Topic 1 – Employer:

Employer to Assess & Respond to Risk

The Employer must:

• Identify the hazards to health or safety to which employees may be exposed while they are at work;
• Assess the risks to health or safety to which employees may be exposed while they are at work;
• Record the significant hazards identified and risks assessed and
• Make those records available for inspection by employees.

Every Employer must consult with the Health and Safety committee at the mine to determine the measures to: 

• Eliminate any recorded risk
• Control the risk at source
• Minimise the risk
• in so far as the risk remains –

 (i) provide for personal protective equipment; and

 (ii) institute a program to monitor the risk to which
employees may be exposed.

Every Employer must:

• Periodically review the hazards identified and risks assessed, including occupational hygiene measurements and medical surveillance, to determine further control requirements.
• Consult with the Health and Safety committee on the review.

GENERAL DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYER

• Ensure that the employee know and understand hazards
• Maintain equipment (serviceable & hygienic)
• Provide information, training, instruction and supervision
• Participate in decision making of Health & Safety.