Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In complying with
regulation 617, the mine operator of a mine must manage risks to health
and safety associated with health hazards arising from mining operations at
the mine.
(2) In managing risks
to health and safety as described in subregulation (1), the mine operator
of a mine must prepare and implement a health management plan for the mine.
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(3) The health
management plan for a mine must —
(a)
identify and consider all health hazards arising from mining operations at the
mine that may have an adverse effect on the health or safety of persons at the
mine; and
(b)
provide details of control measures the mine operator will implement to manage
associated risks in accordance with Part 3.1 and regulation 617.
(4) In preparing and
implementing the health management plan for a mine, the mine operator of the
mine must have regard to all relevant matters, including the
following —
(a)
heat, humidity and contaminants to which a person at the mine may be exposed;
(b) any
other health hazard, including noise and chronic exposure to musculoskeletal
stressors;
(c)
assessment of risk due to identified health hazards;
(d)
control measures considered and implemented to minimise, so far as is
reasonably practicable, the adverse effects of identified health hazards;
(e) the
establishment and implementation of a monitoring schedule to identify any new
health hazard and to assess the effectiveness of controls implemented;
(f)
actions to be taken if monitoring indicates that implemented control measures
are not effective;
(g)
risk‑based biological and health monitoring of persons;
(h)
actions to be taken if biological or health monitoring indicates adverse
effects on persons.
(5) The health
management plan is part of the mine safety management system for the mine.