Mine Safety: Law Regulation PolicyFederation Press, 2007 - 291 pages Historically, the mining industry has had a high incidence of work related injury and disease, and of disasters involving multiple fatalities. It also faces OHS challenges far exceeding those confronting most other industry sectors.Mine safety legislation can play an important role in meeting those challenges. Although regulation is never likely to be the entire answer, good regulation not only brings laggards up to a minimum legal standard, it also encourages, rewards and facilitates leaders in going beyond them. Bad regulation, in contrast, constrains good enterprises from taking the initiative to improve OHS, while failing to deter bad ones.This book describes mine safety legislation in the "mining states" and analyses its strengths and weaknesses. It also examines the broader policy questions of how best to design, implement and enforce mine safety regulation.It argues that substantial reform will be necessary not only in setting standards, but also in their implementation, if further OHS improvements are to be achieved. This implies substantial changes in the way the mine safety inspectorates go about their tasks: in how they administer and enforce the law; and in the circumstances in which they choose to prosecute. It also requires the nurturing of a degree of trust between employers and workers (individually and collectively) and between both these parties and the mines inspectorates, that has been substantially lacking in recent years. |
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Page vii
... circumstances where death or serious injury has taken place 173 5. Deterrence can be effective in reducing the rate of work related injury and disease 176 6. Deterrence is particularly effective when applied to individual decision ...
... circumstances where death or serious injury has taken place 173 5. Deterrence can be effective in reducing the rate of work related injury and disease 176 6. Deterrence is particularly effective when applied to individual decision ...
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... circumstances . Nevertheless underground coal is hardly alone in confronting major OHS challenges . For example , in the Pilbara region of West- ern Australia , there were three deaths within a single 2 MINE SAFETY The OHS Challenge.
... circumstances . Nevertheless underground coal is hardly alone in confronting major OHS challenges . For example , in the Pilbara region of West- ern Australia , there were three deaths within a single 2 MINE SAFETY The OHS Challenge.
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... circumstances in which they choose to prosecute . It will be suggested that many existing practices fall far short of what is necessary to achieve efficiency , effectiveness and community acceptance , but that many of these shortcomings ...
... circumstances in which they choose to prosecute . It will be suggested that many existing practices fall far short of what is necessary to achieve efficiency , effectiveness and community acceptance , but that many of these shortcomings ...
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... circumstances . Process based standards identify a particular process , or series of steps , to be followed in the pursuit of safety , and range from the require- ment to identify hazards and assess and control risks ( found in many ...
... circumstances . Process based standards identify a particular process , or series of steps , to be followed in the pursuit of safety , and range from the require- ment to identify hazards and assess and control risks ( found in many ...
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... circumstances in which there are no applicable performance or prescriptive stan- dards . While in many respects complementary to and overlapping with a risk management approach , the general duties , in establishing a set of general ...
... circumstances in which there are no applicable performance or prescriptive stan- dards . While in many respects complementary to and overlapping with a risk management approach , the general duties , in establishing a set of general ...
Contents
15 | |
Towards Best Practice | 62 |
Designing Appropriate Standards for SMEs | 88 |
Conclusion | 94 |
Interaction with the Workforce | 109 |
Inspection and Enforcement Strategies | 116 |
Inspection and Enforcement Tools | 134 |
Deterrent | 152 |
Industry Associations Trade Unions and Worker | 190 |
Building Trust | 210 |
13 | 253 |
31 | 268 |
Index | 273 |
37 | 274 |
54 | 284 |
Cases | 289 |
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