Mining Workplace Environment Checklist

Type
Checklist
Topic
Mine Ventilation
Occupational Disease
Sector
Mining
Language
English

This checklist is designed to capture a point-in-time picture of industrial hygiene programs at a worksite. It can be used by supervisors, Joint Health and Safety Committees or health and safety departments. The checklist can be used anytime, but it is recommended to re-visit the checklist if a new operation sets up or significant changes occur in operations or procedures.

The checklist includes:

  1. Physical Hazards: Noise, Ionizing radiation, Radon, Non-ionizing radiation, Heat stress, Cold environments, Vibration, Musculoskeletal disorders

  2. Biological Hazards: Biological agents, Bacteria, viruses and fungi

  3. Chemical Hazards: Chemical agents including mine gases and diesel particulate matter

  4. Auxiliary mine ventilation

  5. Working on surface, and wildlife hazards: West Nile virus, Tick bites and Lyme disease

  6. WHMIS