Safety case and Mining: The Project Management Plan (PMP) Mining: Mining operations will be required to Details of safety case and SMS will be in the requires management of identified risks at the time prepare a Safety Management System (SMS). This is regulations. Safety of commencement of mining operations. There is an enforceable and living document. management Note: Mining will use Safety Management system (SMS) no requirement to update this document as the The SMS must be prepared and reviewed in Systems not a safety case. – mining operations expand or change. The PMP is consultation with workers relevant to the mining Mining: not an enforceable document. stage being undertaken, e.g. construction (i.e. For proposed new mining operations:, workers covered by the WHS (Resources) Act). Petroleum: Initially, an outline of the SMS will be Petroleum & MHF: PSLA: required, instead of a PMP. The full SMS will Petroleum facility requires a safety case. be required by the time mining operations All MHFs and petroleum operations (including Offshore pipeline requires a pipeline commence pipelines, geothermal energy and greenhouse gas management plan. storage operations) will require a safety case. A full SMS For existing mining operations: Diving operations require a diving SMS. will be required. Diving operations will require a diving SMS. Petroleum and geothermal energy PAGERA: Petroleum: operations require an SMS. The Pipeline Management Plan under Pipeline operations require a safety case. PPA: PSLA and the SMS under PAGERA will MHF: Requires safety report covering process be replaced by a safety case in the WHS safety. This excludes worker OSH, which is (Resources) Act. currently covered by WorkSafe WA. Registration of the Diving SMS Diving: will be retained, as per current legislation. MHF: Safety report will be renamed as a safety case and this will now include coverage of both process safety and worker OSH.
Safety case and Safety management system (SMS) Mining: The Project Management Plan (PMP) requires management of identified risks at the time of commencement of mining operations. There is no requirement to update this document as the mining operations expand or change. The PMP is not an enforceable document. Petroleum: PSLA: Petroleum facility requires a safety case. Offshore pipeline requires a pipeline management plan. Diving operations require a diving SMS. PAGERA: Petroleum and geothermal energy operations require an SMS. PPA: Pipeline operations require a safety case. MHF: Requires safety report covering process safety. This excludes worker OSH, which is currently covered by WorkSafe WA. Mining: Mining operations will be required to prepare a Safety Management System (SMS). This is an enforceable and living document. The SMS must be prepared and reviewed in consultation with workers relevant to the mining stage being undertaken, e.g. construction (i.e. workers covered by the WHS (Resources) Act). Petroleum & MHF: All MHFs and petroleum operations (including pipelines, geothermal energy and greenhouse gas storage operations) will require a safety case. Diving operations will require a diving SMS. Details of safety case and SMS will be in the regulations. Note: Mining will use Safety Management Systems – not a safety case. Mining: For proposed new mining operations:, Initially, an outline of the SMS will be required, instead of a PMP. The full SMS will be required by the time mining operations commence For existing mining operations: A full SMS will be required. Petroleum: The Pipeline Management Plan under PSLA and the SMS under PAGERA will be replaced by a safety case in the WHS (Resources) Act. Diving: Registration of the Diving SMS will be retained, as per current legislation. MHF: Safety report will be renamed as a safety case and this will now include coverage of both process safety and worker OSH.
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