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Mine Safety Operations Branch

Operation Infrastructure Information Worksheet

Metals Operation Electricity supply, underground communication and data acquisition, miners cap lamps and control circuits.

EEA 007A

March 2012

Mine Safety Operations Page 1 of 10Document controller: SIEE document.doc Mar 2012

DISCLAIMER

The compilation of information contained in this document relies upon material and data derived from a number of third party sources and is intended as a guide only in devising risk and safety management systems for the working of mines and is not designed to replace or be used instead of an appropriately designed safety management plan for each individual mine. Users should rely on their own advice, skills and experience in applying risk and safety management systems in individual workplaces.

Use of this document does not relieve the user (or a person on whose behalf it is used) of any obligation or duty that might arise under any legislation (including the Workplace Health & Safety Act 2011, any other Act containing requirements relating to mine safety and any regulations and rules under those Acts) covering the activities to which this document has been or is to be applied.

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Mining Operation Desktop Assessment WorksheetINSTRUCTIONS FOR USEThis worksheet is designed for use in NSW Trade and Investment’s Electrical Engineering Safety Assessment Program 2010.

Column 1 – Information requiredThe Information is considered essential information on mine electrical engineering infrastructure, for the development of strategic and operational plans to improve Electrical Engineering Safety at NSW mines.

Column 2 – DetailsThis is for the recording of technical details and to reference documents sited.

Column 3 – CommentsComments regarding the extent and nature of the information available.

Assessment DatabaseAll information recorded on this worksheet during the desktop assessment should be entered into the Assessment Database.

Acronyms:WHS =


Site

Site scope

Personnel involved in audit

Date

Operational Name

ABN

Operational address

IEE auditor


Information Worksheet

INFORMATION REQUIRED DETAILS COMMENTS

Mine Electrical Engineering Safety Infrastructure1. Electrical engineering service providers Name, address, contact details of ALL providers

Designers

Engineering support

Equipment suppliers



Maintenance contracts

Contract electricians

Electrical Staff at the Operation

2. Qualified electrical engineer

3. Managers of electrical engineering

4. Electrical supervisors

5. Electrical tradespeople

6. Auto electricians

7. Apprentices

Electrical Supply to the Operation

8. Supply Authority

9. Supply Voltage

10. Supply 3 phase prospective fault level

11. Supply earth fault level

12. Supply positive sequence impedance

13. Supply negative sequence impedance

14. Supply zero sequence impedance



15. Supply authority infrastructure point of connection and mine infrastructure interface

16. Alternative supply authority supply

17. Other sources of supply (co-generation)

18. Emergency supply sources (generator)

19. Supply authority isolation point dedicated for the mine

Mine Electrical Supply

20. Utilisation voltage

21. Transformer size

22. Connected load

23. Supplies underground

24. Supplies to surface infrastructure

25. Supplies to open cut operations

26. Supplies to safety critical mine infrastructure (Vent fans, mine winders)

27. Back-up supplies to safety critical mine infrastructure (Vent fans, mine winders)

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE – Underground Mines

28. Underground telephone system, type, emergency number

29. Other underground telephonic communications, type

30. PED System, type, capability, Surface Aerial / U/G Aerial



31. Any redundancy

32. Connectivity to Mines Rescue

33. Connectivity to beyond the mine surface

34. Location of cables underground (shafts, drifts, roadways)

35. Plan showing telephone locations and cable routes

36. Wireless (Type)

37. Data acquisition, type, Type of Data collected (machine performance, environmental – gases, strata etc). Safety related control actions incorporated

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE – Surface Mines

38. Telephones

a. Mobile

b. Fixed phones

c. Emergency number

d. Connectivity to Mines Rescue

39. Wireless (Radio)

e. Type

f. Connectivity to Mine Rescue

g. Connectivity to beyond the mine surface

40. Other telephonic communications, type, emergency use

41. GPS System



h. Type

i. Use

j. Capability (send message, send and receive message, tracking etc)

k. Connectivity to Mines Rescue

l. Connectivity to beyond the mine surface

Electrical Control Circuits with field devices (the field device are supplied at the control voltage only eg stop start, emergency stop, solenoid, interlock etc).

42. Have all such circuits been identified

43. Are there any ELV control circuits

44. Are there any LV control circuits

45. LV control circuit short circuit protection

46. LV lowest short circuit current calculated (far end of the circuit)

47. LV control circuit earth leakage protection installed

48. Is there a program to upgrade control circuits to ELV

49. IP rating of field devices specified

50. Control circuit requirements specified in a Standard of Engineering Practice or specification document

Remote Control (Radio, Umbilical cord etc) (Mine owned and contractors)

51. Type of plant controlled

m. Front End loaders

n. Tyre handler

o. Transportable crushing plant



p. Transportable wood chipper

q. Tilt tray truck

r. Overhead crane

s. Other

52. Remote control equipment management plan in place

Miners Cap lamps (UNDERGROUND MINES ONLY)

53. Cap lamp Number in use

54. Cap lamp Type, Model

55. Cap lamp light source (incandescent, LED)

56. Cap lamp supplies other than the light source

57. Cap lamp headpiece mass (kg)

58. Cap lamp headpiece cable mass (kg) per metre

59. Cap lamp headpiece cable length (mm)

60. Compliance to which standards


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