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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... concern . Moreover , some sectors present particular problems . The under- ground coal industry in particular , has a LTIFR that remains well above the coal and all mining average . This is hardly surprising given the enclosed and often ...
... concern . Moreover , some sectors present particular problems . The under- ground coal industry in particular , has a LTIFR that remains well above the coal and all mining average . This is hardly surprising given the enclosed and often ...
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... particularly what the New South Wales Mine Safety Review had in mind when it expressed concern about " a disconnect between the intentions of .. the companies , on the one hand , to reduce OHS , REGULATION AND THE MINING INDUSTRY 3.
... particularly what the New South Wales Mine Safety Review had in mind when it expressed concern about " a disconnect between the intentions of .. the companies , on the one hand , to reduce OHS , REGULATION AND THE MINING INDUSTRY 3.
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... concerns trade unions , which in the mining industry have traditionally acted as an important countervailing force on the power of employers , with health and safety often one of their central concerns . The weakening of trade unions ...
... concerns trade unions , which in the mining industry have traditionally acted as an important countervailing force on the power of employers , with health and safety often one of their central concerns . The weakening of trade unions ...
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... concerns were expressed that some companies fail to comply with ( or consult unions concerning ) their own management systems , that the risk management process is vulnerable to manipulation and that " dust reading failures in NSW pits ...
... concerns were expressed that some companies fail to comply with ( or consult unions concerning ) their own management systems , that the risk management process is vulnerable to manipulation and that " dust reading failures in NSW pits ...
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... concern - how to achieve an efficient and effective regulatory system in each jurisdiction is also one focus of this book . Some of the central questions relating to regulatory reform were canvassed in a review conducted by the Western ...
... concern - how to achieve an efficient and effective regulatory system in each jurisdiction is also one focus of this book . Some of the central questions relating to regulatory reform were canvassed in a review conducted by the Western ...
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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