South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 675

675—Personal protective equipment in emergencies

        (1)         This regulation applies in relation to a worker who is to enter an underground mine in an emergency in order to carry out first aid or rescue procedures.

        (2)         The mine operator of the underground mine must ensure that oxygen or air supplied respiratory equipment is available for use by, and is provided to, the worker in an emergency in which—

            (a)         the concentration of oxygen falls below a safe oxygen level; or

            (b)         the atmosphere in the underground mine has a harmful concentration of an airborne contaminant; or

            (c)         there is a serious risk of the atmosphere in the underground mine becoming affected in the way referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) while the worker is in the underground mine.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$6 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$30 000.

        (3)         The mine operator must ensure that suitable personal protective equipment is available for use by, and is provided to, the worker in an emergency in which—

            (a)         there has been an inundation or inrush of any substance in the underground mine; or

            (b)         there is a serious risk of an inundation or inrush of any substance occurring while the worker is in the underground mine.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$6 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$30 000.

        (4)         The mine operator must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that a worker uses the personal protective equipment provided under subregulation (2) or (3).

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$6 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$30 000.