025 Buried electrical cable - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.024 Crane dogman survives shock from 22Kv transformer(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.023 Underground fires(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.022 Winding rope detachment(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.021 Operator safety - earthmoving scrapers(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.020 Drilling rig fire(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.019 Explosion of drill steel subject to high temperature(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.018 High pressure water jetting(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.017 Caught by rock drill(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.016 Substation transformer explosion(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.015 Haul truck tyre explosion(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.014 Electric shock involving P and H shovel(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.013 Tramp metal fired from jaw crusher(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.012 Slope failure - open pit mine(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.011 EMU mine disaster(PDF 7 kb)
  • SIR No.010 Cyanide poisoning(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.009 Gold room explosion - molten metal burns(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.008 Rock bolting underground - fatal accident(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.007 Chemical handling - caustic burn(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.006 Safe use of radiation gauges(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.005 Split ring tyre assembly explosion - fatal(PDF 5 kb)
  • SIR No.004 Welding equipment electrocution - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.003 Compressed air hose connection - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.002 Conveyor belt - fatal accident(PDF 6 kb)
  • SIR No.001 Pressurised gearbox explosion(PDF 5 kb)

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    Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry - accident and incident statistics

  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2007-2008(PDF 3120 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2006-2007(PDF 356 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2005-06 - explanatory notes(PDF 1943 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2005-06(PDF 1943 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2004-05 - explanatory notes(PDF 2469 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2004-05(PDF 2511 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2003-04 - explanatory notes(PDF 2128 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2003-04(PDF 2128 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2001-02(PDF 637 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 2000-01(PDF 1173 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 1999-2000(PDF 706 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 1998-1999(PDF 361 kb)
  • Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry 1997-1998(PDF 426 kb)

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    MineSafe Magazine

    Current and past issues are available in our dedicated page for MineSafe magazine.

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    Booklets and handbooks

  • Information for bereaved families following a mining fatality - booklet(PDF 159 kb)
  • Safety and health representatives handbook: Cover and table of contents(PDF 2066 kb)
  • Safety and health representatives handbook: Part 1(PDF 2701 kb)
  • Safety and health representatives handbook: Part 2(PDF 2661 kb)

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    Certificates of competency - fact sheets

    Requirement details to apply for a certificate of competency (including examination process) are provided below, including a schedule of examinations.   Application forms are available in the Forms > Mining Safety and Health section.

  • Examinations schedule - certificates of competency - locations and dates(PDF 46 kb)
  • Authorised mine surveyor’s certificate grades 1 and 2 - fact sheet(PDF 47 kb)
  • First class mine manager’s certificate of competency - fact sheet(PDF 46 kb)
  • Mutual recognition of occupations - fact sheet(PDF 50 kb)
  • Quarry manager’s certificate of competency - fact sheet(PDF 48 kb)
  • Restricted quarry manager’s certificate of competency - fact sheet(PDF 47 kb)
  • Underground supervisor’s certificate of competency - fact sheet(PDF 46 kb)

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    Manual tasks in mining - fact sheets

  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 1: Terminology(PDF 94 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 2: Extent and cost of injuries(PDF 124 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 3: How injuries can happen at work(PDF 98 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 4: Manual tasks and the risk management process(PDF 113 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 5: Participative ergonomics(PDF 93 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 6: Whole-body vibration(PDF 106 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 7: Hand-arm vibration(PDF 109 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 8: Machinery and vehicle cab design(PDF 106 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 9: Safe design(PDF 104 kb)
  • Manual tasks in mining fact sheet No 10: Occupational safety and health legislation(PDF 104 kb)
  • Review of manual handling in the WA mining industry - May 2008(PDF 94 kb)

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    Mine Safety and Inspection Act pamphlets

  • Duty of care - labour hire industry - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 682 kb)
  • Election of safety and health representatives - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 884 kb)
  • Employer-provided accommodation - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 622 kb)
  • General duty of care - employers and employees - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 983 kb)
  • How to establish a health and safety committee - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 980 kb)
  • Improvement and prohibition notices - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 1037 kb)
  • Issue of PINs by safety and health representatives - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 307 kb)
  • Penalties and enforceable undertakings - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 546 kb)
  • Role of inspectors and the mine record book - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 844 kb)
  • What does a health and safety representative do - MSIA pamphlet(PDF 2333 kb)

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    Mine safety matters pamphlets

  • Drill rig operation - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 1254 kb)
  • Electricity - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 608 kb)
  • Hazardous substances - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1280 kb)
  • Managing occupational noise - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 876 kb)
  • Old mine workings - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 154 kb)
  • Open pit mining over old workings - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1128 kb)
  • Railway crossings - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1230 kb)
  • Remote bogging - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1279 kb)
  • Rockfalls underground - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1260 kb)
  • Safety case management of large structures - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1248 kb)
  • Travelling in remote locations - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 1486 kb)
  • Truck driving - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 897 kb)
  • Underground mobile equipment fires - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 682 kb)
  • Vehicle and equipment access - mine safety matters pamphlet (PDF 1039 kb)
  • Welding - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 511 kb)
  • Working at height - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 1128 kb)
  • Working in a confined space - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 606 kb)
  • Working in hot processes - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 1616 kb)
  • Working near large mobile equipment - mine safety matters pamphlet(PDF 510 kb)

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    Posters

  • Asbestos management in mining - poster(PDF 441 kb)
  • Electing safety and health representatives (SHRs): flowchart(PDF 72 kb)
  • MineHealth - poster(PDF 1174 kb)
  • Occupational noise management in mining - poster(PDF 1116 kb)
  • Protect your hearing - poster(PDF 1187 kb)
  • Reporting an accident or incident - poster(PDF 80 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2000-01 - poster(PDF 397 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2001-02 - poster(PDF 728 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2002-03 - poster(PDF 219 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2003-04 - poster(PDF 313 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2004-05 - poster(PDF 102 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2005-06 - poster(PDF 379 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2006-07 - poster(PDF 367 kb)
  • Safety performance in WA mineral industry 2007-08 - poster(PDF 386 kb)
  • Your safety and health representative is? - poster(PDF 1189 kb)

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    Templates

  • Dangerous goods site emergency planning - FESA special risk plan - template(Doc 256 kb)
  • Explosives management plan - template(Doc 624 kb)
  • Mining blast plan – open pit operations - template(Doc 376 kb)
  • Mining blast plan – secondary blasting operations - template(Doc 380 kb)
  • Mining blast plan – underground development operations - template(Doc 373 kb)
  • Mining blast plan – underground stoping operations - template(Doc 374 kb)
  • Notification of outcome of health assessment – pro forma(Doc 88 kb)

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    How to order hard copies of publications

    To view publications available in hard copy and to place an order, download the form below, or call the publications and promotions officer on +61 8 9358 8178.

    Please note, not all publications are available in hard copy.

    Publications are free unless otherwise indicated on the form.

  • Mines safety and health publications order form(Doc 212 kb)

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    How to request permission to reproduce Resources Safety material

    Copying and distributing complete (i.e. including copyright notices and disclaimers) and unaltered Resources Safety materials are permitted without formal approval.

    However, reproduction in any other form or partial reproduction of any material published in print or electronically must be approved by Resources Safety's Communications Manager. To request permission, download the form below or call +61 8 9358 8149 for further information.

  • Request to reproduce Resources Safety material(Doc 57 kb)

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