Safety and Risk Solutions for Your Industry

Mining and Quarrying

Safety and Risk Management in Mining and Quarrying applys to all aspects of the undertaking to ensure safety and risk is mitigated down to its lowest practical level. Systems may be required to address some or all of the following:

The nature of principal mining or quarrying hazards.
How those hazards relate to other hazards around a site.
The analysis methods used to identify principal mining hazards.
Records of risk assessments conducted in relation to principal mining hazards.
Investigation and analysis methods used in determining the risk control measures that are implemented.
Documentation and descriptions of all control measures implemented that manage safety and risk associated with principal mining hazards.
The arrangements in place for providing workers with instruction, information, training and supervision required for their role and to mitigate principal mining hazards.
Design principles, engineering standards and technical standards relied apon for risk control measures that mitigate principal mining hazards.
The reasons for adopting or rejecting control measures that have been considered in the past.

Transport, Vehicles and Mobile Plant

Vehicles used for work purposes are considered a workplace so it is important for all employers and workers to be aware of the hazards and risk of driving vehicles, and working around them. Employers should ensure they have processes and systems that eliminate the risks or minimise them as far as reasonably practicable. Some hazards and risks include:

Environmental factors such as weather, surfaces, visibiltiy etc.
Fatigue due to long hours and long distances.
Distractions and unforseen events such as phones, radios and wildlife.
Time pressures due to scheduling and contractual demands.
Vehicle suitability, vehicle compliance and vehicle maintenance.
Working in close proximity with other operational vehicles.
Prescriptive medications, alcohol or recreational drug use.

Civil Construction

Construction and aligned industries have significant hazards and risk to manage as with other industries where people and machinery are interacting closely. The workplace hazards and risks are required to be controlled under specific legislation in each jurisdiction and this is a top priority with the workplace risk profile constantly changing, particularly where multiple contractors are working along side each other. Top workplace hazards in construction include:

Body stressing and over-exertion.
Falls from one level to another, trips and slips.
Being hit by moving objects.
Falls from height.
Vehicle and plant incidents with close proximity events.
Contact with electricity.
Exposure to environmental elements.

Manufacturing

Safety and risk management processes apply to manufacturing including engineering and metal fabrication, timber works and joinery, food production such as natural foods, baked goods, meat, confectionary and beverages, and clothing and textile production. Employers and workers have workplace health and safety responsibilities that coexist to ensure a safe workplace begining with the basic duty of care from employer and employee. The most common risks of injury likely to occur in manufacturing include:

Body stressing and musculoskeletal.
Falls, slips and trips.
Manual handling issues.
Interaction or exposure with dangerous machinery and equipment.
Noiss, dust and other environmental risk.

Hospitality Services

For hospitality workers, safety and risk management processes by employers must have reasonable impact on minimising their exposure to hazards and risk, some of these include:

Exposure to heat, electrical and sharp objects.
Demanding, aggressive or customers with violent behaviour.
Ergonomics and workstations or long periods of standing.
Irregular hours and shift fatigue management.
Unsuitable work spaces or access to reasonable amenities.
Excessively loud noise.