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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

Safety

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

Photo of a male quarry worker

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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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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Safety

The Resources Regulator’s Learning from disasters interactive timeline has recently been updated with a new case study on the explosion that

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Competence

From 1 October 2020 this year, individuals will only be able to exercise a statutory function at a mine when they hold a practising

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Compliance

The Resources Regulator has published its July - December 2020 Compliance priorities document which sets out the key compliance priorities

Document

Legislation

The new respirable crystalline silica workplace exposure standard of 0.05mg/m 3 is in effect in NSW (it commenced 1 July 2020). Therefore

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