Industry guide for collision management systems in mines

NSW Mine Safety has published a draft guideline for selecting and implementing collision management systems in mines and is seeking input and comment from industry representatives.

The guideline was developed through a working group of representatives from underground coal, unions, equipment suppliers, NSW Mine Safety and the Department of Natural Resources and Mines Qld.

It is intended for use by coalmines, metalliferous mines and quarries, and its purpose is to help to define, select and implement a suitable collision management system for mines and to provide consistency across the mining industry. It may also be used to review a system in operation.

MDG 2007 Draft guideline for the selection and implementation of collision management systems for mining is now available on www.resources.nsw.gov.au. There is also a separate feedback form - MDG 2007 Draft guideline feedback form - available from: www.resources.nsw.gov.au/safety/publications/mdg.

The closing date for comment is 27 September 2013. Comments should be made on the feedback form and emailed to mine.safety@industry.nsw.gov.au or faxed to 02 4931 6790.

MDG 2007 is not a code of practice and at the date of issue no WHS Code of Practice covering its subject material has been developed for the NSW mining industry. A number of codes of practice are being developed in consultation with industry, unions and other mining jurisdictions and as they are developed any corresponding NSW guidelines will be revised accordingly.