South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 622

622—Content of safety management system

        (1)         The safety management system document for a mine must set out the following:

            (a)         the mine operator's health and safety policy, including broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the mine;

            (b)         the arrangements for managing risks in accordance with regulation 617;

Note—

This includes all control measures implemented in accordance with specific requirements under this Chapter (see regulation 33).

            (c)         the systems, procedures, plans and other control measures that will be used to control risks to health and safety associated with mining operations at the mine, including—

                  (i)         the principal mining hazard management plans for the mine prepared under Division 2; and

                  (ii)         in the case of an underground mine—the ventilation control plan and ventilation plan prepared for the mine under Division 4 Subdivision 2;

            (d)         the management structure for the management of work health and safety at the mine, including—

                  (i)         arrangements for filling temporary and permanent vacancies; and

                  (ii)         requirements relating to acting positions in the structure; and

                  (iii)         the competency requirements for positions in the structure;

            (e)         the arrangements in place, between any persons conducting a business or undertaking at the mine, for consultation, co-operation and the co-ordination of activities in relation to compliance with their duties under the Act;

            (f)         if a contractor is working or likely to work at the mine—the control measures that will be used to control risks to health and safety associated with the contractor's work at the mine, including—

                  (i)         how the contractor's work management system will be integrated with the safety management system for the mine; and

                  (ii)         the process for assessing health and safety policies and procedures (including competency requirements) of the contractor and integrating them into the safety management system; and

                  (iii)         the arrangements for monitoring and evaluating compliance by the contractor with the health and safety requirements of the safety management system;

            (g)         the emergency procedures and all other matters in the emergency plan for the mine prepared under Division 5;

            (h)         the procedures and conditions under which persons at the mine or a part of the mine are to be withdrawn to a place of safety and to remain withdrawn as a precautionary measure where a risk to health and safety warrants that withdrawal;

                  (i)         the arrangements for the provision of information, training and instruction required under regulation 39;

            (j)         the induction procedures for workers at the mine;

            (k)         the arrangements in place for the supervision needed to protect workers and other persons at the mine from risks to their health and safety from work carried out at the mine;

            (l)         the arrangements in place for health monitoring under Part 3;

            (m)         the safety role for workers developed under Part 4;

            (n)         the procedures for notifiable incident response and investigation at the mine;

            (o)         the procedures for records management for the mine to ensure compliance with the Act;

            (p)         the arrangements in place for all other monitoring and assessment and regular inspection of the working environment of the mine to be carried out for the purposes of the Act;

            (q)         the performance management system under regulation 623;

            (r)         the resources that will be applied for the effective implementation and use of the safety management system.

        (2)         The safety management system document must—

            (a)         contain a level of detail of the matters referred to in subregulation (1) that is appropriate to the mine having regard to—

                  (i)         the nature, complexity and location of the mining operations; and

                  (ii)         the risks associated with those operations; and

            (b)         so far as is reasonably practicable, be set out and expressed in a way that is readily understandable by persons who use it.

        (3)         If any matter referred to in subregulation (1) is addressed in a plan or other document prepared under these regulations for a mine, it is sufficient if the safety management system for the mine refers to the plan or document.