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Document ID (ISN)19223
CIS number 73-655
ISSN - Serial title 0155-9370 - Queensland Government Gazette
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministry for Mines and Main Road, Brisbane, Australia
Title The Underground Coal Mines Electrical Rules of 1971
Bibliographic information 16 Oct. 1971, Vol.238, No.22, p.549-586.
Abstract Individual sections of these rules are devoted to: observance; general requirements and workmanship; appointment and duties of electricians; testing and reports; miscellaneous (fire buckets and extinguishers, apparatus containing flammable liquid, use of blow lamps, welding and vulcanising equipment, etc.); cables and conductors; control and protection; control equipment and devices; switchboards; earthing; high voltage installations; consuming devices; motor and portable machines; locomotives, charging stations, etc.; signalling; requirements in gassy mines or places; the use of high-voltage machinery at the coal face.
Descriptors (primary) Australia; Queensland; coal mining; underground work; electricity
Descriptors (secondary) occupational safety; mine gases; safety engineering; law; mining machines; electrical equipment; danger symbols; conductors
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceQueensland
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Electrical safety
Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Electricity
Mining and quarrying