Health and Safety

Onshore

The regulation of health and safety for mining and onshore petroleum exploration and development activities has been transferred to NT WorkSafe http://www.worksafe.nt.gov.au/.

The Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources will remain the lead agency for administering mineral and energy matters including development, authorisation and environmental issues.

While the transfer of safety regulation is expected to make little difference to mine operators, there will be further notifications of any changes to contacts as the transfer progresses as well as them being posted on this web site.

Notification of incidents involving health and safety issues only will be handled by NT WorkSafe. In practice it is understood that many incidents involve both safety and environmental and so both RDPIFR and NT WorkSafe will ensure notification is passed on to the other respectively as required. Reporting of employment and incident data will continue to be handled through the current contacts.

Onshore petroleum production facilities continue to be regulated by NT RDPIFR.

Offshore

The regulation of health and safety for offshore activities has been transferred to NOPSA http://www.nopsa.gov.au/.

Notification of incidents involving health and safety issues only will be handled by NOPSA. In practice it is understood that many incidents involve both safety and environmental and so both RDPIFR and NOPSA will ensure notification is passed on to the other respectively as required.

Links

These pages provide access to:

• Emergency Contacts for mineral, petroleum, as well as for any fuel emergency requirements.
• Forms, procedures and guidelines, including the Minerals Industry Safety Handbook and other engineering guidelines, reporting forms and operating information.
• Legislation
• National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA);the Statutory Authority regulating Commonwealth, State and Territory coastal waters with accountability to the relevant Ministers. The Authority has its headquarters in Perth and commenced operations on 1 January 2005.
• Mining Statistics - Employment and Safety