OCE Legislation Flashcards
Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (PIRMP)
“An event that can be cause material harm to the environment”
Material harm;
Impact on humans and/or the environment that is not trivial
PIRMP is tested every 12 months or after an event
What are the “Duties of the Regulator”
WHS Act Sec 152 Functions of the Regulator
• Monitor and enforce compliance
• Educate and train
• Promote public awareness
• Provide information to duty holders
• Conduct and defend legal proceeding’s
• Collect, analyse and publish statistics
WHSMPS Regs Cl 14 Management of Risks to H & S
Cl 14 Management of Risks to Health & Safety
Must manage risks
Must ensure a risk assessment is done by competent person
Have regard to severity, consequence
Keep a record
Control measures identified
WHS MPS Regs Cl 15 Review of Control Measures
Review of Control measures
- Audit of the SMS finds a deficiency
- A worker is removed form a hazard due to health
monitoring
- A cl 124 incident occurs
- Any incident notified to the regulator
WHSMPS Regs cl 18 Duty to Establish a SMS
CL 18 Duty to Establish SMS
Operator must establish and implement SMS
No mining until SMS in place
SMS to form part of overall management system
SMS designed to ensure health and safety so far as reasonably practical
Must have regard for nature,location & complexity of operations
WHSMPS Regs CL 19 Contents of a SMS
Contents of a Safety Management System
21 Parts
* Health and safety Policy
* Health Monitoring
* Inspection
* Inductions
* Information, training & instruction
* Incidents & emergencies
* Consultation
* Communication across shifts
* Contractor management
* Risk management
* Resources to implement SMS
* Record keeping
* Supervision
* Safety role for workers
* Specific controls
* PHMP
* PCP
* Withdrawal conditions
* Performance standards & audits
* Management structure
* Emergency plan
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WHSMPS Cl 20 Duty to Provide information to Contractor
Cl 20 Duty to Provide Information to Contractor
The operator of the mine must give the contractor all relevant information and access to enable them to identify any hazards
WHSMPS Regs Cl 22 Review of SMS
Review of SMS
- within 1 year of commencement of mining
- Review SMS if a control is revised under WHS Regs Cl
38 or WHS MPS Cl 15
WHSMPS Cl 26 Contractor to Prepare plan or use SMS
Cl 26 Contractor to Prepare plan or Use SMS
Must not carry out mining operations unless:
Contractor has H&S plan and has provided a copy to the operator
Has obtained written notice from the operator and approved for site
AFARP implemented the plan, or
Has reviewed the relevant parts of the mines SMS
Has given the operator written notice they have conducted a reviewand is of the opinion the contractor SMS is consistent and in accordance with Cl 19
WHS MPS Regs Cl 29
Review of PHMP
- Review required if controls revised under WHS Regs Cl 38 or WHS MPS Cl 15
- Must be documented in the plan
WHSMPS Regs Cl 30
Principal Control Plans Health Control plan Mechanical Engineering Control Plan Electrical Engineering Control Plan Explosives Control Plan Emergency Plan
WHSMPS Regs Cl 31 Communication between outgoing and oncoming shifts
WHSMR Cl 31 Communication Between Outgoing and Oncoming Shifts
The operator at mine that one or more shift is worked each day must;
a) the outgoing supervisor provide a written report the oncoming supervisor
in relation to the state of the workings and any matters that relate to WH&S
b) The supervisor of the outgoing shift acknowledges and signs the accuracy
of the report
c) The oncoming supervisor communicates the content of the report to the
workers
d) The supervisor of the oncoming shift acknowledges in writing that the
contents of the report has been communicated to oncoming workers
WHSMPS Regs Cl 32
Cl 32 Movement of Mobile Plant
Risks to health & safety associated with mobile plant must be managed
Design ,layout, construction, maintenance, terrain, adjacent land interaction between mobile plant & light vehicles, structures & persons must be managed.
