Asset tracking and statutory compliance for NSW mining
Keep pre-starts, statutory inspections and AS 1418 certificates defensible against each registered asset, ready for the NSW Resources Regulator. Built for Hunter coal and metalliferous sites.
MapTrack helps New South Wales mining operators meet their obligations under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013, regulated by the NSW Resources Regulator. It keeps statutory inspections, plant pre-starts and AS 1418 lifting certificates tied to each registered asset with timestamped, defensible evidence.
NSW compliance
The compliance landscape for NSW mining
Mine safety in New South Wales sits under a different Act from general workplaces. While the WHS Act 2011 (NSW) provides the overarching framework, mines and petroleum sites are governed by the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 (NSW) and its Regulation, which add mining-specific duties on top of the harmonised model. The regulator is the NSW Resources Regulator, not SafeWork NSW. The Resources Regulator covers open-cut and underground mines, quarries and extractive operations, and exploration activity.
NSW has both a large coal sector, concentrated in the Hunter Valley and the Western and Southern coalfields, and a significant metalliferous sector. Both carry statutory inspection regimes for plant and safety-critical equipment. The mine operator must run safety management systems and principal hazard management plans, and the evidence that those controls are working has to be producible. In practice that means inspection records, pre-starts and certifications that are attributable to the specific machine and defensible when the Resources Regulator asks.
Heavy mobile plant on a NSW mine wears out on hours and runtime, not on the calendar, so servicing and statutory inspections need to track real usage. Missing a statutory inspection or running plant past a design registration date is exactly the kind of finding that the Resources Regulator pursues, and exactly the kind of evidence gap a paper register creates.
- Primary mine legislation
- Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 (NSW) + Regulation
- General WHS framework
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Regulator
- NSW Resources Regulator
- Sectors
- Coal (Hunter, Western, Southern) and metalliferous
Standards
Standards and inspections on a NSW mine
Statutory inspections under the mines legislation, combined with the technical standards below, set the evidence baseline. MapTrack keeps the inspection date, the certificate and the engine hours on each registered asset.
- AS 1418
Cranes, hoists and winches: design and rating. Lifting equipment on a mine carries statutory inspection and certification that must attach to the specific asset.
- AS 2550
Safe use of cranes and lifting equipment. Inspection dates, SWL and certificates belong on the crane or drill rig, not in a workshop drawer.
- Statutory inspections
The WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation requires inspection regimes for plant and safety-critical equipment, with records that are defensible to the Resources Regulator.
- Pressure equipment (AS 3788)
In-service inspection of pressure equipment. Vessels and receivers on site carry recurring inspection obligations tied to the asset.
The problem
What slows NSW mining teams down
These are the recurring problems we hear from maintenance and compliance leads across Hunter Valley coal operations and metalliferous sites.
Statutory inspections are hard to prove after the fact
When the Resources Regulator asks for the inspection history of a specific machine, a paper register cannot show timestamps, photos and the responsible person against that exact asset.
Plant servicing runs on guesswork, not hours
Haul trucks, loaders and drills need servicing on engine hours and runtime. Calendar reminders miss the real wear, leading to unplanned breakdowns that halt production.
Shutdowns break paper pre-starts
Rotating contractor crews during a shutdown overwhelm paper-based pre-starts and SWMS sign-on. Records get lost and statutory evidence is incomplete when it matters.
Lifting and pressure certifications drift
AS 1418 lifting inspections and pressure-vessel certifications sit in spreadsheets that do not attach evidence or trigger alerts, so a lapse goes unnoticed until an audit.
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The fix
How MapTrack works for NSW mining
MapTrack ties every statutory inspection, pre-start and certification to the registered asset, with meter data from OEM and telematics platforms driving service when plant actually needs it.
Defensible statutory inspections
Inspections and pre-starts attach to the asset with timestamp, photos and operator identity, so statutory evidence stays defensible when the NSW Resources Regulator asks.
Meter-based maintenance
Engine hours and runtime from OEM and telematics feeds (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi and others) drive work orders, so haul trucks and loaders are serviced on real usage.
AS 1418 lifting and pressure certs
Lifting inspections and pressure-equipment certifications live on each crane, drill rig and vessel, with alerts before a statutory inspection lapses.
Shutdown-ready mobile
Contractor crews scan the asset QR and complete pre-starts in the field, even with no signal, so shutdown evidence stays complete and attributable.
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