Standard Operating Procedures
These Standard Operating Procedures and associated training and audit documents are grouped by subject matter and code.
| Number | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 001-100 | ||
| 010 | Isolation | Positive and effective isolation to minimise the risk of uncontrolled movement of equipment or release of energy. |
| 030 | Vehicle Movement | Safe operation of vehicles and mobile equipment on mine sites. |
| 032 | Specification for Roads | |
| 040 | Tyre and Rim Safety | To prevent injury as a result of working with or otherwise near wheels and rims of earth moving machinery |
| 050 | Access and Egress | Ensure a safe means for a person to gain access to and from equipment and any part of the equipment that is routinely visited. |
| 070 | Lifting | To inform persons of the relevant standards and correct methods for the safe lifting of any loads by mechanical devices. |
| 082 | Live Testing | Recommended safety requirements for employees and contractors, who work on, near or in the vicinity of high voltage (HV) energy systems or equipment. |
| 088 | Access to LV | |
| 092 | Electrical Safety Equipment | |
| 094 | Electrical First Aid | |
| 100 | Work Area Inspection | Identify hazards associated with the workplace and control access to areas where hazards exist. |
| 101 - 200 | ||
| 120 | Equipment Service | To ensure that a system is in place to ensure that various hazards and risks associated with servicing, maintenance and assembly are highlighted enabling the tasks to be done in a safe manner. |
| 140 | Brake Testing | To ensure that a system is in place to ensure that various hazards and risks associated with brake testing are highlighted enabling the tasks to be performed in a safe manner. |
| 160 | Training | Guidelines on the training and assessment of coal mine workers at BMA sites. |
| 190 | Fire Management | Action to be taken when fire is discovered at the mine. |
| 201+ | ||
| 202 | Personal Protective Equipment | Guidance on the correct selection, use, maintenance and disposal of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) along with a monitoring program that ensures the PPE's effectiveness. |
| 204 | Workplace Amenities and Hygiene | Outlines the requirements to provide and maintain hygienic and adequate amenities and work areas, eating and drinking facilities and the atmosphere within those facilities. |
| 210 | Solar Radiation and Heat Stress | Minimise exposure to UV radiation and to have provisions in place to eliminate heat stress, and to provide for safety to persons from other forms of electromagnetic radiation. |
| 220 | Radiation | Protect persons from undue exposure to ionising radiation. |
| 230 | Manual Handling | Minimise the risk of injury to persons carrying out manual handling activities. |
| 240 | Abrasive Blast Spray Paint | Ensure that a system is in place to provide guidance to persons for safe and effective methods for the various metal surface preparation and spray application tasks that may be conducted. |
| 250 | Hazardous Materials | Ensure that persons and the environment are not exposed to hazardous substances to such an extent as to cause unacceptable risk. |
| 260 | Explosives | Provide for a safe and standardised method of handling, storing and using explosives and explosive ingredients on BMA mine sites and other activities where explosives are used. |
| 280 | Stockpiles | Specify the standard operating procedure for the safety of a person involved with coal and reject material storage and handling facilities on a minesite. |
| 290 | Hazardous Work | Ensure that a system is in place to provide guidance for hazardous work outside and inside confined spaces and is intended to protect persons from injury or illness and to protect materials, equipment and facilities from damage. |
| 304 | Water | Ensure that a system is in place to provide guidance for the safety of persons when they are required to work in and around water, or become exposed to a water hazard. |
| 306 | Heights | Establish safe working practices for overhead work and when working at heights/depths by the establishment of rules and guidelines including the use and wearing of suitable safety equipment; Limit access to areas where overhead work and work at heights around wells and pits is in progress and to establish the criteria for entry into the restricted area. |