Maintenance & testing of mobile plant
WHSMPS Regs Cl 33
Cl 33 Explosives and Explosive Pre Cursors
Comply with WHSMR Cl 9 manage risks with explosives and explosive pre-cursors
Safe to handle
Fit for intended use
As insensitive ARP to shock, spark, friction and the environment in which they are stored, transported and used
Simple to store, use, transport and control
Comply with explosives act 2003 and AS 2187 Explosive Storage Transport and Use
WHS MPS Regs Cl 37
Inspections
- Must ensure arrangements are in place for the regular inspection of the work environment
- Must take into account -
- procedures for inspections
- when inspections are to be carried out
- competent persons
- number of competent persons required
- Risk assessment must be carried out for all inspection areas
WHS MPS Regs Cl 38
Review of Control Measures
- If a control doesn’t adequately control the risk
- If a change in the workplace introduces new risks
- A H&S rep requests a review if
- a change occurs
- Duty holder hasn’t reviewed controls adequately
WHS MPS Regs Cl 39
Exposure Standards (Feb 2021)
- Inhalable dust 10mgm3
- Respirable dust (coal mine) 1.5mgm3
- Diesel particulates 0.1mgm3
- Respirable quartz/silica 0.05mgm3
WHS MPS cl 45
Cl 45 Fitness for work
The operator of the mine must manage risks to heath & safety associated
WHS MPS Regs Cl 124
Cl 124 Duty to Notify the Regulator of Certain Incidents
* The operator of the mine must take all reasonable steps to notify the regulator after becoming aware of an incident (other than notifiable), but only if,
o The incident results in a serious injury or illness that requires medical treatment (cl 13 sch 9)
o Is a high potential incident
* Notification must also be made to the ISHR
* Notification must be made no later than 7 days, or 48hrs if there was an injury or illness
* Notification must be in writing, in a form requested by the regulator, details as specified in schedule 8, if there was an injury or illness
* A high potential incident means
o An event in cl179, where a person could have reasonably been in the vicinity at the time
o Misfires or unplanned explosions
o Unplanned events resulting in the evacuation of more than 1 person
o Injury or illness likely to result in more than 7 days lost time – includes fractures
o Detection of atmospheric concentration of respirable dust that exceed the level specified
o Fire on mobile plant incl autonomous and remote
o Loss of control of autonomous or remote HME
o Spon com
WHS MPS Cl 125
Duty to Notify Regulator of Other Matters
- Commencement of mining operations
- Commencement if intermittent mining
- Connection of electricity if no Stat Electrical Engineer
- Closure of mine
- Recommencement of normal activities
- Significant interruption or suspension of mining
WHS MPS Cl 129
Mine Record
- Operator must keep a record
- Any notices issued under WHS ACT Part 10
(enforcement measures)
- PINS issued
- All incidents notified to the regulator
- All records under WHS MPS Regs Cl 16/17 (risk
management)
- Shift reports WHS MPS Regs Cl 31
- First aid treatments
WHS MPS Regs Cl 189
Cl 189 Serious Injury or Illness
Fracture to a bone (other than hand or foot)
Exposure / Medical treatment within 48hrs of exposure
Immediate treatment as an inpatient in hospital
Loss of bodily function
Degloving/scalping
Amputation
Serious head injury
Serious eye injury
Serious burn
Serious Laceration
Spinal injury
WHS(MPS) Regs Cl 190
Cl 190 Dangerous Incidents 20 Parts
An incident that exposes a worker or any other person to a risk from immediate or imminent exposure to;
- Collapse, overturning or damage to authorised plant
- Collapse or partial collapse of a structure
- Collapse of an excavation shoring
- Collision
- Contact with energised sources greater than 1200v
- Damage to any plant or structure
- Escape, spillage or leakage of a substance
- Escape of gas or steam
- Escape of a pressurized substance
- Electric shock
- Ejection of blasting rock outside the exclusion zone
- Failure of slope stability
- Fall or release form height of plant, substance or thing
- Implosion, explosion or fire
- Inrush of water, mud or gas into excavation or tunnel
- Loss of control of HE including Brake and Steering
- Overturning of plant or equipment weighing more than 1000kg
- Subsidence
- Spon com
- Unintended activation or failure to stop of vehicles or machinery*
WHS MPS Sch 9 Cl 13
Definition of a Medical Treatment Injury
4 Parts
- Suturing of a wound
- Treatment of fractures
- The treatment of bruises by the drainage of blood
- the treatment of second and third degree burns