Damien PCP Flashcards
Health control plan
WHS (MPS) Regs 2022 Schedule 2 (1)
A health control plan for a mine site must address the following—
a) the control measures for eliminating or minimising the exposure of workers to
i. dust,
ii. noise,
iii. hazardous substances,
iv. contaminants, airborne or otherwise,
v. ultraviolet and ionising radiation,
vi. vibration,
b) the control measures to ensure persons working at the mine site are fit to carry out the work without causing a risk to their own or others’ safety, including control measures for minimising the risk that a worker will be impaired by—
i. fatigue, or
ii. extremes of temperature, or
iii. moisture content of air, or
iv. intoxication by alcohol or drugs,
c) the monitoring of the existence of the health hazards associated with mining operations at the mine site and the exposure of workers to the hazards,
d) the arrangements for monitoring the health of workers at the mine site required under the WHS Regulations, Part 4,
e) the management of health records, including first aid records, of workers at the mine site.
Explosives control plan
WHS (MPS) Regs 2022 Schedule 2 (4)
1) An explosives control plan must set out the control measures for risks to
a) the potential for unintended or uncontrolled detonation of explosives,
b) the characteristics of relevant explosives
c) the characteristics of the places in which the explosives may be used,
d) the full set of phases for the use of relevant explosives such as the charging and firing phases,
e) the potential for explosives to deteriorate,
f) the potential for the theft or misuse of explosives,
g) the potential for the ejection of fly rock or other material as a result of the detonation of an explosive.
2) An explosives control plan must also set out the following—
a) the procedures for inspecting, reporting, isolating and disposing of deteriorated or damaged explosives,
b) the procedures for finding, recovering and disposal of explosives that misfire,
c) the inspection, testing, reporting and maintenance procedures in relation to the equipment used at the mine site for manufacturing, storing, transporting and delivering explosives,
d) the procedures and equipment used in storing and transporting explosives at the mine site,
e) the procedures used for the accounting of explosives at the mine site,
f) the arrangements for the keeping of a register identifying persons who are licensed under the Explosives Act 2003 to transport, use, store or handle explosives at the mine site,
g) the procedures for ensuring a person transporting, using, storing or handling explosives at the mine site has a licence necessary under the Explosives Act 2003,
h) the procedures in relation to consultation and co-operation to ensure the transportation, use, storage or handling of explosives at the mine site is conducted safely and in accordance with conditions attached to the licence under which the transportation, use, storage or handling takes place.
3) In this section—
explosives includes explosive precursors.
