Mines safety bulletins are brief documents that discuss particular risks or hazards associated with machinery, mining methods or tasks, and repetitive incidents that require analysis of root cause. They focus on the hazard/s identified, and advocate a risk-management approach. Note: Explosives alerts and bulletins, and petroleum and gas alerts, may also relate to the mining industry.

See also Mines safety alerts.

Latest bulletin - Added 15 May 2012

• 118 (PDF, 117 kB) - Working safely with tyres: highway-style trailer haulage

Bulletins by number:

• 119 (PDF, 82 kB) - Explosion-protected diesel engine system standard update
• 117 (PDF, 340 kB) - Pressure build-up in silos
• 115 (PDF, 104 kB) - Risk management of heat exposure in mining
• 114 (PDF, 121 kB) - Storm season is coming - be prepared
• 113 (PDF, 74 kB) - Equipment fires, investigation and response
• 112 (PDF, 123 kB) - Mine road safety
• 111 (PDF, 72 kB) - Health risks of smoking synthetic cannabinoids
• 109 (PDF, 436 kB) - Preventing excavators from rolling over
• 108 (PDF, 214 kB) - Exploration permit coal (EPC) legislative requirements
• 107 (PDF, 213 kB) - Construction of seals
• 106 (PDF, 587 kB) - Recall of faulty Bulbeck 4.5 and 9 kg fire extinguishers
• 105 (PDF, 248 kB) - Safety bulletin 105 - Safety and health management system - Water Management plans
• 104 (PDF, 420 kB) - Resuming operations after severe weather
• 103 (PDF, 250 kB) - Integrity testing of earthmover rims
• 102 (PDF, 267 kB) - Severe weather preparedness
• 101 (PDF, 130 kB) - Brake System Maintenance - Rubber Tyred Vehicles
• 100 (PDF, 63 kB) - Retrofit advice for some Haulotte mobile elevating work platforms
• 99 (PDF, 133 kB) - Uncontrolled movement on mine roads, including skidding, sliding, and light or heavy vehicle roll-over
• 95 (PDF, 111 kB) - Mobile equipment contact with overhead powerlines
• 94 (PDF, 71 kB) - Excessive watering of haul-roads
• 93 (PDF, 110 kB) - Sunlight and UV Radiation
• 92 (PDF, 74 kB) - Severe weather events
• 91 (PDF, 64 kB) - Heat Stress
• 90 (PDF, 62 kB) - Brake problems on On-Highway Trucks at Mines
• 89 (PDF, 65 kB) - Underground Coal Mines - Diesel Engine Inlet Manifold Flame Trap issue
• 88 (PDF, 76 kB) - Management of dust containing crystalline silica (quartz)
• 87 (PDF, 65 kB) - Duty of Care to Mine Workers in Camps or On-Site Accommodation
• 86 (PDF, 65 kB) - Fires on Mine Sites
• 85 (PDF, 65 kB) - Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Malfunction
• 84 (PDF, 109 kB) - Construction Work on Mines & Quarries
• 83 PDF, 71 kB) - Diesel Engine - Turbocharger Fires (
• 82 (PDF, 83 kB) - Product Alert/Recall
• 81 (PDF, 66 kB) - Lessons of mine segregation must be applied
• 79 (PDF, 93 kB) - Activities on Narrow Benches at Mines and Quarries
• 78 (PDF, 73 kB) - Flood Recovery In Mines
• 77 (PDF, 117 kB) - Earthmover Tyre and Rim Safety
• 76 (PDF, 127 kB) - The Presence of Chrysotile (White Asbestos) in Brake and Clutch Linings
• 74 (PDF, 126 kB) - Isocyanates from 2-Pack Paints and Use of Polyurethane Resins in Mining
• 73 (PDF, 145 kB) - Switchboard Incoming Supply Hazards
• 72 (PDF, 103 kB) - Shock from an Electrostatic Discharge
• 70 (PDF, 157 kB) - Hazards of Stored Energy
• 68 (PDF, 86 kB) - Earth Fault Current Limiter Parameters
• 67 (PDF, 136 kB) - Managing high pressure fluids and gases
• 65 (PDF, 31 kB) - Shuttle car cable hazards-underground coal mines
• 63 (PDF, 55 kB) - Integrated tool carrier risk management
• 61 (PDF, 172 kB) - Flammable toxic gases in open cut coal mines
