Key compliance priorities updated
Published: 13th July 2020The Resources Regulator has published its July - December 2020 Compliance priorities document which sets out the key compliance priorities for the next six months.
Cancellation of exemption (notification of detection of crystalline silica)
Published: 10th July 2020The new respirable crystalline silica workplace exposure standard of 0.05mg/m3 is in effect in NSW (it commenced 1 July 2020).
Update: COVID-19 situation
Published: 6th July 2020In line with the latest health advice the Resources Regulator is progressively returning to full operational levels for its regulatory operations.
Take action to prevent dust disease
Published: 2nd July 2020NSW has a comprehensive and strong regulatory scheme for managing dust risks, with specific mining health and safety legislation and the most stringent dust exposure standards in Australia.
Work health and safety reports can now be submitted online
Published: 2nd July 2020Work health and safety reports for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 are now available on the Resources Regulator Portal for mine operators to complete.
Horsely Park Quarry rehabilitation
Published: 1st July 2020The NSW Resources Regulator has published a new Rehabilitation Information Release following the successful completion of rehabilitation on part of the Horsley Park (Plant 23) Quarry in western Sydney, NSW.
Learning from investigations: Tyre handler fatality, Bengalla Coal Mine
Published: 22nd June 2020On 3 November 2018 a Marathon Tyres worker at Bengalla Mine sustained fatal injuries while replacing a tyre from a water cart.
Second COVID-19 emergency response exercise for remote mines
Published: 17th June 2020A second exercise PANDEMINEIUM was held yesterday, bringing together mines from the Cobar and Nyngan areas with emergency services and government agencies to further test the emergency response in the event of an underground mine emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launching Mine Rehabilitation News
Published: 15th June 2020We are pleased to announce the launch of our first edition of Mine Rehabilitation News.
Safety alert - QDS pods fall off dolly car flat top and slide down drift
Published: 9th June 2020On Tuesday 26 May 2020, an incident occurred at a coal mine in the southern coalfields that caused two QDS pods to fall off a dolly car flat top and slide down the drift.