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 viii
... substantially improved the end product . I am also grateful to Neil Foster and Andrew Hopkins who provided valuable critiques of portions of the book , to Liz Bluff for handling the administration and broader activities of the National ...
... substantially improved the end product . I am also grateful to Neil Foster and Andrew Hopkins who provided valuable critiques of portions of the book , to Liz Bluff for handling the administration and broader activities of the National ...
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... substantial number of different sites , that in - depth understanding can be achieved of the central issues raised by this book . In particular , detailed face - to - face interviews are required to understand how OHS law and regulation ...
... substantial number of different sites , that in - depth understanding can be achieved of the central issues raised by this book . In particular , detailed face - to - face interviews are required to understand how OHS law and regulation ...
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... substantial reduction in conventional employment and an increase in use of contractors ( who now comprise approximately a third of the industry ) and various forms of non - standard and precarious employ- ment . This trend is due to ...
... substantial reduction in conventional employment and an increase in use of contractors ( who now comprise approximately a third of the industry ) and various forms of non - standard and precarious employ- ment . This trend is due to ...
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... substantial increase in non - unionised labour , in conjunction with legislative changes made by the Federal Government ( pursuant to the Workplace Relations Amendment ( Work Choices ) Act 2005 ( Cth ) ) , may have their own ...
... substantial increase in non - unionised labour , in conjunction with legislative changes made by the Federal Government ( pursuant to the Workplace Relations Amendment ( Work Choices ) Act 2005 ( Cth ) ) , may have their own ...
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... substantial parts of the industry towards them . Many ( but far from all ) companies have shifted from a position of viewing OHS as a relatively low corporate priority , which rarely gained much attention from senior management , to one ...
... substantial parts of the industry towards them . Many ( but far from all ) companies have shifted from a position of viewing OHS as a relatively low corporate priority , which rarely gained much attention from senior management , to one ...
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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