The New South Wales Government has released a draft Technical Reference Guide to help steer adverse vehicle interactions in the state’s mining sector in the right direction.
The Resources Regulator is seeking feedback on the draft TRG from 3 February to 9 March 2025.
NSW Resources Chief Inspector Anthony Margetts says the TRG uses a layered approach to ensure safe operating states for mobile plants, as well as compliance with mine operators’ legislative requirements.
“Adverse vehicle interactions are a significant hazard on roads and other vehicle operating areas in mining operations, with the potential to cause fatalities and serious injury,” Margetts says.
Margetts adds that New South Wales mine operators are required to reduce risks to workers or when risks cannot be reduced ensure they are controlled as low as is reasonably practicable.
“Hazard identification, risk assessment, and control are critical steps in ensuring safe work systems and a safe work environment,” he notes.
“This guide will ensure mine operators and individual workers are given practical information that will make everyday tasks safer to carry out.”
NSW Resources, in consultation with the Adverse Vehicle Interactions Advisory Committee, developed the draft ‘TRG — Roads or other vehicle operating areas principal hazard management plan for surface and open cut mining operations’.
The TRG includes representatives from the NSW Minerals Council, Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia, the Mining and Energy Union and the Australian Workers Union.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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