An effective safety management system should assist a site/organisation to identify, understand, and manage the hazards and risks associated with their mining operations in a systematic way while ensuring compliance with the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 and Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. 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.
There is also a Management systems for small mines audit available and this is designed for smaller mining operations.