WA Exploration Drilling CoP Presenter Simon Ridge

1. WA Exploration Drilling CoP Presenter Simon Ridge www.dmp.wa.gov.au/ResourcesSafety

2. What is in it for the exploration drilling sector? A commitment to working with the sector to reduce serious accidents and incidents, and tangible support in achieving a positive cultural change.

3. What’s happening with serious injuries? Number of serious injuries per million hours worked

4. Safety culture spectrum

5. What about national harmonisation? • Safe Work Australia • National Mines Safety Framework • Promote and expand the role of risk management • Less reliance on detailed prescription in regulations • Operators will be required to demonstrate an understanding of the hazards and risks that apply to their sites • Operators must eliminate risks or demonstrate effective controls

6. PHMPs for exploration?

7. How has the code been developed? • Targeted at mineral exploration drilling in remote locations • Developed with industry input from various sources • Working and focus groups • 2010 and 2011 Exploration Safety Road Shows • Industry comment sought early 2012 • ADIA Sundowner March 2012 • Designed for ease of use and risk-based approach • Submission for national consideration

8. What does industry consider to be significant? • Promote a risk management approach for the guarding of machinery • Implement the OHS compliance strategy for mineral exploration and drilling • Promote the use of traffic management and confined space audits • Raise awareness of seismicity issues and their potential consequences for underground mines • Empower safety and health representatives

9. What does industry consider to be critical? • Support the advancement of a resilient OHS culture in mining • Promote the appropriate use of risk management tools • Ensure mines address OHS issues associated with the construction phase of mining operations • Facilitate the introduction of principal hazard management plans (PHMPs)

10. What other important issues did industry identify? • Fatigue and working hours • Alcohol and other drugs • Workplace culture is about safety rather than production focussed • Management and supervision • More training (for new workers, contractors, supervisors, SHReps) and a higher standard of training • Vehicle and equipment management and maintenance

11. Mineral exploration drilling – draft code Part 1 Risk management approach Part 2 Drilling hazards Part 3 Emergency preparedness

12. Is the risk adequately controlled?

13. What’s involved in risk management?

14. Risk management process

15. Consider the hierarchy of controls Most effective What works? • Elimination – remove the hazard by designing it out • Substitution – replace the hazardous design component with a less hazardous one • Isolation – separate the hazard from people involved in the work and those in general work area • Engineering controls – built into design of plant, equipment or process to reduce exposure to hazard • Administrative controls – work practices such as procedures and training • PPE

16. What is in it? Part 2 Drilling hazards • Rotating and moving parts • Compressed air systems • Hydraulic systems • Hazardous substances and dangerous goods • Electricity • Manual tasks • Working at height • Falling objects • Working in hot environments • Fatigue and mental wellbeing

17. What is in it? (continued) Part 2 Drilling hazards • Dust • Noise • Ionising radiation • Hot work • Extreme weather and bushfires • Light vehicle movement • Rig movement • Remoteness of exploration • Natural gases • Existing workings • Housekeeping

18. When will the code be available? • Approvals process • MIAC endorsement (September?) • Ministerial approval (October?) • Published online within 48 hours • Hard copy available within 2 weeks