Health and Safety Professionals are needed in mining to translate complex regulations into practical actions and behaviours. They promote and improve occupational health and safety by inspecting, investigating and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Job description
- Explain and apply the Occupational Health and Safety Act, its regulations and other federal and provincial legislation.
- Conduct risk and exposure assessment and recommend controls to eliminate or mitigate health and safety hazards.
- Assess workplaces to ensure equipment, mate rials and production processes do not present safety or health hazards.
- Conduct hazard analysis, advise management of non-compliance and make recommendations for corrections.
- Investigate health and safety related com plaints, hazardous chemical spills, harmful exposures and occupational disease and workplace accidents.
- Develop and maintain occupational health and safety strategies, audit management systems and policies, procedures and manuals.
- Coordinate emergency response procedures, mine rescues, firefighting and first aid crews.
- Write incident reports, notices of violations and complete compliance and conformance checklist.
- Work with health and safety committees, workers, unions, mine management, government representatives and the public to promote safe work practices through the Internal Responsibility System.
- Select, calibrate and use technical equipment, instruments and computer applications to test work environment and retrieve information.
Health and Safety Professionals visit a variety of underground and open-pit sites. They are often required to work in rough terrain, as well as obstructed or confined spaces. They climb ladders and work at heights. While on-site, exposure to extreme heat and dust, smells, noise and mechanical vibrations is possible.
Credits to the Mining Industry Human Resource Council
