Mine Safety

NSW Mining Design Guidelines

The department produces a range of Mining Design Guidelines for the mining industry.

Copies of Mining Design Guidelines can be purchased from I&I NSW. To order a copy contact the Information and Customer Service Counter. Publications listed below are available for free download.

References to legislation

Some of the publications listed below may refer to legislation that has been repealed. Please refer to the Legislation section of the Mine Safety website for information about current in force occupational health and safety legislation applying to mines in NSW.

Title	Details
Mining Design Guidelines Index - MDG 3011	99.9 kb
MDG 1 Guideline for Free-steered Vehicles	2.4 mb
MDG 3 Design Guideline for Auxiliary Fans	339.0 kb
MDG 4 Design Guidelines for Manually Operated Conveyor Belts Tensioning Mechanism for Use in Coal Mines	142.6 kb
MDG 7 Design Guidelines for the Construction of Fixed Bulk Distillate Installations Underground in Coal Mines	278.8 kb
MDG 9 Design Guidelines for the Construction of Electric Powered Shuttle Cars for Use in Coal Mines	131.5 kb
MDG 10 Design Guidelines for Hydraulic Load Locking Valves for Use in Coal Mines	182.3 kb
MDG 12 Design guidelines for the construction of friction winders	916.8 kb
MDG 15 - Guideline for Mobile and Transportable Euipment for Use in Mines	468.0 kb
Draft MDG 15 Amendments No 2	128.6 kb
MDG 17 Mechanical Design Guideline for the Construction of Continuous Miners	545.4 kb
MDG 18 - Code for Air Compressors (underground use)	930.5 kb
MDG 25 - Guideline for Safe Cutting and Welding at Mines	395.5 kb
MDG 26 Guidelines for examination testing and discard of mine winder ropes for use in coal mines	1.5 mb
Draft MDG 28 - Safety Requirements - Reclaim tunnels and Coal Stock Piles (under development)	431.1 kb
MDG 29 Guideline for the management of diesel engine pollutants in underground environments	425.9 kb
MDG 30 - Mechanical Compendium - Notices to Mines and Manufacturers	3.7 mb
MDG 31 Design guidelines for the construction of feeder breakers	154.5 kb
MDG 33 Guideline for Design, Commissioning and Maintenance of Drum Winders - part 1 of 2	2.7 mb
MDG 33 Guideline for Design, Commissioning and Maintenance of Drum Winders - part 2 of 2	2.9 mb
MDG 35.1 Guideline for bolting and drilling plant in mines - Part 1 Bolting plant for strata support in inderground coal mines	930.5 kb
Draft for comment MDG 35.2 Guideline for bolting and drilling plant in mines - Part 2 Portable hand-held bolters in underground coal mines	359.2 kb
MDG 36 - Design Guidelines for Construction of Fuel Containers in Underground Coal Mines	558.1 kb
MDG 39 Handbook for approval assessment of transport braking systems on free-steered vehicles in underground coal mines	204.1 kb
MDG 39 Amendments No 1 - Handbook for Approval Assessment of Transport Braking Systems on Free-steered Vehicles in Underground Coal Mines	81.0 kb
MDG 40 Guideline for Hazardous Energy Control (Isolation or Treatment)	185.2 kb
Draft MDG 41 Guideline for Fluid Power System Safety at Mines Part 1 of 2	1.9 mb
Draft MDG 41 Guideline for Fluid Power System Safety at Mines Part 2 of 2	1.9 mb
MDG 1003 Windblast Guideline	176.8 kb
MDG 1004 Outburst mining guideline	109.7 kb
MDG 1005 Manual on pillar extraction in NSW underground coal mines part 1 of 2	2.2 mb
MDG 1005 Manual on pillar extraction in NSW underground coal mines part 2 of 2	1.3 mb
MDG 1006 Spontaneous Combustion Management Code	1.0 mb
MDG 1010 Risk Management Handbook	1.4 mb
MDG 1014 Guideline to reviewing a risk assessment of mine equipment and operations	127.8 kb
MDG-016 Guideline for the management of acute workplace injury and illness	7.2 mb
MDG 1017 Roof support guidelines for massive strata conditions	1.6 mb
MDG 1020 Guideline for Underground Emergency Escape Systems and the Provision of Self Rescuers	380.4 kb
MDG 1024 Guideline for Inrush Hazard Management	195.6 kb
MDG 1029 Guidelines for Agency Coordination During Body Recovery at NSW Mines	1.1 mb
MDG 1030 Guideline for Raiseboring Operations + Technical Reference	294.6 kb
MDG 1031 - Guideline for Managing Risk of Airblast in Underground Mine	369.7 kb
MDG 2005 Electrical technical reference for the approval of power winding systems	207.6 kb
MDG 3006 MTR 5 Guideline for coal dust explosion prevention and suppression	396.8 kb
Draft MDG 3006 MTR 8 - Testing of non-metallic materials for use in underground coal mines	446.9 kb
Draft MDG 3006 MTR 9 Draft Escape Breathing Apparatus for Underground Coal Mining Applications	424.7 kb
MDG 5001 Guidelines for the design of remote controlled mining equipment	122.1 kb
MDG 5002 (coal, 1998) - Guidelines for the use of remote-controlled mining equipment	2.2 mb
MDG 5002 (metalliferous, 2006) - part 1 of 3 Guideline for Use of Remote-Controlled Mining Equipment underground metalliferous mines	259.9 kb
MDG 5002 (metalliferous, 2006) - part 2 of 3 Guideline for Use of Remote-Controlled Mining Equipment underground metalliferous mines	1.1 mb
MDG 5002 (metalliferous, 2006) - part 3 of 3 Guideline for Use of Remote-Controlled Mining Equipment underground metalliferous mines	825.3 kb
MDG 5003 Guidelines for contractor OHS management for NSW mines - part 1 of 2	2.2 mb
MDG 5003 Guidelines for contractor OHS management for NSW mines - part 2 of 2	1.6 mb
MDG 5004 A study of the risky positioning behaviour of operators of remote control mining equipment	237.8 kb
Draft MDG 6001 Guideline for the Permanent Filling and Capping of Surface Entries to Coal Seams	125.5 kb
MDG 1032 - Guideline for the prevention, early detection and suppression of fires in coal mines	490.0 kb

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