Mining self-assessments

Mining operations are encouraged to use these self-assessment templates to review their practices and the arrangements in place to manage hazards in the workplace, secure the health and safety of workers and identify areas for improvement.

Pre-WHS mining audit guides and templates

These templates were built under the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 and regulations and users will need to align their content against the relevant sections of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022.

• Classified plant management
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a classified plant administration audit.
• Confined space
  This confined space audit has been developed to promote safety in managing confined space entry in the WA mining industry.
• Development of high heading underground
  This audit guide provides information on the development of high headings underground audit.
• Electrical arc flash hazard awareness
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct an electrical arc flash hazard awareness audit.
• Electrical safety
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct an electrical safety audit.
• Emergency management
  This audit is intended to enable sites to assess the adequacy of their emergency planning, including how well the defined and documented practices have been implemented.
• Explosives: Surface storage and management
  This audit provides information on the explosives surface storage and management audit.
• Explosives: Surface transport, use and disposal
  This audit provides information on the explosives surface transport, use and disposal audit.
• Fixed plant
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a fixed plant audit.
• Geotechnical considerations open pit
  This audit is designed to cover the standards associated with the safe development, operation and closure of open pit operations from a geotechnical perspective.
• Geotechnical considerations underground
  This audit is designed to cover the standards associated with the safe development, operation and closure of underground operations from a geotechnical perspective.
• Gold room
  This audit is designed to cover the standards related to management of the risks and hazards many gold room operators are exposed to.
• Isolation of hazardous energies
  This audit covers the safety standards associated with the management of hazardous energy.
• Management systems
  This audit is intended to assist sites to assess the adequacy of their safety management system, including how well the defined and documented practices have been implemented.
• Management systems for small mines
  This audit is intended to assist smaller mining operations to assess the adequacy of their safety management system, including how well the defined and documented practices have been implemented.
• Manual tasks
  This audit is designed to cover the standards related to the management of the risks associated with manual tasks.
• Mentally healthy workplaces
  This audit tool use a risk management approach towards developing and maintaining a mentally healthy workplace.
• Mine survey
  This audit is designed to provide guidance to management and survey personnel on the safety and survey standards associated with the gathering, recording and keeping of accurate survey record information at the mine operations.
• Mineral exploration drilling
  These audits provide information on mineral exploration drilling and other field activities, mineral exploration management systems and mineral exploration site operations.
• Mobile plant equipment
  These audits provide information on the management of mobile equipment maintenance and mining operations and mobile equipment selection.
• Noise
  This audit has been designed to assist industry conduct a noise audit.
• Quarry systems
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a quarry systems audit.
• Safety and health representatives
  This audit is designed to include operating standards associated with the election, training, role, functions and duties of safety and health representatives at mining operations.
• Surface and underground operations with site deliveries
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a surface and underground operations with site deliveries audit.
• Surface atmospheric contaminant management
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a surface atmospheric contaminant audit.
• Surface dust management
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a surface dust management audit.
• Tailings dam
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct a tailings dam audit.
• Tipping and dumping
  The audit is designed to assist industry conduct a tipping and dumping audit for all types of stockpiles and dumps, whether permanent or temporary.
• Traffic management
  The guide is designed to assist industry conduct a traffic management audit.
• Traffic management fundamentals
  This audit is designed to provide an efficient assessment of important traffic management fundamentals and to complement the suite of four ‘mobile equipment’ audits covering traffic management safety at mining operations.
• Underground fire prevention
  The audit is designed to assist industry conduct an underground fire prevention audit.
• Underground mine fill
  This audit has been provided to ensure consistency and raise standards in the WA mining industry with regard to the use of paste or hydraulic fill and barricades.
• Underground ventilation management
  This audit is designed to assist industry conduct an underground ventilation management audit.
• Village
  These audit documents are designed to include operating standards associated with the management of villages, camps and accommodation facilities (mining infrastructure) in mine operations.
• Workshops
  The audit is designed to assist industry conduct a workshop audit.