The implementation of a planned inspection program for mines and petroleum sites is a crucial element in the Resource Regulator's Incident prevention strategy [PDF, 681.05 KB]. Planned inspection programs focus on assessing a mine operator's control of critical risks and evaluate the effectiveness of control measures in the operator’s safety management system (SMS). The assessment typically involves sampling specific elements of the safety management system and ensuring the controls are both documented and implemented.
Download the Targeted assessment program (TAP) overview [PDF, 87.22 KB] fact sheet for more information on the program.
Inspection program fact sheets
Prior to the commencement of an inspection program, a fact sheet is published for industry to outline the principal hazard in focus and the various risks that are associated with that hazard. Each fact sheet then specifically details the critical controls which are planned to be assessed within the inspection program as well as specific publications or guidance material which are relevant to the subject. Additional resources are also available on our health and safety topics page.
- Electrical energy - Surface and underground coal mines [PDF, 573.94 KB]
- Entanglement - Underground and surface coal operations [PDF, 255.11 KB]
- Entanglement - Metalliferous mines and large quarries [PDF, 412.65 KB]
- Entanglement – Tier 2 and Tier 3 quarries [PDF, 580.73 KB]
- Explosives - Control plan for coal operations
- Explosives - Metalliferous operations and Tier 1 quarries [PDF, 510.44 KB]
- Fire or explosion - Electrical - Underground coal operations [PDF, 527.36 KB]
- Fire or explosion - Electrical - Metalliferous mines and tier 1 quarries [PDF, 481.68 KB]
- Fire or explosion - Mechanical - Surface/underground metalliferous mines and large quarries [PDF, 379.96 KB]
- Fire or explosion - Mechanical - Underground coal operations [PDF, 668.42 KB]
- Ground or strata failure - Surface coal operations [PDF, 570.72 KB]
- Ground or strata failure - Surface metalliferous operations and tier 1 quarries [PDF, 406.7 KB]
- Ground or strata failure - Underground coal operations [PDF, 402.09 KB]
- Ground or strata failure - Underground metalliferous operations [PDF, 341.22 KB]
- Inundation or inrush - Underground coal operations [PDF, 413.47 KB]
Results of the NSW Resources Regulator's assessment program
| Date | Critical risk being assessed | Mine type | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Fire or explosion: Electrical | open cut coal | planned inspection consolidated report |
| December 2020 | Roads or other vehicle operating areas | open cut coal | planned inspection consolidated report |
| December 2020 | Ground or strata failure | underground coal | planned inspection consolidated report |
| June 2020 | Fatigue | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| February 2020 | Fire or explosion | underground coal | final TAP report |
| November 2019 | Respirable dust | quarry operations | TIP consolidated report |
| August 2019 | Dust and other airborne contaminants | open cut coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| August 2019 | Fire or explosion | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| August 2019 | Diesel exhaust emissions | underground coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| November 2018 | Fires on mobile plant | open cut coal | planned inspection consolidated report |
| November 2018 | Dredges | mining dredges | planned inspection consolidated report |
| September 2018 | Managing fire or explosion risks | underground coal | interim TAP report |
| August 2018 | Airborne contaminants | open cut coal | interim TAP report |
| July 2018 | Airborne contaminants | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| June 2018 | Emergency management | underground metalliferous and coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| April 2018 | Worker exposure to diesel exhaust emissions | underground coal | interim TAP report |
| January 2018 | Airborne contaminants | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| January 2018 | Coal dust explosion suppression | underground coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| November 2017 | Structural integrity | coal preparation plants | planned inspection consolidated report |
| October 2017 | Worker exposure to respirable dust | underground coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| September 2017 | Gas outburst risk in longwall mining | underground coal | final TIP consolidated report |
| September 2017 | Diesel exhaust emissions | underground metalliferous and coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| September 2017 | Ground or strata failure | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| August 2017 | Fatigue management practices | open cut coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| August 2017 | Emergency management | underground metalliferous and coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| May 2017 | Electrical safety | Dimension stone quarries | TIP summary |
| April 2017 | Diesel exhaust emissions | underground metalliferous and coal | final TAP consolidated report |
| April 2017 | Ground or strata failure | metalliferous | final TAP consolidated report |
| April 2017 | Worker exposure to respirable dust | underground coal | interim TAP report |
| March 2017 | Gas and ventilation management | underground coal | final TAP consolidated report |