80. What are the 6 mandatory PHMPs? s149 - ANS-· Emergency response
· Gas management
· Methane drainage
· Mine ventilation
· Spontaneous combustion
· Strata control
81. What is the flash point value where an SOP is required for dealing with flammable
substances underground? s151 - ANS-· Must have an SOP for using, storing, handling
and disposing of flammable substances with a flash point of less than 61⁰C
82. What is the limit to the external surface temperature of equipment used
underground? s152 - ANS-· 150 degrees Celsius
83. When may a person give a technical direction about a safety and health matter to a
person appointed to be responsible for the control and management of underground
activities when the manager is not in attendance at the mine? s153 - ANS-· If they have
the necessary technical competency and are authorised by the mine manager to give
the direction
84. What type of material must a building be constructed of if it is located at a surface
intake opening, or in the underground
mine? s154 - ANS-· Nonflammable material
85. What are 5 matters the appointed fire officer is responsible for? s155 - ANS-FIRE
OFFICER
ITM/REC/TNA/ProC/COMM
· Inspecting testing and maintaining fire equipment
· Keeping records of inspections testing and maintenance
· Establishing training needs and ensure training is done
· Ensure plans and procedures are current
· Testing and reporting of the mines communication system
86. What are the requirements for emergency sealing and entry airlocks of an
underground mine? s156 - ANS-NoPers/AL70Kpa/SafeInert/GasMon/LgMP(AL)
,· Must be capable of being sealed at the surface without people passing in front of the
entrance
· At least one entrance must have an air lock capable of withstanding a pressure pulse
of 70kpa whilst open
· Safe position for intertisation equipment
· Monitoring of the atmosphere behind the seal from a safe position
· Allow large mobile equipment to access the mine through an airlock
87. What facilities must be included in at least one of seals at a mine which has been
sealed? s156 - ANS-o Mine entry airlock
88. How often must the operation of each airlock installed for an entrance at the mine
be tested, other than pressure tested?
s157 - ANS-· At least once per year
89. What facilities at the mine, associated with inertisation, must be tested at
appropriate intervals? s157R - ANS-· Each Airlock at the mine at least once a year
90. What details must be recorded about temporary use of a self-rescuer or cap lamps
at a mine? s158, 166 - ANS-· Name of person using it
· Date and time self-rescuer or cap lamp was taken
· Unique identification of the self-rescuer or cap lamp
91. What training about self rescuers is required for persons, other than mines rescue
persons, before the persons enter the
mine? s158R - ANS-· Training persons in donning, changing over and using
self-rescuers, including self-rescuers stored in caches in the mine, before the persons
enter the mine
92. Under what circumstances may a person enter below ground at an underground
mine without a self-rescuer? s159R - ANS-· Mines rescue persons carrying out a mines
rescue activity
94. List 5 requirements for all persons entering underground in relation to self-rescuers?
s159 - ANS-ISSUED/TRAINED/CHECKX2/CAPABLE
· Must be issued with and carrying a self-rescuer
· Must be trained in donning and changing over from caches
· Must perform required checks
· Must examine rescuer for external damage
· Must be physically capable of using the rescuer
, 95. List 3 requirements for all persons entering below ground in relation to cap lamps?
s165 - ANS-· Must be issued with and carrying a cap lamp
· Trained in using the cap lamp
· Must examine the cap lamp for external damage
96. What considerations must be made in the risk assessment or SHMS for
self-escape? s168 - ANS-RA-Self-Escape:
Location SED
Number devices
N+L COS
S+M Reserve
S+M Escape routes
Comms, Training, Fitness
· Location of self-escape devices
· Number of devices including self-rescuers to be distributed through the mine
· Number and location of change over stations or refuges
· Selecting and marking the location for reserve self-rescuers
· Selecting and marking escape routes
· Communication equipment and ways of using the equipment
· Training persons in self-escape
· Fitness of coal mine workers
97. List 3 matters that must be provided in the SHMS for emergency evacuation? s171
· - ANS-POS/TARP/EEx
Designated places of safety to assemble
· Trigger points for evacuating the mine or part of it
· Periodic exercises to test the system
98. What must be tested by the emergency exercises conducted as part of a mines
SHMS? s171 - ANS-· The effectiveness of the emergency evacuation system to
respond to potential emergencies at the mine
99. When must the emergency response strategies for mines rescue be capable of
implementation? s172 - ANS-· Whenever a person is below ground at the mine
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