Rapallo regularly completes third party audits of plant and equipment including guarding, mobile and fixed cranes, mobile and fixed plant as well as registered and classified plant.
For this project, Rapallo was engaged by a gold mining company to carry out an audit of the client’s plant guarding in response to a Department of Mines, Industry, Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) inspection. The guarding was audited for compliance against the Australian standard AS4024 – Safety of machinery, the requirements of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations (MSIR) as well as the client’s relevant standards.
The audit included the entire processing plant with a focus on conveyors and other rotating items of plant.
- Conveyor guarding.
- Pump guarding.
- Processing plant equipment and reagent area guarding.
- Workshop and plant laboratory guarding.
- Tails and water services area Guarding.
Rapallo completed the audit, providing the client with a detailed report that clearly defined the issues and highlighted exactly what actions were required to comply with relevant standards and legislation. The included risk assessment allowed the client to easily identify and prioritize the highest risk items.
Multiple Rapallo personnel were able to mobilise to site and complete the audit on an accelerated schedule to meet objectives and deadlines set by DMIRs for the completion of the audit.
