South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations627—Identification of principal mining hazards and conduct of risk
assessments
(1) The mine operator
of a mine must identify all principal mining hazards at the mine.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(2) The mine operator
must conduct, in relation to each principal mining hazard identified, a risk
assessment that involves a comprehensive and systematic investigation and
analysis of all aspects of risk to health and safety associated with the
principal mining hazard.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$6 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(3) The mine operator,
in conducting a risk assessment under subregulation (2), must—
(a) use
investigation and analysis methods that are appropriate to the principal
mining hazard being considered; and
(b)
consider the principal mining hazard individually and also cumulatively with
other hazards at the mine.