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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... mining companies and management , government regulators ( especially mines inspectorates ) , policy - makers ... industry , it should prove parti- cularly useful to those engaged at every level with any or all of these issues . Neil ...
... mining companies and management , government regulators ( especially mines inspectorates ) , policy - makers ... industry , it should prove parti- cularly useful to those engaged at every level with any or all of these issues . Neil ...
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Law Regulation Policy Neil Gunningham. Introduction Mining is one of Australia's most important industries ... industry , despite the fact that the industry employs only about 5 per cent of the current work- force ( Ritter 2004 , 45 ; DOCEP ...
Law Regulation Policy Neil Gunningham. Introduction Mining is one of Australia's most important industries ... industry , despite the fact that the industry employs only about 5 per cent of the current work- force ( Ritter 2004 , 45 ; DOCEP ...
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... minerals industry " ( Galvin 2005 , A251 ) . Nevertheless the rate of injuries and fatalities remains sub- stantially higher than that of most other industry sectors . And there remain pockets in which these downward trends are not so ...
... minerals industry " ( Galvin 2005 , A251 ) . Nevertheless the rate of injuries and fatalities remains sub- stantially higher than that of most other industry sectors . And there remain pockets in which these downward trends are not so ...
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... mining sector while five occurred in the metalliferous sector , and a further five in the extractive , smelting and refining industries ( MCA 2006 , 25 ) . The nature of the OHS challenge confronting the Australian ... MINING INDUSTRY 3.
... mining sector while five occurred in the metalliferous sector , and a further five in the extractive , smelting and refining industries ( MCA 2006 , 25 ) . The nature of the OHS challenge confronting the Australian ... MINING INDUSTRY 3.
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... operations , in particular , rely on extended shifts , although these are now also becoming more prevalent in some coal and other mining operations . Trade unions argue that " excessive hours are being worked in one of the most ...
... operations , in particular , rely on extended shifts , although these are now also becoming more prevalent in some coal and other mining operations . Trade unions argue that " excessive hours are being worked in one of the most ...
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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