Occupational Health and Safety Compliance Standards for Mining

Mining Safety and Health Compliance Obligations

1) The principal company, for the purposes of planning and complying with obligations regarding safety and health at work in the mine, must maintain a running record containing at least:

• Schedule of activities or jobs to execute
• RUT and business name
• Work history records

Defining the Safety Management System

2) Define the safety management system:

All components of risk prevention to ensure the protection of the health and safety of all workers.

Joint Committee Functions

3) According to Decree 76, what is the function of the joint committee?

Surveillance and coordination of security operations and health at work in the respective task, work, or service.

Full Compliance Requirements

1) The risk prevention department must be led by an expert in risk prevention in the professional category and hired full-time.

2) Planning a management system should be based on an initial diagnostic test of the company's situation.

3) The health service monitors the prevention activities developed by administrative agencies.

4) Risk prevention activities developed by companies must be managed permanently and effectively based on a stable organization.

Frequently Asked Questions

Employer Obligations and Definitions

1) What is the statutory obligation of mutual employers?

They must have sufficient specialized staff hired full-time to ensure successful prevention.

2) What is meant by a risk prevention department?

The unit in charge of planning, organizing, advising, implementing, monitoring, and promoting permanent actions to prevent accidents and occupational diseases.

3) What kind of statistics are mandatory for a company according to law?

Comprehensive statistics of occupational accidents and diseases, including the monthly frequency rate and semiannual severity rate of accidents.

Practical Calculations

1) In a company, the number of accidents due to work is 2 in January, and 3 days are lost. What is the severity index?

IS = 1.5 lost time

2) The average risk rate in a company in previous years is 70. Days lost in the first period is 10, and the second is 8. Calculating the number of workers and the contribution rate:

(10x100 / X/12 + 8x 100/x/12) / 2 = 70 (155 workers)