Resources Safety Matters January 2013

VOL. 1 NO. 1 JANUARY 2013 ISSN 2201-5604 Moving on from MineHealth assessments INTRODUCING THE NEW-LOOK MIAC FOCUS ON EXPLORATION SAFETY ONE-STOP SHOPS FOR PETROLEUM SAFETY IN THIS ISSUE ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 02 08 15 19 30 36 40 47 1 FROM THE EXECUTIVE 20 Amendments improve 38 One-stop shops for 53 Number of elected DIRECTOR mines safety practice Petroleum Safety safety and health 22 Is it time to renew your 39 What’s the story representatives for WA DEPARTMENTAL NEWS high risk work licence? for shiploader mining 2 Mines safety director 23 Licensing changes design checks? 54 Resources safety news appointed for dangerous goods alert subscribers INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES transport 4 Reform strategy SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT 40 Sharing industry’s good recognised nationally REPORTS AND SAFETY NATIONAL NEWS ideas 5 Public comment sought BULLETINS 24 Next ten-year strategy 41 St Barbara and mining 6 Introducing the for Australian work 55 Petroleum Safety new-look MIAC health and safety 42 2012 MINING Significant Incident EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISIONAL NEWS Report No. 01/2012 SAFETY AND HEALTH COMPETITION 56 Petroleum Safety 8 Roadshow network CULTURE 43 2012 MERC @ Significant Incident grows 26 How self-regulation Burswood Park Report No. 02/2012 13 Industry invited to can lead to a positive 57 Petroleum Safety risk management safety culture 46 2012 UNDERGROUND Significant Incident training MINE EMERGENCY 28 How do your work Report No. 03/2012 RESPONSE 14 Kalgoorlie welcomes practices stack up? 58 Mines Safety new mines inspectors COMPETITION 30 Goldfields safety reps Bulletin No. 96 47 2012 Underground DIRECTOR'S CUT tell us how it is 60 Mines Safety Competition @ Mt 32 Shortcuts – are they Bulletin No. 101 15 Dangerous Goods Safety Charlotte really worth it? 62 Mines Safety 16 Petroleum Safety CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS Bulletin No. 102 17 Mines Safety SAFETY ALERTS AND GUIDANCE 50 WA's monthly mining 64 RESOURCES SAFETY LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL workforce CONTACTS NEWS 33 Focus on exploration safety 51 WA's mining workforce – percentage by 18 Moving on from 34 Stay alert MineHealth assessments commodity (July 2012) 36 Keep a wary eye on 52 WA's monthly mineral 19 Framing the harmonised natural hazards mining regulations exploration workforce Scan this QR code for past issues of MineSafe Resources Safety Matters vol. 1 no. 1 January 2013 IN THIS ISSUE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... elcome to the first issue ofResources Safety Matters. The Department of Mines and Petroleum’s new flagship publication for Wthe Resources Safety Division and covers mining, dangerous goods, petroleum and geothermal energy safety and health. ........................................................................................... After 21 years of providing valuable information and guidance to the minerals sector, MineSafe magazine has been retired. This new magazine targets a broader resources audience, consistent with the scope of the Reform and Development at Resources Safety strategy (RADARS). However, the expanded scope does not mean that the mining contents have been diminished. Rather, there will be increased opportunities for information and lessons to be shared across industry TYC boundaries. Resources Safety Matters was chosen as the new title because it indicates that resources safety is important (i.e. matters) to the Department, and also reflects the magazine’s link with theResources Safety Division and matters considered important to the three regulatory areas it administers. In this, my first foreword, I wish to highlight a significant milestone from our neighbours across the Tasman Sea. We have previously reported on the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy. The Commission handed its final report to New Zealand’s Governor General on 30 October 2012. Although the accident happened in an underground coal mine, some of the findings that the Western Australian mining industry should consider carefully include: • safety starts with design • second means of egress in work places • emergency procedures and provisions • management and worker training and competency • safety is everybody’s business from the boardroom to shop floor. As the authors of the report state, “The lessons learned from the Pike River tragedy must not be forgotten … Government, industry and workers need to work together. That would be the best way to show respect for the 29 men who never returned home on 19 November 2010, and for their loved ones who continue to suffer.” In wishing you a Happy New Year for 2013, I also confirm that the Department will continue working with industry to reduce the number and severity of incidents, and provide tangible support for positive cultural change. By working together, we will continue to see improvements in performance. Enjoy your reading. Simon Ridge Executive Director, Resources Safety 1 Resources Safety Matters vol. 1 no. 1 January 2013 DEPARTMENTAL NEWS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... TYC p Mines Inspector Forum held on 6 and 7 November 2012 MINES SAFETY DIRECTOR APPOINTED n November 2012, Andrew Chaplyn took up the During the early 1990s, Andrew took a break from mining to position of Director Mines Safety left vacant after his travel the world, visiting 25 countries. It was during this time predecessor, Simon Ridge, was promoted earlier in that he met his wife Jennifer in Canada. Ithe year to Executive Director of Resources Safety. By 1994 he had returned to the mines as a senior mining ........................................................................................... engineer. At the end of the 1990s, Andrew was a site manager and saw the important role that managers could play in Andrew’s years in the mining industry have given him implementing work practices and establishing a safety culture experience at many levels of mining engineering and to benefit all workers. management, and exposure to a variety of mines in Western Australia and New South Wales. He began his working life The last decade saw Andrew work in some historic mining in the resources industry as a mining cadet at Griffin Coal’s districts such as Mt Magnet, Leonora and Broken Hill. Muja open cut in the mid-1980s. After completing a Bachelor Operations have included extensions to mines dating from the of Mining Engineering at the WA School of Mines, he joined early 1900s, as well as starting a new mine. WMC’s Kambalda Nickel Operations in 1989 as a graduate mining engineer. “Safety has always been an integral part of my life, both at home and work. Some of my experiences have only reinforced “I was attracted to mining because of the practical nature of my belief that more can always be done to improve and the industry and chance to be out of the office. It also offers a ultimately change workplace behaviour and embed a safe diverse range of opportunities within the sector,” Andrew said. work environment,” he said. 2 Resources Safety Matters vol. 1 no. 1 January 2013 DEPARTMENTAL NEWS DEPARTMENTAL NEWS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... TYC p Left to right: Andrew Chaplyn and Simon Ridge (Executive Director, Resources Safety) The Minister for Mines and Petroleum said that Andrew was an ideal fit as Director Mines Safety. “Andrew has worked with the Department as a regional and ............................................................................ district mines inspector for three years and has helped drive safety reform for the Western Australian safety regulator SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART through the Reform and Development at Resources Safety OF MY LIFE, BOTH AT HOME AND WORK. SOME (RADARS) strategy,” Minister Norman Moore said. OF MY EXPERIENCES HAVE ONLY REINFORCED “He has a strong commitment to safe working environments MY BELIEF THAT MORE CAN ALWAYS BE DONE TO and has worked in many senior leadership roles across the IMPROVE AND ULTIMATELY CHANGE WORKPLACE industry. BEHAVIOUR AND EMBED A SAFE WORK “I am confident Andrew will continue to hold the industry ENVIRONMENT. to account, applying the highest standards through risk ANDREW CHAPLYN assessments, investigations, inspections, audits and safety interactions.” ...........................................................................

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