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What’s happening in mines safety in WA? The mines safety regulator is committed to: Working with industry to reduce the number and severity of incidents Providing tangible support for positive safety culture change 2

was first fatality-free year on record for WA mining 3 How is industry’s safety performance tracking? Fatal injuries per thousand employees

What happened on 14 August 2013? A contract employee at an iron ore mine in the Pilbara was fatally injured in an ore processing plant. 4

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Number of serious injuries per million hours worked 6 Closing the gap Serious injury FR

Number of serious injuries per million hours worked 7 Serious injury FR The gap

Number of disabling (restricted work) injuries per million hours worked Disabling injury FR 8 The gap

What are the top ten priority issues for ? Safety cultureRisk management trainingPrincipal hazard management plans (PHMPs)Safety in designMaintenanceConstructionManagement and supervisionSafety and health representativesFatigue prevention and managementExploration 9

10 Safety culture spectrum VulnerableRule followersRobustEnlightenedResilient In denial Messengers ‘shot’ Whistleblowers dismissed or discredited Protection of the powerful Information hoarded Responsibility shirked Failure punished or covered up New ideas crushed Deal ‘by the book’ Conform to rules Target = ‘zero’ Reactive Repair not reform Information neglected Responsibility compartmentalised New ideas = ‘problems’ Develop risk management capacity Enhance systems Improve suite of performance measures Develop action plans Monitor and review progress Clarify/refine objectives Active leadership Safety management plan widely known Competent people with experience Accountabilities understood Advanced performance measures Regular reviews Range of emergency responses catered for Strive for resilience of systems Reform rather than repair Responsibility shared Actively seek new ideas Messengers rewarded Proactive as well as reactive Failures prompt far- reaching inquiries Flexibility of operation Consistent mindset is ‘wariness’ ‘in disarray’ pathological ‘organised’ reactive ‘credible’ calculative ‘trusting’ proactive ‘disciplined’ generative SanctionDirectEncouragePartnerChampion

Inspections Investigations Audits Communication, consultation Risk management 11 Resilience Operational opportunities for cultural change

Risk management and relationships 12 How much we care about people How good we are at managing risk Your children Your friends What about site personnel? Strangers Efforts to protect them

13 G-MIRM risk management journey Informal risk assessment Basic Reactive Compliant Proactive Resilient People start job without thinking about hazards and risks Site method for informal risk assessment – limited application by workforce before starting job Site method for informal risk assessment – followed by many for compliance rather than valued Site method for informal risk assessment – followed by most as valued step in doing each job Almost everyone automatically applies site method for informal risk assessment when necessary

14 Safety culture spectrum VulnerableRule followersRobustEnlightenedResilient In denial Messengers ‘shot’ Whistleblowers dismissed or discredited Protection of the powerful Information hoarded Responsibility shirked Failure punished or covered up New ideas crushed Deal ‘by the book’ Conform to rules Target = ‘zero’ Reactive Repair not reform Information neglected Responsibility compartmentalised New ideas = ‘problems’ Develop risk management capacity Enhance systems Improve suite of performance measures Develop action plans Monitor and review progress Clarify/refine objectives Active leadership Safety management plan widely known Competent people with experience Accountabilities understood Advanced performance measures Regular reviews Range of emergency responses catered for Strive for resilience of systems Reform rather than repair Responsibility shared Actively seek new ideas Messengers rewarded Proactive as well as reactive Failures prompt far- reaching inquiries Flexibility of operation Consistent mindset is ‘wariness’ ‘in disarray’ pathological ‘organised’ reactive ‘credible’ calculative ‘trusting’ proactive ‘disciplined’ generative SanctionDirectEncouragePartnerChampion

Focus on prevention and controls Apply hierarchy of control Unwanted events Hazards – identify and understand 15

Elimination Substitution Isolation Engineering Administrative control PPE Remove the hazard or hazardous work practice Replace the hazard or hazardous work practice with a less hazardous one Isolate or separate the hazard or hazardous work practice from people Modify tools or equipment to minimise exposure to hazard Modify work practices to minimise exposure to hazard Last resort when other controls not practicable 16 Hierarchy of control – start at the top Increasing effectiveness

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