SLIDE 5
- Majority of states & territories have adopted harmonised Work Health and Safety (WHS) Laws
- Broadened scope, stringent penalties, additional requirements
- Reinforces risk management objective
- Emphasis on hierarchy of controls (fig.)
- State/application-specific underlying guidance material
- WA finalising adoption, VIC recently confirmed will not adopt
- Mining a key driver for regulatory development
- World leading safety performance (fig.)
- Proactive end-user interest groups (e.g. EMESRT)
- Practices filter down through to non-mining
- Shifts ongoing – contractor use, safety & health transition, WHS awareness
28th JTLM - 18th-20th March - Incheon, South Korea
Australia - Synopsis (cont’d)
12.4 11 7.6 11.4 5.1 7.3 6.1 2.7 2.7 3 3 3.9 4.4 1.5 2.7
5 10 15
MINING FATALITY RATE (PER 100,000 WORKERS) 2003 TO 2017
5 ~ 80% reduction in 14 years
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