MDG15 & AS4024 COMPLIANCE - PERTH & REGIONAL WA
STOP INCIDENTS
BEFORE THEY START.
MDG15 and AS4024 compliance services for mining mobile equipment and machinery across Western Australia — fire prevention, operator safety, maintenance safety, and full documentation to meet your regulatory obligations.
THE SERVICE
PREVENTETIVE COMPLIANCE.
NOT REACTIVE PAERWORK.
MDG15 and AS4024 aren't just regulatory checkbox exercises — they represent a fundamentally proactive approach to equipment safety. MDG15 forces you to take preventative action before incidents happen, not just react after the fact. Compliant equipment is designed and maintained to stop risks before they start.
MCIS provides MDG15 and AS4024 compliance services across Perth and all of WA — assessing your mining mobile equipment and machinery against both standards, identifying non-conformances, and helping you build the documented compliance framework your operation needs.
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MDG15 compliance for mining mobile equipment across WA
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AS4024 machinery safety standard assessments
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Fire prevention — minimising risk from hot surfaces and flammable fluids
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Operator safety — protection during operation and maintenance
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Maintenance safety — safe servicing processes and documented procedures
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Full compliance documentation and certification provided
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UNDERSTANDING MDG15 & AS4024
TWO STANDARDS. ONE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
MDG15 is the Mine Design Guideline specifically developed for mobile equipment used in the mining industry.
It addresses the unique hazards present in mining environments — particularly fire risk from hydraulic fluids, hot exhaust components, and the need for safe access during maintenance.
Where AS4024 sets broad machinery safety principles, MDG15 translates those into specific, practical requirements for the mining context — making it the primary compliance standard for mobile plant and equipment on WA mine sites.
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Specifically designed for mining mobile equipment
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Focuses on fire prevention, operator protection, and maintenance safety
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Requires thermal insulation, fire-resistant materials, and emergency systems
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Mandates safe access points and lock-out/tag-out capability
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Requires clear safety signage and documented procedures
AS4024 is the Australian and New Zealand standard for machinery safety across all industries.
It's a broad, layered framework ensuring that machines are designed, maintained, and operated to protect people and assets — covering everything from guarding and emergency stops through to ergonomics and noise.
While MDG15 is the mining-specific standard, AS4024 provides the underlying machinery safety principles that apply to fixed and mobile plant across your entire operation — making compliance with both standards a comprehensive safety foundation.
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Applies across all industries — fixed and mobile plant
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Covers machinery design, guarding, and safe operating principles
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Emergency stop systems, control reliability, and safe distances
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Ergonomic design and operator environment requirements
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Maintenance safety and isolation of hazardous energy
MDG15
MINING MOBILE EQUIPMENT SAFETY
AS4024
COMPREHENSIVE MACHINERY SAFETY STANDARDS
MDG15: PREVENTING FIRES BEFORE THEY START
Mining mobile equipment operates around hot exhaust components, high-pressure hydraulic systems, and flammable fluids - a combination that creates serious fire risk if equipment isn't properly designed and maintained. MDG15 compliance ensures your equipment features thermal insulation blankets around exhausts and hot components, fire-resistant hoses and wiring, emergency shutdown systems, fire suppression capability, safe maintenance access with lock-out/tag-out points, and clear hazard markings - all working together to eliminate ignition risk before an incident can occur.
KEY MDG15 COMPLIANCE FEATURES
THERMAL INSULATION & SHIELDS
Thermal blankets and heat shields fitted around exhausts and hot engine components — preventing ignition of hydraulic fluid, fuel, and other flammable materials in the event of a leak or spray.
FIRE RESISTAMT HOSES & WIRING
Hydraulic hoses and electrical wiring meeting fire-resistant material specifications — reducing the risk of fuel or fluid feeding a fire should a hose fail near a hot surface.
SAFE MAINTENENCE ACCESS & LOTO
Safe access points for maintenance activities designed and maintained to the standard — with lock-out/tag-out points clearly identified and accessible to prevent inadvertent energisation during servicing.
SAFETY SIGNAGE & HAZARD MARKING
Clear, compliant safety signage and hazard markings fitted and maintained across all equipment — ensuring operators and maintenance personnel are always aware of risks associated with specific components.
EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN & SUPPRESSION
Emergency shutdown systems and fire suppression equipment correctly specified, installed, and maintained — providing immediate response capability in the event of a fire or critical fault.
DOCUMENTED SAFETY PROCEDURES
Clearly documented safety procedures for operation and maintenance — a core MDG15 requirement that ensures all personnel working with the equipment understand the risks and the correct safe work processes.
WHAT COMPLIANT EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE
THE THREE PILLARS OF MDG15
WHAT THE STANDARD REQUIRES YOU TO ADDRESS
FIRE PREVENTION
Ensuring equipment is designed and maintained to minimise fire risk — particularly from hot exhaust surfaces, high-pressure hydraulic systems, and flammable fluids. This includes thermal protection, fire-resistant materials, and fire suppression systems.
OPERATOR SAFETY
Protecting operators from harm during normal operation and maintenance activities through design controls, procedural safeguards, ergonomic access, and clear communication of hazards. Operator safety is designed in — not added as an afterthought.
MAINTENENCE SAFETY
Creating safe processes for servicing equipment without exposing workers to unnecessary hazards — including safe isolation of energy sources, accessible maintenance points, and documented procedures that reflect the actual risks involved.
WHY MDG15 COMPLIANCE MATTERS NOW
WA mining regulators and principal contractors are increasingly scrutinising MDG15 compliance during site audits and equipment assessments.
Non-compliant equipment can be stood down immediately — creating unplanned operational disruption and significant costs far greater than the investment in bringing equipment to standard.
MCIS helps you get ahead of compliance obligations rather than scrambling to respond to a regulator's direction to improve.
Proactive compliance is always less expensive — and less stressful — than reactive remediation.
MDG15 and AS4024 compliance assessments can be coordinated alongside MCIS's full suite of onsite services — hydraulic and pneumatic tool inspections, test and tag, torque wrench calibration, lifting equipment inspections, and asset management — all in a single coordinated site visit.
One provider managing your complete compliance picture means consistent documentation, a single asset register, and less time coordinating between multiple service relationships.
