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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Some of the publications listed below may refer to legislation that has been repealed.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.

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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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