Fatigue Management Portal

Western Australian mining operations must comply with WorkSafe (LGIRS) fatigue management requirements under the WHS (Mines) Regs 2022 (Reg 640) and the WHS Act 2020 — tracking cumulative hours, ensuring adequate rest periods between shifts, managing journey times, and maintaining records for audit. The law is risk-based, not prescriptive: there are no statutory hour caps, so documented controls inside your Mine Safety Management System (MSMS) plus each Tier 1 client policy (BHP, Rio Tinto, FMG, Roy Hill) are the standard you are held to.

Yes. The WA Code of Practice: Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace (last updated 20 February 2025) explicitly names fatigue as a psychosocial hazard, and Division 11 (Reg 55D) of the WHS (Mines) Regs 2022 imposes a duty to eliminate or minimise psychosocial risk so far as is reasonably practicable. A Code of Practice is admissible in court as evidence of what is known about a hazard, and an inspector can cite it directly when issuing an improvement or prohibition notice — so a documented, current fatigue-control record is now an enforceable expectation, not just good practice.

Yes. WorkSafe Mines Safety now runs dedicated Wellbeing Inspectors of Mines whose targeted site inspections specifically cover FIFO isolation, camp culture, and fatigue controls. Fatigue is no longer examined only after an incident — it is a proactive inspection target, so a supplier can be asked to produce its fatigue controls and cumulative-hours records on a routine visit. DrilLedger keeps that evidence continuous and on demand.

Under the WHS Act 2020, officers (directors and those with significant management influence) carry a due-diligence duty under section 27, and a fatigue-caused fatality can lead to an industrial manslaughter charge — up to 20 years imprisonment and $5M for an individual, up to $10M for a body corporate. WHS penalties cannot be insured and there is no limitation period. The only defence is contemporaneous evidence that fatigue was being actively managed. DrilLedger produces that timestamped, MSMS-ready record before an incident, not after.

Most WA mining suppliers track fatigue manually — spreadsheets recording shift start/end times, manual calculation of cumulative hours, and paper-based journey management plans. This is error-prone, time-consuming, and difficult to audit. A missed fatigue breach can result in serious safety incidents and regulatory penalties.

A fatigue breach — where a worker exceeds maximum hours or has insufficient rest — can trigger a site stand-down, a WorkSafe (LGIRS) investigation under the WHS Act 2020, client penalties, and insurance implications. For WA mining suppliers, a single fatigue-related incident can cost $15,000-$50,000 in direct penalties plus reputational damage with Tier 1 clients.

The agent tracks cumulative hours worked per worker across all shifts, including overtime, callouts, and travel time. It calculates remaining available hours against WorkSafe (LGIRS) WHS (Mines) Regs 2022 limits and client-specific policies, and alerts supervisors before a worker approaches a fatigue threshold — preventing breaches before they occur.

The agent tracks travel time to and from site as part of the worker's cumulative fatigue exposure. For FIFO workers driving from Perth to Kalgoorlie or from camp to remote work areas, journey time counts toward fatigue limits. The system ensures that shift scheduling accounts for travel, not just on-site hours.

Manual fatigue tracking costs WA mining suppliers $15,000-$30,000+ per year in admin time — recording hours, calculating cumulative exposure, preparing audit reports, and managing journey plans. This excludes the cost of fatigue breaches (penalties, stand-downs, insurance) which can exceed $50,000 per incident.