Victorian Numbered Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 37 OF 2011) - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2

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Regulation 37

MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

        1     Safety policy and safety objectives

    (1)     A description of the means by which the operator's safety policy and specific safety objectives are to be communicated to all persons who are to participate in the implementation of the Safety Management System.

    (2)     An express commitment to the ongoing improvement of all aspects of the Safety Management System.

        2     Organisational structure and personnel

The identification (according to position description and location) of the persons who are to participate in the implementation of the Safety Management System, and a description of the command structure in which these persons work and of the specific tasks and responsibilities allocated to them.

        3     Operational controls

Procedures and instructions that cover the following matters—

        (a)     procedures for ongoing hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, and for the review of those procedures;

        (b)     supervision of employees, visitors and contractors in explosives areas;

        (c)     maintenance of buildings, plant and equipment, including decontamination;

        (d)     restrictions on smoking, alcohol and other similar behaviour;

        (e)     selection, maintenance and use of personal protective equipment;

        (f)     permits to work;

        (g)     prevention of unauthorised access;

        (h)     disposal of waste explosives and ingredients, including burning ground procedures;

              (i)     modification of process equipment, formulations, materials, packaging or procedures;

        (j)     testing of trips, alarms and other protection systems;

        (k)     sampling and product testing;
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        (l)     emergency plan, including an evacuation plan, appropriate fire fighting controls, consequence minimisation steps (including control of spills including appropriate off-site response);

        (m)     transport, storage and use of explosives;

        (n)     materials handling;

        (o)     inventory and quality control of raw materials, intermediates and finished products;

        (p)     explosives and personnel limit in buildings or locations;

        (q)     adverse weather conditions (including lightning);

        (r)     control of ignition sources;

        (s)     training and competency evaluation of staff;

        (t)     operation of plant and equipment associated with the manufacture of explosives;

        (u)     incident and accident reporting and response;

              (v)     maintenance of records.

        4     Performance monitoring

Performance standards which—

        (a)     relate to all aspects of the Safety Management System; and

        (b)     are sufficiently detailed to ensure that the ability of the operator to ensure the effectiveness of all aspects of the Safety Management System is apparent from the documentation; and

        (c)     are measurable; and
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        (d)     include—

              (i)     the failure of any control measure, whether or not the failure has the potential to harm life or cause significant damage to property; and

              (ii)     the system for reporting any such failure; and

              (iii)     other corrective action to be taken in the event of any such failure; and

              (iv)     steps to be taken to continually improve all aspects of the Safety Management System, including by testing the effectiveness of control measures.

        5     Audit

Provision for the audit of performance against the performance standards, including the methodologies, frequency and results of the audit process.

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