NSW Resources Regulator publishes quarterly safety report for July to September 2025

Answer first: The NSW Resources Regulator has published its Quarterly Safety Report – July to September 2025, giving mining and extractive operators fresh data to review safety management systems and strengthen risk assessments. Headline figures include 596 incident notifications (an 18% rise on the previous three months) and 1,175 assessments completed (up 27%).

What the July to September 2025 report covers

The regulator releases quarterly data so site operators can benchmark their own hazard controls against sector-wide trends. This edition again highlights the hazards that dominate notifications received from operations across New South Wales.

“As a high-hazard regulator, we focus on compliance with legislative requirements associated with principal and other high-risk hazards. ‘Roads or other vehicle operating areas’, ‘fire or explosion’ and ‘air quality or dusts and other airborne contaminants’ are hazards that feature regularly in incident notifications to the Regulator,” the regulator states.

Key figures at a glance

• 596 incident notifications recorded — an 18% increase from the previous quarter and 1% higher than the same period last year.
• One fatality during the period, which was unrelated to work.
• 1,175 assessments carried out, up from 927 — a 27% lift in regulatory oversight.

Three hazard groups worth reviewing now

Notification data points consistently to the same high-risk exposures. Operators should test whether existing controls remain effective for:

• Roads and vehicle operating areas — traffic management plans, segregation, visibility and interaction rules.
• Fire or explosion — hot work permits, fuel and oil housekeeping, plant inspection routines.
• Air quality, dust and airborne contaminants — ventilation, monitoring, respiratory protection and health surveillance.

How operators can act on the findings

Use each release as a prompt to verify that documented controls match what happens on the ground. Practical steps include:

• Re-run task-based risk assessments for the highest-consequence activities on site using a digital JSA.
• Confirm supervisors, contractors and visitors understand vehicle interaction rules before mobilisation.
• Track corrective actions and improvement measures with a Quarterly Objective and Targets Report so evidence of compliance is easy to produce during an assessment.
• Schedule internal verification of critical controls, then close gaps before regulator attendance.

Rising assessment numbers signal closer scrutiny of site activities, so a maintained management system remains the most reliable path to demonstrating legal compliance. Digital tools and current templates make that evidence trail simpler to keep audit-ready — explore our safety software options or, for trans-Tasman teams, our New Zealand documentation range.

Compare with earlier and later editions

• Earlier NSW Resources Regulator quarterly summary
• October to December 2025 edition
• First quarter of 2026 edition

The full publication is available from the NSW Resources Regulator website.