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2 Benefits of good “self-regulation” What you can do to make your workplace a safer one!

3 What is the mines inspectorate’s role? Raise awareness Seek compliance and enforce legislation

4 What do we mean by “self-regulation”? Who is in charge? What responsibilities do they have? Legal considerations –Foreseeable? –Reasonable? –Prior knowledge? Who is best placed to regulate the mine? –Inspector? –Managers and supervisors? –Anyone else? …….

5 Investigations Inspections Site safety plan Statutory reporting Information Supervision Training Instructions Procedures development Risk analysis and control hierarchy PMP preparation and approval DMP control and enforcement Audits Risk reduction Change management Consultation Reform rather than repair Principal employer or employer control and enforcement

6 6 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

7 What does it mean in practice? Ensure employer-approved procedures and instructions in place before starting work and when there are changes –left hand needs to know what the right hand is doing Assume that what can go wrong, does go wrong –plan for Murphy’s (or Sod’s) law! Be risk-focused not task-driven –make your luck Be hands on not hands off when managing and supervising –be there for high risk activities Be hands off not hands on when dealing with danger –stay away from hazards Match the control to the risk –apply the hierarchy of control

8 Ask yourself …. What can kill or seriously hurt my people? What are the key controls that will keep them safe? Are these controls in place and will they work when needed?

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