Mdg 25 Guideline For Safe Cutting And Welding At Mines

Guideline for Safe Cutting and Welding at Mines MDG 25 Produced by Mine Safety Operations, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries March 2003 Mine Safety Operations NSW Department of Primary Industries 516 High Street, Maitland NSW 2320 PO Box 344 Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310 Phone (02) 4931 6666 Fax (02) 4931 6790 Website www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/safety FIRST PUBLISHED MARCH 2003 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to thank the Coal Safety Advisory Committee, Metalliferous Safety Advisory Committee and Extractive Industries Safety Advisory Committee for their most welcome support of this publication. 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 Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000, 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. The information in this document is provided voluntarily and for information purposes only. The New South Wales Government does not guarantee that the information is complete, current or correct and accepts no responsibility for unsuitable or inaccurate material that may be encountered. Unless otherwise stated, the authorised version of all reports, guides, data and other information should be sourced from official printed versions of the agency directly. Neither the Department of Primary Industries, the New South Wales Government, nor any employee or agent of the Department, nor any author of or contributor to this document produced by the Department shall be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, personal injury or death howsoever caused. Users should always verify historical material by making and relying upon their own separate inquiries prior to making any important decisions or taking any action on the basis of this information. © Copyright NSW Department of Primary Industries This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the NSW Government. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be sent to the Director, Mine Safety Operations, NSW Department of Primary Industries. Guideline For Safe Cutting And Welding At Mines FOREWORD This Guideline for Safe Cutting and Welding at Mines has been compiled to assist Owners, Operators, Managers and the NSW Department of Primary Industries Mine Safety Operations, to develop, implement and audit management systems for the safe cutting and welding operation in mines. The NSW Department of Primary Industries document MDG 25TR Technical Reference Material for Safe Cutting and Welding at Mines provides technical reference material for the Guideline. This is an Applied Guideline under Coal legislation. The clause of the Coal Mines Regulations relating to MDG 25 Guideline for