. If you are an employer with employees that work in or about a coal mine you will need to take out a policy with Coal Mines Insurance that covers those employees. If the company is exempt from supplying the CMI policy, they must upload the confirmation of exemption letter which is received from Coal Services together with the companies current policy. “Work in or about coal mine” definition: Work undertaken at any pit or other place where coal mining is carried on or which is being developed for coal mining to be carried on, including any place located at or in the vicinity of the mine, where material extracted from the coal mine is processed. This will include situations where: - Companies with employees that work in or about a coal mine for only part of a year.
- Companies with employees that work some of the time in or about a coal mine and elsewhere for the rest of the time
- Companies with some employees that only work in or about a coal mine and some employees that never work in or about a coal mine
- Companies providing services ancillary to coal mining, for example, fuel deliveries, equipment deliveries, mining equipment maintenance and repairs, construction
- Companies providing services not directly related to coal mining, for example, the servicing of office equipment, general deliveries, administration or consulting in an office environment.
Additional Criteria: - Sole trader with employee(s) require a CMI policy for their employee(s) only and Personal Injury/Accident/Incident Insurance for themselves.
- Cross border arrangement still apply. Although if the company’s employees are working for more than 6 months in NSW a CMI policy is required.
- For more information on the cross border arrangements please visit the State Insurance Regulatory Authority’s website: sira.nsw.gov.au
Must be current |