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NSW coal surface mine safety incidents on the rise

COAL sector incident notifications to the New South Wales Resources Regulator soared to 396 in the December quarter of the 2022-23 financial year with notifications from open cut coal mines increasing.

The regulator said surface mine operators needed to ensure their risk management controls covered the effectiveness of controls for managing fire or explosion hazards.

The regulator said surface mine operators needed to ensure their risk management controls covered the effectiveness of controls for managing fire or explosion hazards.

Coal surface mine notifications for the quarter came to 174 compared to 123 for the December quarter of the FY22. The notifications from underground coal operations actually fell from 235 in Q2 FY22 to...

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