• 60 (PDF, 23 kB) - Trailing cable management - cable towers
• 59 (PDF, 29 kB) - Reliable communications systems for remote mines
• 58 (PDF, 23 kB) - Audible alarms on mobile equipment
• 55 (PDF, 98 kB) - Vehicles hitting overhead powerlines
• 54 (PDF, 71 kB) - Safety and maximisation of tyre life
• 52 (PDF, 51 kB) - First aid and medical treatment for the injured
• 50 (PDF, 146 kB) - Use of retro-reflective tape on work clothing
• 49 (PDF, 149 kB) - Isolation of plant containing stored energy
• 48 (PDF, 153 kB) - Isolation facilities for equipment operated by electricity
• 47 (PDF, 108 kB) - Tyre fires, pyrolysis and explosions
• 46 (PDF, 187 kB) - Mobile equipment access
• 45 (PDF, 171 kB) - Reduction of exposure to rockfalls in underground metalliferous mines
• 44 (PDF, 168 kB) - Manufacturers' bulletins
• 43 (PDF, 175 kB) - Flameproof enclosures - damage to windows
• 42 (PDF, 187 kB) - Residual current devices
• 41 (PDF, 145 kB) - Working on compressed air lines
• 40 (PDF, 124 kB) - Testing of conveyor pullwWire activated emergency stops
• 39 (PDF, 151 kB) - 24 volt high intensity discharge lights
• 37 (PDF, 133 kB) - Unsecured flooring on walkways
• 36 (PDF, 152 kB) - Managing visitor safety
• 35 (PDF, 120 kB) - Excavation edge protection
• 34 (PDF, 147 kB) - Light vehicle incidents
• 33 (PDF, 13 kB) - Rigger hurled to ground by runaway cable
• 32 (PDF, 126 kB) - Fire and explosion risks on hydraulic excavators
• 30 (PDF, 100 kB) - Use of forklift trucks at mine & quarry sites
• 28 (PDF, 142 kB) - Reject bin collapses due to mechanical impact
• 27 (PDF, 9 kB) - Energy sources include capacitors
• 26 (PDF, 10 kB) - Switchboards - exposed live parts
• 25 (PDF, 7 kB) - Fitness for work
• 24 (PDF, 256 kB) - Emergency brake fails to engage - off highway dump truck
• 23 (PDF, 64 kB) - Effect of electric field stress on cable terminations
• 22 (PDF, 102 kB) - Siemens photo-flex E.P.V. cable
• 21 (PDF, 10 kB) - Incidents of snapping of downlines
• 20 (PDF, 11 kB) - Hazardous substances material safety data sheets and labelling
• 19 (PDF, 256 kB) - Place change - maintaining adequate ventilation
• 18 (PDF, 159 kB) - Methane gas monitor response times
• 17 (PDF, 19 kB) - Reporting of incidents and accidents involving electricity
• 16 (PDF, 180 kB) - Control of purchased or hired equipment
• 15 (PDF, 16 kB) - Control of visitors/contractors at quarries
• 14 (PDF, 16 kB) - Failure of 'cuttable' rib bolts
• 13 (PDF, 131 kB) - Hazards from use and storage of aerosol containers
• 12 (PDF, 324 kB) - Managing the risk at unsupervised mine sites
• 11 (PDF, 101 kB) - Use of restraining devices on hoses
• 10 (PDF, 98 kB) - Use of earth moving equipment as mobile cranes
• 9 (PDF, 96 kB) - Fall hazard from quarry trucks
• 8 (PDF, 18 kB) - Uncontrolled movement of vehicles
• 7 (PDF, 14 kB) - Contractors equipment - compliance issues #2
• 6 (PDF, 420 kB) - Handling and management of surfaces trailing cables
• 5 (PDF, 18 kB) - Information from high safety risks
• 4 (PDF, 13 kB) - Accidents on continuous miners during maintenance work underground
• 3 (PDF, 12 kB) - Underground opal mines possible water inrush from nearby opencuts
• 2 (PDF, 34 kB) - Recent fatalities at mines
• 1 (PDF, 13 kB) - Off-highway trucks: low brake pressure and low brake fluid warnings

If you experience difficulty downloading these documents, or would like a copy sent via mail, please contact:

Safety and Health
P O Box 15216
City East Qld 4002

Email Mr John Kabel