Any of the following that occurs at a mining operation:
Fire, ignition, explosion, or smoke
(1)
any outbreak of fire underground involving open flame:
(2)
the ignition underground of any gas or dust:
(3)
any accident where mine workers are required to evacuate a part or the whole of the underground parts of an underground mining operation or tunnelling operation because of smoke:
(4)
the outbreak of any fire on the surface that endangers mine workers on the surface or in the underground parts of the mining operation:
(5)
any fire on plant, including mobile plant, or in a building associated with mining or tunnelling activities:
(6)
in relation to a coal mining operation, the detection of any spontaneous combustion:
Ventilation and gas
(7)
any accident where mine workers are required to evacuate a part or the whole of the underground parts of a mining operation or tunnelling operation because of methane or any other gas:
(8)
any unplanned stoppage of the main fan in excess of 30 minutes:
(9)
any unplanned accumulation of methane or other gas requiring formal degassing operations:
(10)
the loss of consciousness of any mine worker, including as a result of asphyxia:
Outburst, inundation, or inrush
(11)
any violent outburst of coal, gas, or solid matter:
(12)
any windblast event capable of injuring or causing the death of any mine worker or damaging seals or stoppings:
(13)
any inundation or inrush of water or material that flows when wet:
(14)
any structural failure of a tip, pond, or dam resulting in unintended movement or release of material or fluids:
(15)
unintended holing into old workings in an underground mining operation or tunnelling operation:
Ground, geotechnical, and other structural failures
(16)
any failure of ground control that prevents persons from passing through the area or otherwise exposes them to danger:
(17)
any ground movement of a surface slope, face, bench, or haul road that has the potential to cause injury or death:
(18)
any movement of a surface slope or face that adversely affects any building, footpath, waterway, public utility, or other area of public access:
(19)
in relation to the surface of a mining operation, the structural failure of any gantry, storage bunker, tower, or other elevated structure:
Emergency, escape, and rescue
(20)
any initiation of the mine emergency plan other than during a planned exercise:
(21)
use of emergency escape equipment, including self-contained self-rescuers or other breathing apparatus, except during training:
(22)
failure in use or training of any emergency escape equipment or mines rescue breathing apparatus:
(23)
any emergency evacuation of a part or the whole of a mining operation:
(24)
the unplanned unavailability of 1 or more of the emergency escapeways from an underground mining operation or tunnelling operation:
(25)
any occasion when a mine worker or mine workers are trapped or unable to leave their place of work in a mining operation:
Vehicles and plant
(26)
any collision of mobile plant with other plant, including mobile plant, with a potential to cause serious injury:
(27)
any overturning of mobile plant, regardless of which part of the mobile plant is against the ground when it comes to rest:
(28)
any unintended movement or brake failure of mobile plant that could have caused serious injury:
(29)
any occasion on which mobile plant breaches a safety berm or windrow:
(30)
a failure of any part of a powered shaft winding system causing danger:
(31)
the sinking of any waterborne craft:
Shot-firing
(32)
any misfiring of a round of shots on a face:
(33)
any unplanned or premature ignition of a shot:
(34)
any accident where a person suffers injury or dies as a result of shot-firing:
(35)
any accident where material is projected beyond the declared danger zone or otherwise exposes any person to danger during blasting operations:
Electricity
(36)
unintended contact of any mobile plant with conductors, whether overhead or underground:
(37)
any occurrence of electrical arcing or electric shock:
(38)
any automatic isolation of electricity or shutdown of mobile plant under regulation 201:
Fatality