IGA 011 Mine Safety Management Plan Assessment

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PLAN DEVELOPMENT

• Have you established a timetable or schedule for preparing the MSMP?

• Have you decided on which program or programs you will start with?

• Have you decided who will do what?

• Have you identified additional information you might require when preparing the MSMP?

• Recommended actions

SAFETY AND HEALTH POLICY

• Have you written a safety and health policy for the mine?

• Have your employee representative and the mine?s most senior manager both signed the policy?

• Does the policy set goals for the safety and health of all people who work at the mine?

• Recommended actions

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

• Have you prepared a management structure?

• Does your management structure include a production manager?

• Does your management structure show positions, persons occupying their positions and outline their responsibilities and accountabilities?

• Does your management structure include persons to fill/act in vacant positions?

• Recommended actions

OH&S DOCUMENTATION

• Is there a written procedure or system for document control?

• Do you keep the procedure up-to-date?

• Are obsolete documents removed from your document control system?

• Recommended actions

CONSULTATION & COMMUNICATION

• Did you consult with your employees when preparing the mine?s safety and health policy?

• Have you explained the Mine Safety Management Plan and what it is about to your employees?

• Is there a procedure for communicating changes in the operation of the mine to supervisors and employees?

• Recommended actions

IDENTIFYING HAZARDS

• Have you identified and listed the major hazards at the mine?

• Are signs displayed warning people of the risks from these hazards?

• Do you access and use occupational health and safety information when identifying hazards?

• Recommended actions

ASSESSING RISKS

• Have the ?prescribed hazards? stated in legislation been assessed? Ground instability Inrush Shaft design, construction & use Use of conveyors & earth moving machinery Fire & explosion Handling of explosives Electricity Mine road design & construction Ventilation

• Are employees involved in assessing the risk of the hazards in their workplace?

• Are the risks prioritised?

• Do you eliminate or control risk by applying the hierarchy of controls?

• Recommended actions

REPORTING OF HAZARDS AND WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS

• Do you regularly inspect the workplace?

• Do you have written checklists for these inspections?

• Is there a corrective action plan (a ?to-do? list) prepared from the inspections?

• Does the mine have a hazard reporting procedure?

• Recommended actions

JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS (JSA)

• Do you have a procedure for breaking a job into parts and identifying hazards in each part of that job?

• Is the workforce involved in these procedures?

• Do you record the results of using this procedure?

• Recommended actions

SAFE WORK METHOD STATEMENT (SWMS)

• Have SWMS been prepared for the tasks that involve the major risks at the mine?

• Was risk assessment used in preparing the SWMS?

• Are persons trained in the use of the SWMS?

• Do the SWMS meet the requirements of OH&S legislation, industry codes of practice, standards and guidance material?

• Are there work permits for the ?high risk? activities at the mine?

• Recommended actions

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

• Have you identified all foreseeable events that could injure people at the mine or in the vicinity of the mine?

• Do you have emergency response procedures at the mine for these identified emergencies?

• Have you integrated these procedures with the emergency response of emergency services in your area?

• For these emergency events have you identified what training your employees may require?

• Do you conduct regular emergency drills?

• Recommended actions

MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS (MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL)

• Do you have a program or system for maintenance and testing of plant and equipment at the mine?

• Does the program have a written list of all plant and equipment at the mine?

• Are maintenance/testing activities recorded?

• Does your program include planned and preventative maintenance for the plant and equipment at the mine?

• Recommended actions

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Have you identified work environment hazards and assessed the risks from these hazards?

• Have you included all possible work environment hazards at the mine?

• Are there corrective actions for these work environment hazards?

• Are there records of the work environment monitoring?

• Recommended actions

REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

• Is there a written procedure for the reporting of accidents and incidents at the mine?

• Do you inform your employees of the details from these reports monthly?

• Do you have a written procedure for the investigation of reported accidents and incidents?

• Are employees involved in the investigation of accidents and incidents?

• Are people who work at the mine informed as to the findings and corrective actions taken from the investigation?

• Recommended actions

CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT

• Is there an up-to-date register of contractors who work at the mine?

• Have all contractors received OH&S induction training for the mine?

• Does the Mine Safety Management Plan have a procedure to manage contractors working at the mine?

• Has a safe work method statement (SWMS) been developed for all work carried out by the contractor?.

• Recommended actions

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Do you have training records for your employees?

• Are all employees included in training programs?

• Have all employees received induction training?

• Have all employees received training in the use of equipment for fire fighting?

• Have all employees received training in the emergency response procedures?

• Are persons trained to offer first aid treatment?

• Is training given in regard to the health and safety responsibilities for supervisors and employees at the mine? This training should include the structure and use of the MSMP.

• Recommended actions

FITNESS FOR WORK

• Do you have a program that includes policies and procedures for fitness for work?

• Do these policies include alcohol and other drugs, and fatigue?

• Are there procedures that include scheduled toolbox or safety sessions for employee welfare?

• Recommended actions

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