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 ix
... implement and enforce mine safety regulation . My collaborator Darren Sinclair or I conducted over 100 such inter- views as part of a broader project of which this book forms a part . The book's intended audience includes mining ...
... implement and enforce mine safety regulation . My collaborator Darren Sinclair or I conducted over 100 such inter- views as part of a broader project of which this book forms a part . The book's intended audience includes mining ...
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... implementation and enforcement . This relative neglect of mine safety law , regulation and policy cannot be explained by arguing that generalist accounts of OHS regulation have equal appli- cation to the mining industry , because this ...
... implementation and enforcement . This relative neglect of mine safety law , regulation and policy cannot be explained by arguing that generalist accounts of OHS regulation have equal appli- cation to the mining industry , because this ...
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... implementation can and should be designed to ensure that it is efficient , effective and maintains community confidence . In terms of contemporary legislation , there have been major reforms over the last few years to the legislation of ...
... implementation can and should be designed to ensure that it is efficient , effective and maintains community confidence . In terms of contemporary legislation , there have been major reforms over the last few years to the legislation of ...
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... implement ( Robens 1972 ) . Prescription may also lead to apathy on the part of workers and management , a reliance upon " going by the book " and an encourage- ment of a minimum compliance mentality which militates against the ...
... implement ( Robens 1972 ) . Prescription may also lead to apathy on the part of workers and management , a reliance upon " going by the book " and an encourage- ment of a minimum compliance mentality which militates against the ...
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... implement health and safety , and emergency management systems , as well as major hazard management plans ( Pt 5 , Div 2 , Subdivs 1 , 5 ) , while the latter , which is written in very similar terms , requires the introduction of mine ...
... implement health and safety , and emergency management systems , as well as major hazard management plans ( Pt 5 , Div 2 , Subdivs 1 , 5 ) , while the latter , which is written in very similar terms , requires the introduction of mine ...
Contents
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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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