Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 37

In this part:

"dangerous incident" means an incident in relation to a workplace that exposes a worker or any other person to a serious risk to a person's health or safety emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to—

        (a)     an uncontrolled escape, spillage or leakage of a substance; or

        (b)     an uncontrolled implosion, explosion or fire; or

        (c)     an uncontrolled escape of gas or steam; or

        (d)     an uncontrolled escape of a pressurised substance; or

        (e)     electric shock; or

        (f)     the fall or release from a height of any plant, substance or thing; or

        (g)     the collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, any plant that is required to be authorised for use in accordance with the regulation; or

        (h)     the collapse or partial collapse of a structure; or

              (i)     the collapse or failure of an excavation or of any shoring supporting an excavation; or

        (j)     the inrush of water, mud or gas in workings, in an underground excavation or tunnel; or

        (k)     the interruption of the main system of ventilation in an underground excavation or tunnel; or

        (l)     any other event prescribed by regulation,

but does not include an incident of a prescribed kind.

Note     Power to make a regulation includes power to make different provision for different classes (see Legislation Act

, s 48).