Notification and reporting obligations exist in relation to particular incidents that occur at mines and quarries in Queensland. These obligations relate to deaths, serious accidents, high-potential incidents (HPIs) and disease. Notification and reporting obligations exist in relation to inspectors, industry safety and health representatives (ISHRs) and district worker representatives (DWRs). Additional obligations exist under the Explosives Act 1999 for reporting explosive incidents.
This guidance document (PDF, 510KB) provides an overview of current notification requirements under the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (CMSHA) and the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (MQSHA). For more information, contact:
The tables below provide an overview of the current reporting requirements for HPIs, serious accidents, deaths and reportable disease under the CMSHA and MQSHA.
| Incident/event | New reporting requirements for coal mines under CMSHA |
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High-potential incident
| Notification - site senior executives (SSE) must orally notify ISHR as soon as possible with required information in notice form to extent known – s. 198(2)
- SSE must notify inspector in the approved form (PDF, 615KB) as soon as practicable – s. 198(3)(a)
- SSE must notify ISHR by notice as soon as practicable – s. 198(3)(b)
- if required information is not known at time report is made, SSE must take all reasonable steps to find out the required information as soon as possible and give it to the inspector and ISHR – s. 198(6).
Report - SSE must investigate and prepare a report – s. 201
- for all HPIs prescribed in Schedule 2, Part 2, SSE must provide the report to an inspector – s. 201.
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Serious accident
| Notification - SSE must orally notify inspector as soon as possible with required information on approved form to extent known – s. 198(1)(a)
- SSE must notify inspector as soon as practicable in approved form (PDF, 615KB) – s. 198(3)(a)
- SSE must orally notify ISHR as soon as possible with required information in notice form to extent known – s. 198(1)(b)
- SSE must notify ISHR as soon as practicable by notice – s. 198(3)(b)
- if required information is not known at time report is made, SSE must take all reasonable steps to find out the required information as soon as possible and give it to the inspector/ISHR – s. 198(6).
Report - SSE must investigate and prepare a report – s. 201
- SSE must provide the report to an inspector – s. 201.
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Death
| - SSE must orally notify inspector as soon as possible with required information on approved form to extent known – s. 198(1)(a)
- SSE must notify inspector as soon as practicable in approved form (PDF, 615KB) – s. 198(3)(a)
- SSE must orally notify ISHR as soon as possible with required information in notice form to extent known – s. 198(1)(b)
- SSE must notify ISHR by notice as soon as practicable – s. 198(3)(b)
- if required information is not known at time report is made, SSE must take all reasonable steps to find out the required information as soon as possible and give it to the inspector/ISHR – s. 198(6).
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Reportable disease
| - SSE must notify an inspector about a reportable disease by notice in the approved form (PDF, 534KB) as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 198AA(1)
- SSE must notify an ISHR about a reportable disease by notice as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 198AA(1)
- prescribed person must notify chief executive about a reportable disease by notice in the approved form as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 198AA(2).
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| Incident/event | New reporting requirements for mines and quarries under MQSHA |
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High-potential incident
| Notification - SSE must notify an inspector as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2)
- SSE must notify a DWR as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2).
Report - SSE must investigate the incident and prepare a report – s. 198
- SSE must provide the report to an inspector within the period required by the inspector – s. 198(1)(c)(ii).
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Serious accident
| Notification - SSE must orally notify an inspector as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident with the required information in approved form – s. 195(1)(a)
- SSE must orally notify a DWR as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident with required information in the approved form – s. 195(1)(b)
- if SSE does not know required information at time they must take all reasonable steps to find out the information and provide it to an inspector and DWR as soon as possible – s. 195(4)
- SSE must notify an inspector as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2)
- SSE must notify a DWR as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2).
Report - SSE must investigate the incident and prepare a report – s. 198
- SSE must provide the report to an inspector within 30 days (or longer if permitted by CEO) – s. 198(1)(c)(i).
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Death
| Notification - SSE must orally notify an inspector as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident with the required information in approved form – s. 195(1)(a)
- SSE must orally notify a DWR as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident with required information in the approved form – s. 195(1)(b)
- if SSE does not know required information at time they must take all reasonable steps to find out the information and provide it to an inspector and DWR as soon as possible – s. 195(4)
- SSE must notify an inspector as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2)
- SSE must notify a DWR as soon as practicable after becoming aware of an incident in the approved form – s. 195(2).
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Reportable disease
| - SSE must notify an inspector about a reportable disease by notice in the approved form (PDF, 672KB) as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 195AA(1)
- SSE must notify DWR about a reportable disease by notice as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 195AA(1)
- prescribed person must notify chief executive about a reportable disease by notice in the approved form as soon as practicable after becoming aware – s. 198AA(2).
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To report a high-potential incident, complete the approved incident notification form (PDF, 615KB) and email it to the relevant addresses at the bottom of the form.
For information on notification requirements for metalliferous mines and quarries, read Safety and health reporting for mineral mines and quarries.
Find more information on reporting requirements for coal mines.
Immediate notifications
You must immediately notify an inspector of mines in the case of:
- an accident causing death
- a serious accident
- a high-potential incident.
Online incident forms
You must submit an incident form (PDF, 615KB) following your verbal notification and whenever an incident is confirmed as a disease or high-potential incident. You must also submit a monthly summary report at the end of each calendar month.
Note that some minor changes have been applied to the online incident forms – effective from 1 July 2019 – to improve reporting (e.g. some of the field names on the 'Incident Details' page have been amended to clarify data required).
The Queensland mining industry reporting manual (PDF, 1.4MB) has instructions to help you complete the online incident forms. The manual has been updated – effective from 1 July 2019 – to provide a better understanding of reporting requirements and an improved guide to completing the incident report and monthly summary forms.
Submit an incident report
Submit a monthly summary report
