Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 Flashcards
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Schedule 10, Part 3, 21 Mechanical Engineer
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
(1) The statutory functions of mechanical engineer are—
(a) to develop and review the standards, mechanical engineering practice and
procedures for the life cycle of mechanical plant and installations at the mine, and
(b) to supervise the installation, commissioning, maintenance and repair of
mechanical plant at the mine.
(2) The requirement for nomination to exercise the statutory functions is that the
individual nominated must—
(a) hold a mechanical engineer practising certificate (coal mines other than
underground coal mines) or mechanical engineering manager practising certificate
(underground coal mines) that is in force, or
(b) have evidence of compliance with Australian Engineering Competency Standards
Stage 2 for mining operations at a mine and be registered on the National
Engineering Register as a professional mechanical engineer, a mechanical
engineering technologist or a mechanical engineering associate.
Schedule 2, Principal Control Plans, Part 2, (1)
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
The operator of a mine or petroleum site must, in preparing a mechanical engineering
control plan, take the following into account in determining the means by which the
operator will manage the risks to health and safety from the mechanical aspects of plant and structures at the mine or petroleum site—
(a) the overall life cycle of plant and structures at the mine or petroleum site,
(b) the reliability of safeguards used at the mine or petroleum site to protect persons
from the hazards posed by the plant or structure during each phase of its life
cycle,
(c) the mechanical engineering practices to be employed at the mine or petroleum
site,
(d) the competency required by workers to safely work on plant or structures at the
mine or petroleum site.
Schedule 2, Principal Control Plans, Part 2, (2)
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
A mechanical engineering control plan must set out the control measures for the
following risks to health and safety associated with the mechanical aspects of plant
and structures at the mine or petroleum site—
(a) injury to persons caused by the operation of plant or by working on plant or
structures,
(b) the unintended initiation of explosions,
(c) the unintended operation of plant,
(d) the unintended release of mechanical energy,
(e) the catastrophic failure of plant or structures,
(f) uncontrolled fires being initiated or fuelled by plant,
(g) the exposure of persons to toxic or harmful substances.
Schedule 2 Principal Control Plans, Part 2, (3)
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
(3) The following matters must be taken into account when developing a control measure
referred to in subsection (2)—
(a) the acquisition and operation of plant or a structure to ensure it is fit for purpose,
(b) the installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, repair and alteration of
plant or structures,
(c) the introduction of plant or structures into the mine or petroleum site,
(d) safe work systems for persons dealing with plant or structures including the
isolation, dissipation and control of all mechanical energy sources from plant or
structures,
(e) the inspection and testing of plant or structures including testing of braking
systems, steering systems, warning systems and other safety critical functions or
components,
(f) the identification, assessment, management and rectification of defects that affect
the safety of plant or structures,
(g) the risks associated with diesel engines, including pollutants,
(h) for underground coal mines—the arrangements for meeting and maintaining
requirements for registration under this Regulation, section 187 and the WHS
Regulations, Part 5.3 in relation to plant with a diesel engine,
(i) the risks associated with plant, including face machines, winding systems, mobile
plant, drilling plant and dredges,
(j) the risks associated with pressurised fluids,
(k) the risks associated with the transfer and storage of combustible liquids and other
hazardous or volatile material associated with the use of plant or structures,
(l) the prevention, detection and suppression of fires on mobile plant and conveyors,
(m) the provision of operator protective devices on mobile plant including protective
canopies on continuous miners when controlled by an on-board operator,
(n) the maintenance of explosion-protected plant in an explosion-protected state,
(o) undertaking hot work,
(p) the use of fire-resistant hydraulic fluids and materials in high risk underground
applications.
Schedule 2, Principal Control Plan, Part 2, (4)
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
The following matters must be taken into account when developing a control measure
referred to in subsection (2) for a belt conveyor—
(a) the risks associated with belt conveyors,
(b) the protection of persons near or travelling under a belt conveyor against the risk
of being struck by falling objects,
(c) for a belt conveyor at an underground coal mine or in a reclaim tunnel—Australian
Standard AS 4606-2012, Grade S fire resistant and antistatic requirements for
conveyor belting and conveyor accessories,
(d) risks arising from the starting of belt conveyors,
(e) the interaction of persons and belt conveyors including provision for the safe
crossing of belt conveyors by persons.
