Evaluating an internal responsibility system audit tool for Ontario’s mining sector

Reasons for the study

In the spring of 2015, on the recommendation of the Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review Advisory Group, the Ontario Mining Association and labour representatives created a guideline on internal responsibility system (IRS) best practices for Ontario’s underground mines. The Institute for Work & Health and Workplace Safety North embodied these IRS best practices in a tool called the Internal Responsibility System Climate Assessment and Audit Tool (IRS CAAT), which was then piloted in five underground mining operations. Based on the audit results and survey responses collected during the pilot, IWH researchers tested the reliability and validity of the IRS CAAT.

Objectives of the study