Safety documentation in minutes, approved by people.
Arctus turned slow, manual SWMS and JSA writing into an AI-assisted draft that a competent supervisor reviews and signs off, cutting drafting time by 78% across 25 underground sites without taking human judgement out of the chain.
Hours at a desk, on the highest-risk work
Underground mining is among the highest-risk work in Australia, and the Job Safety Analysis is the primary control document between a crew and the hazards of each task. At Redpath, each JSA took a competent supervisor roughly 90 minutes to write, time spent at a keyboard rather than in the field. Quality varied by author and site, and hard-won detail lived in people’s heads, easily lost when they moved on. Across 25 sites generating around 500 JSAs a week, it was a large, recurring drain on the people least able to spare the time.
- Roughly 90 minutes of a competent supervisor’s time per JSA, spent at a desk rather than on site
- Content and quality vary by author and by site, which is hard to defend in an audit
- Critical knowledge lives in people’s heads and scattered files, and is lost when staff move on
- Around 500 JSAs a week across 25 sites, a heavy recurring load on senior people
- End-of-shift time pressure invites generic copied templates and quietly dropped hazards
A draft-only generator, built on approved precedent
Arctus built a SWMS and JSA generator that produces a structured draft from either a plain-language description of the job or the site’s existing documents: SOPs, permits, photos, and previously approved SWMS and JSAs. Each new draft inherits controls that have already passed review. By design it is draft-only: every output is reviewed, edited and approved by a competent supervisor before it is used on site. The platform removes the blank page, not the competent person.
Draft SWMS / JSA Generator
Uploaded documents are used as reference only and are not modified.
All outputs must be reviewed, edited and approved by a competent supervisor before use on site.
You will be able to review, edit and export the draft before supervisor approval.
Describe
A plain-language job description, or the site’s SOPs, permits, photos and prior JSAs.
Generate
A structured draft JSA, drawing controls from the library of approved documents.
Review & approve
A competent supervisor edits and signs off. The draft-only gate never moves.
File & audit
A timestamped, source-linked record is retained for every document produced.
Time returned to the frontline, safety strengthened
Drafting time per JSA fell from about 90 minutes to about 20 minutes, a saving of around 78%. Across Redpath’s volume that is roughly 30,000 supervisor-hours returned over a year, about 16 full-time roles of capacity handed back to frontline safety work. It is not a trade-off against safety, it is a safety dividend: a standard structure means no hazard category is quietly dropped, and proven controls carry forward from approved precedent rather than depending on the author’s recall.
“The platform removes the blank page, not the competent person. Every JSA is still reviewed and approved by someone accountable, and that is exactly what makes it defensible.”
| Metric | Before | After | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drafting time | About 90 minutes, manual | About 20 minutes, draft plus review | 78% faster |
| Consistency | Varies by author and site | Common structure across 25 sites | Standardised |
| Knowledge | In people’s heads, scattered files | Precedent carried from approved library | Retained |
| Audit trail | Reconstructed after the fact | Timestamped, source-linked, signed | Defensible |
| Supervisor time | At the keyboard | In the field verifying controls | Reinvested |
| Human judgement | Always required | Draft-only, competent person approves | Kept in the loop |
Basis: Redpath’s stated volumes of 20 JSAs per site per week across 25 sites and the measured drafting times. Annual figures assume about 52 operating weeks. Illustrative of the system Arctus built and deployed.