The Work Health and Safety Commission and Mining and Petroleum Advisory Committee are now inviting public submissions on the draft Code of practice: Road and traffic management at Western Australian mines.
This Code provides guidance to assist a person conducting a business or undertaking, including the mine operator, to meet the requirements of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 in relation to planning, designing, constructing and maintaining roads and vehicle operations on a mine site.
The Code focuses on ensuring effective traffic management controls are used within mine sites in Western Australia. It provides guidance on:
- establishing a risk management process for operating mobile plant
- developing a principal mining hazard management plan (traffic management plan)
- defining principles for haul road design and maintenance standards
- establishing principles for the selection, operation and maintenance of powered mobile plant.
This Code should be read by those who have functions and responsibilities for planning, designing, implementing and maintaining roads or vehicle operations on a mine site.
Getting involved
Please use the public consultation submission sheet to make a written submission.
Unless advised by the submitter, all submissions will be collectively made available to the public in a consultation summary. Submissions will be published verbatim with the submitter listed.
Next step
After submissions close, the next step will involve the review of your feedback. The Commission will consider all submissions when finalising the code of practice.
Publication
Codes of practice are approved by the Minister and then gazetted. WorkSafe will then publish the code on its website and promote through news alerts.
