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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 51

Managing risks to health and safety

51 Managing risks to health and safety

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must manage risks to health and safety associated with a hazardous atmosphere at the workplace under part 3.1 .
Notes—
1 WHS Act section 19 (see section 9 ).
2 For general risk management requirements, see part 3.1 .
(2) An atmosphere is a
"hazardous atmosphere" if—
(a) the atmosphere does not have a safe oxygen level; or
(b) the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere increases the fire risk; or
(c) the concentration of flammable gas, vapour, mist, or fumes exceeds 5% of the LEL for the gas, vapour, mist or fumes; or
(d) a hazardous chemical in the form of a combustible dust is present in a quantity and form that would result in a hazardous area.



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