Guidelines provide more information on the requirements of legislation and detail good practice. Although some guidance material was prepared by previous departments and divisions, the content is still valid.

• Dealing with bullying at work - guideline
• Development of an operating manual for tailings storage - guideline
• Diesel transport, storage and refuelling underground - guideline
• Effective safety and health supervision in Western Australian mining operations - guideline
• Emergency preparedness for underground fires in metaliferrous mines - guideline
• Fitness for mine rescue personnel - guideline
• Foam fire suppression systems on mine vehicles - guideline
• Geotechnical considerations in open pit mines - guideline
• Geotechnical considerations in underground mines - guideline
• Ground control management in Western Australian mining operations - guideline
• Health surveillance guidance – Lead (inorganic)
• Isolation of hazardous energies associated with plant in Western Australian mining operations
• Management and prevention of heat stress - guideline
• Management of diesel emissions in Western Australian mining operations - guideline
• Management of fibrous minerals in Western Australian mining operations - guideline
• Management of noise in Western Australian mining operations - guideline
• Managing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) - guideline
• Open pit mining through underground workings - guideline
• Personnel access to heavy mining machinery - guideline
• Prevention of fires in underground mines - guideline
• Purchase, operation and maintenance of underground diesel engined mining equipment - guideline
• Railway vehicle drivers (loco drivers) medical fitness - guideline
• Refuge chambers in underground mines - guideline
• Safety bund walls around abandoned open pit mines - guideline
• Safety management of underground combustible sulphide dust - guideline
• Tyre safety for earth-moving machinery on Western Australia mining operations – guideline
• Underground barring down and scaling - guideline
• Underground ventilation (metalliferrous mines) - guideline
• Vertical opening safety practice in underground mines - guideline
• Working at height in underground mines - guideline