Jarah Corporate OCE Go Fish (Set 3)

Question 1

How can obligations be met if no regulation or recognised standard is made?
(Act s.38)

Answer 1

1. Choose an appropriate way to discharge the person’s safety & health obligation in relation to the risk.
2. Only if the person takes reasonable precautions and exercises due diligence to ensure the obligation is discharged.

Question 2

What are the obligations of a person generally?

Act s.39

Answer 2

1. To comply with the Act and the SHMS.
2. Pass on information related to safety & health.
3. To take any other reasonable and necessary course of action to ensure anyone is not exposed to an unacceptable level of risk.
4. To work in a way that does not expose themselves or others to an unacceptable level of risk.
5. That any work activities under their control do not expose themselves or others to an unacceptable level of risk.
6. Participant in risk management practices.
7. To comply with instructions given for Safety & Health.
8. To work at the coal mine only if the worker or person is in a fit condition to carry out the work without affecting the safety and health of others.
9. Not to wilfully or recklessly do anything that may adversely affect the safety & health of someone else at the mine.

Question 3

Which persons have obligations to ensure that the risk to workers at a mine is at an acceptable level?
(Act s.41 & s.42)

Answer 3

1. Coal mine operators.

2. SSE.

Question 4

Under the Act, which person has the obligation to train workers so that they are competent to perform their duties?
(Act s.42(h)

Answer 4

The SSE for a coal mine.

Question 5

What are the obligations of “erectors and installers of plant” at a mine?
(Act s.45)

Answer 5

To erect and install plant and equipment in a way that is safe and doesn’t expose anyone to an unacceptable level of risk. Nothing about the way the plant is installed, if used properly makes it unsafe.

Question 6

When is a defence in a proceeding against a person for a contravention of an obligation imposed on the person under division 2 or 3 in relation to a risk?
(Act s.48)

Answer 6

a) If a Regulation has been made about the way to achieve an acceptable level of risk – the person followed the way prescribed in the regulation to prevent the contravention.
b) If a Recognised Standard has been made stating a way or ways to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
i. That the person adopted and followed a stated way to prevent the contravention.
ii. That the person adopted and followed another way that achieved a level of risk that is equal or better that the acceptable level to prevent the contravention.
c) If no Regulation or Recognised Standard prescribes or states a way to discharge the person’s safety and health obligation in relation to the risk – that the person took reasonable precautions and exercised proper diligence to prevent the contravention.

Question 7

What must a SSE develop and maintain with regards to the management structure for safe operations at a coal mine?
(Act s.55 (1))

Answer 7

a) Develop and maintain a management structure for the coal mine in a way that allows development and implementation of the safety and health management system.
b) Document the management structure.

Question 8

What must the document for the Management structure state?

Act s.55(2)

Answer 8

a) The responsibilities of the SSE.
b) The responsibilities and competencies required for senior positions in the structure.
c) The names of the persons holding the senior positions and their competencies.
d) The name of the person who is responsible for establishing and implementing a system for managing contractors and service providers at the coal mine.
e) The competencies and responsibilities required, for each other supervisory position at the mine.

Question 9

What must the Site Senior Executive be sure of before assigning the task of a supervisor to a person?
(Act s.56)

Answer 9

1. That the person is competent to perform the task assigned.
2. If there is any safety & health competency for supervisors recognised by the committee, that the person has the relevant competency.

Question 10

When must the Site Senior Executive appoint another competent person to perform the duties of a person who is temporarily absent?
(Act s.58(1))

Answer 10

If the person

a) Is mentioned in the management structure.
b) Actively supervises coal mine workers where there is a risk.
c) Is temporarily absent from duty.

Question 11

List 5 requirements to be included in the safety and health management system regarding personal fatigue.
(Reg s.42(2))

Answer 11

1. Education programs.
2. EAP.
3. Maximum number of hours to be worked in a shift.
4. Number and length of breaks per shift.
5. Maximum number of hours worked in a week or roster cycle.

Question 12

What must the mine’s SHMS provide for regarding medication consumption for persons at the mine?
(Reg s.42 (4)(c))

Answer 12

An obligation of a person to notify the Site Senior Executive for the mine of the person’s current use of medication that could impair the person’s ability to carry out the person’s duties at the mine.

Question 13

What consultation is required about fitness for work provisions?
(Reg s.42(6A)

Answer 13

The SSE must establish the criteria for assessment in agreement with a majority of coal mine workers at the mine.

Question 14

How must disagreements about fitness for work assessment criteria be handled?
(Reg s.42(7))

Answer 14

The SSE must make a reasonable attempt to establish the criteria for the assessment in agreement with a majority of workers at the mine.

Question 15

What arrangement must be made if agreement regarding fitness for work provisions cannot be reached?
(Reg s.42(7A)

Answer 15

If the majority of workers at the mine disagree with the criteria for the assessment, the criteria for assessment stated in a recognised standard apply until an agreement is reached.

Question 16

What are the requirements for differing types of employees pertaining to the destruction of fitness for work records?
(Reg s.43(b))

Answer 16

1. For an employee of a regular contractor – 18 months after the employee ceases to work at the mine.
2. For an employee of another contractor or coal mine operator – when the employee ceases to be employed by the other contractor or operator.

Question 17

What must a coal mine SHMS provide for with regards to monitoring for workers’ exposure to hazards?
(Reg s.49)

Answer 17

1. Periodic monitoring of the level of risk from hazards at the mine that are likely to create an unacceptable level of risk.
2. The system must also provide for notice of any appreciable increase in the level of risk to a coal mine worker at the mine to be given to the workers employer.
3. An employer who is given notice under subsection 2 must give a copy of the notice to the employer’s nominated medical adviser.
4. An employer must ensure that, if a coal mine worker employed by the employer is exposed to a hazard at a coal mine that may increase the level of risk to the worker, the workers exposure to the hazard is periodically monitored to assess the level of risk to the worker.

Question 18

List three (3) things that the SSE must ensure are included in the register of hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods at the mine.
(Reg s.56A(1))

Answer 18

The register must ensure the following are recorded:

1. A hazardous chemical used, handled, stored or produced at the mine.
2. Dangerous goods used, handled, stored or produced at the mine.
3. The current safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical or dangerous goods.

Question 19

List 6 things the standard operating procedure must address when dealing with hazardous substances.
(Reg s.56D, s.56E, s.56F, s.56H )

Answer 19

1. Selecting
2. Using
3. Handling
4. Storing
5. Monitoring
6. Leaks & Spills

Question 20

What training provisions must be included in the Standard Operating Procedure for personal protective equipment?
(Reg s.65)

Answer 20

1. Training workers in selecting appropriate PPE for the task.
2. Instructions on using, maintaining and disposing of the equipment.