Guidance
This page provides access to health and safety guidance and other information for people working in the mining industry and others who have an interest in mine safety.
New guidance resulting from the introduction of the Mines Regulations 2014 (MR14)
- Mines Regulations (L149)
- Electrical safety in mines (HSG278)
Existing guidance
Some of these documents are under review because they contain references to legislation that has been replaced by the Mines Regulations 2014, however they remain an important source of information and guidance and should be referred to as appropriate.
Safety alerts
- Safety alert: Preventing inrushes at underground mines
- Awdurdod gweithredol iechyd a diogelwch - Rhybudd diogelwch
Fire and explosion
- The prevention and control of fire and explosion in mines
- The prevention and control of fire and explosion at mines used for storage and other purposes
- HSE Approved specifications for fire resistance and hygiene of hydraulic fluids for use in machinery and equipment in mines
- Ventilation of blind ends
- Flammable dust explosion
- Guidance on barriers - bagged stonedust barriers and others
- Pitworthiness considerations for manufacturers of ignition protected electrical equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in UK mines
- Guidance on the repair and overhaul of apparatus intended for use in coal mines susceptible to firedamp
- Fire safety testing of conveyor belts - Contract Research Report 407/2002
- The storage of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate (ANBI) in an underground mine
Ground control
- Guidance on the use of rockbolts to support roadways in coal mines (Mines01)
- Guidance on the use of cablebolts to support roadways in coal mines (Mines02)
- Guidance on the support of salvage faces in coal mines (Mines03)
- Supplementary guidance on the use of flexible bolts in reinforcement systems for coal mines (Mines04)
- Guidance on the design, installation and use of free-standing support systems (including powered supports) in coal mines
- Coal mine roadway support system handbook
- Safety at the face of large headings
- The design and construction of water impounding plugs in working mines
Power systems
Transport
- Fuel oil approval number 9
- Guidance on the selection, installation, maintenance and use of steel wire haulage ropes at mines
- Rail track and associated equipment for use underground in mines: Guidance on selection, installation and maintenance (Mines06) (Previously Web06)
- Manriding Conveyor
- Manriding Conveyor 2
- Bunkers and Mineral Clearance Boreholes
- Safety of Loads on Transport Systems
- Fatal Nip-Points on Conveyors
- Serious Accident At A Conveyor Idler
- Idler roller nip hazards on heavy duty belt conveyors
- Underground locomotive haulage
- The safety of free steered vehicle operations below ground in British coal mines - Topic Report
Occupational health
- Controlling and monitoring exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in non-coal mines
- Controlling and monitoring exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in coal mines
- Effective temperature chart
- Approval of MSA Escort Elf pump for personal dust sampling
Shafts and winding
- Guidance on the selection, installation, maintenance and use of steel wire ropes in vertical mine shafts
- Report standards which are relevant to the selection and use of electrical switches for safety related controls in mine shaft winding systems
- Safe manriding in mines: First Report of the National Committee for Safety of Manriding in shafts and Unwalkable Outlets
- Safe manriding in mines: Second Report of the National Committee for Safety of Manriding in Shafts and Unwalkable Outlets Parts 2A and 2B
- Safe manriding in mines: Supplement and Corrigendum to the First and Second Reports of the National Committee for Safety of Manriding in shafts and Unwalkable Outlets
Escape and rescue
General
- Electrical earthing in coal mines
- Guidance on the design and construction of safety critical electrical systems at mines - Deep Mined Coal Industry Advisory Committee
Industry advisory committees
- Mining Industry Committee (MIC) - formerly the Deep Mined Coal Industry Advisory Committee (DMCIAC)
- Mining Qualifications Board (MQB)
- SHMRAB Research Reviews