Division 2 Principal hazard management plans and principal control plans, Part 30 Principal Control Plans, (4)
(WRITTEN EXAM - ESSENTIAL QUESTION)
The operator of a mine or petroleum site at which there is a risk to health and safety
associated with the mechanical aspects of plant and structures at the mine or
petroleum site must—
(a) prepare and implement a mechanical engineering control plan for the mine or
petroleum site that sets out the means by which the operator will manage the
risks in accordance with section 14, and
(b) ensure the plan is developed and periodically reviewed by a person who is, or who
is under the supervision of—
(i) the individual nominated to exercise the statutory function of mechanical
engineering manager or mechanical engineer at the mine or petroleum site, or
(ii) if no person is required to hold either of the positions at the mine or petroleum
site—a competent person.
Part 7, 124 Duty to notify regulator of certain incidents, 1 (a) & (b)
results in an illness or injury that requires medical treatment within the meaning of Schedule 9, section 12 or is a high potential incident
Part 7, 124 Duty to notify regulator of certain incidents, 5 (a)
What is defined as a high potential incident
(a) event referred to in Section 190 (1) that would have been a dangerous incident if a person were reasonably in the vicinity at the time of the incident, and in usual circumstances a person could have been in the vicinity at the time,
(e) bury a machines where it cannot be recovered by itself
(j) Misfire or unplanned explosion
(k) Unplanned emergency evacuation
(m) Subsidence that may damage plant or structures
(n) Injury to a person (w/ medical certificate) that makes them unfit for at least 7 days to perform their usual activities at owrk
(q) airborne dust or diesel particulate matter exposure exceedance
(r) C02 exceedance
(s) Crystalline silica exceedance
(u) fire on mobile plant in operation
(v) loss of control of heavy earth moving machinery
(w) Spontaneous Combustion
189 Serious Injury or Illness - WHS (MPS) ACT, s14
What is described as a Serious Injury
(a) immediate treatment as an in-patient in hospital
(b) immediate treatment for one or more of the following (amputation, serious head, serious eye, serious burn, degloving/scalping, spinal, loss of bodily function, serious lacerations)
(c) medical treatment within 48hours of exposure to a substance
(d) fracture to a bone (not including hand, foot, fingers or toes)
(e) condition prescribed as a serious injury for the pursposes of the WHS Act, S 36
190 Dangerous Incidents - WHS (MPS) Act, s14
What is described as a Dangerous Incident (incident that exposes workers to a serious risk to a persons health or safety) - People have to be exposed to the hazard, or it can become a s124
(a) escape, spillage or leakage of a substance
(b) explosion or fire
(c) escape of gas or steam
(d) uncontrolled release of a pressurised substance
(e) fall or release from a height of plant, substance or a thing
(f) collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, plant this is required to be authorised within the meaning of WHS Act Part 4
(g) collapse or partial collapse of a structure
(i) Inrush of water
(k) loss of control of heavy earthmoving machinery
(l) Unintended activation, movement or failure to stop of plant
(m) Collision involving a vehicle or mobile plant
(o) damage to plant or strutures
(p) Strata failure
(r) Plant making contact with energised source above 1.4kV
(s) Spontaneous Combustion
2(b) Electric shock other than extra low voltage (50VAC, 120VDC)
2(d) Overturning a vehicle weighing more than 1000kg
2(e) ejection of rock oustide plast radius
191 Prohibition notices - WHS (MPS) Act, s50(2)
Circumstances where a 191 Prohibition notice may be given
(a) an activity is occurring at a workplace that involves a serious risk to the health or safety of a person, or
(b) an activity may occur at a workplace that, if it occurs, could involve a serious risk to the health or safety of a person, or
(c) an activity at a workplace has caused, or is causing, a contravention of a provision of the WHS laws, being a provision that is prescribed by the regulations.
