sec.309Safety and health management system

### sec.309 Safety and health management system An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for inspections, including, for example, the following— subject to section 306 , who may carry out the inspections; the competencies required by a person to carry out an inspection; the appointment of a sufficient number of persons to carry out inspections. The system must include a standard operating procedure for the inspections. The procedure must include— a risk assessment of the types of activities taking place, and the potential hazards, at the mine; and provision for the following— the matters relating to safety and health to be covered in each inspection, including the matters stated in schedule 5 that are relevant to the inspection; recording inspection findings; taking action as a result of the inspection findings, including, for example, the following— making things safe; closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. The procedure must include a schedule of when inspections, including regular periodic inspections, must be carried out. Until the standard operating procedure is implemented, an inspection must be carried out having regard to the frequency stated in a recognised standard for the inspection. (sec.309-ssec.1) An underground mine’s safety and health management system must provide for inspections, including, for example, the following— subject to section 306 , who may carry out the inspections; the competencies required by a person to carry out an inspection; the appointment of a sufficient number of persons to carry out inspections. (sec.309-ssec.2) The system must include a standard operating procedure for the inspections. (sec.309-ssec.3) The procedure must include— a risk assessment of the types of activities taking place, and the potential hazards, at the mine; and provision for the following— the matters relating to safety and health to be covered in each inspection, including the matters stated in schedule 5 that are relevant to the inspection; recording inspection findings; taking action as a result of the inspection findings, including, for example, the following— making things safe; closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. (sec.309-ssec.4) The procedure must include a schedule of when inspections, including regular periodic inspections, must be carried out. (sec.309-ssec.5) Until the standard operating procedure is implemented, an inspection must be carried out having regard to the frequency stated in a recognised standard for the inspection. - (a) subject to section 306 , who may carry out the inspections; - (b) the competencies required by a person to carry out an inspection; - (c) the appointment of a sufficient number of persons to carry out inspections. - (a) a risk assessment of the types of activities taking place, and the potential hazards, at the mine; and - (b) provision for the following— (i) the matters relating to safety and health to be covered in each inspection, including the matters stated in schedule 5 that are relevant to the inspection; (ii) recording inspection findings; (iii) taking action as a result of the inspection findings, including, for example, the following— (A) making things safe; (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. - (i) the matters relating to safety and health to be covered in each inspection, including the matters stated in schedule 5 that are relevant to the inspection; - (ii) recording inspection findings; - (iii) taking action as a result of the inspection findings, including, for example, the following— (A) making things safe; (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. - (A) making things safe; - (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. - (i) the matters relating to safety and health to be covered in each inspection, including the matters stated in schedule 5 that are relevant to the inspection; - (ii) recording inspection findings; - (iii) taking action as a result of the inspection findings, including, for example, the following— (A) making things safe; (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. - (A) making things safe; - (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part. - (A) making things safe; - (B) closing the entry to a dangerous part of the mine or removing persons from the part.