Which mining support service regulations apply to your business

Mining support service businesses provide drilling, test-drilling, well services, site preparation, pumping and draining on a fee or contract basis for mining and petroleum operators. The extraction licence and the operator's safety case stay with the field or site operator — they are not your obligations. Your regime is health-and-safety-led: the general workplace duties, COSHH and DSEAR controls for hazardous and flammable substances, RIDDOR reporting, and — at the worksite — compliance with the offshore safety-case regime (petroleum support) or the Mines and Quarries Regulations (mining support).

This guide gives you the picture before you start: which regimes apply, which regulators enforce them and where to go for the detail.

What you need to do

Work through the guides below in order. The spine covers your workplace duties and employing people; the worksite compliance guide covers the site-specific regimes that apply where you work (offshore installations, mines, quarries); and the checklist lets you confirm you have covered everything.

Your guides

• Set up and run a safe mining support service — the universal spine
• Meet your worksite compliance duties — the site-specific regimes
• Mining support service: compliance checklist — confirm you have covered everything