sec.118Functions of industry safety and health representatives

### sec.118 Functions of industry safety and health representatives An industry safety and health representative has the following functions— to inspect coal mines to assess whether the level of risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; to review procedures in place at coal mines to control the risk to safety and health of coal mine workers so that it is at an acceptable level; to detect unsafe practices and conditions at coal mines and to take action to ensure the risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; to participate in investigations into serious accidents and high potential incidents and other matters related to safety or health at coal mines; to investigate complaints from coal mine workers regarding safety or health at coal mines; to help in relation to initiatives to improve safety or health at coal mines. The following persons may accompany the industry safety and health representative during an inspection— the site senior executive or a person representing the site senior executive; a site safety and health representative or a person representing the site safety and health representative. (sec.118-ssec.1) An industry safety and health representative has the following functions— to inspect coal mines to assess whether the level of risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; to review procedures in place at coal mines to control the risk to safety and health of coal mine workers so that it is at an acceptable level; to detect unsafe practices and conditions at coal mines and to take action to ensure the risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; to participate in investigations into serious accidents and high potential incidents and other matters related to safety or health at coal mines; to investigate complaints from coal mine workers regarding safety or health at coal mines; to help in relation to initiatives to improve safety or health at coal mines. (sec.118-ssec.2) The following persons may accompany the industry safety and health representative during an inspection— the site senior executive or a person representing the site senior executive; a site safety and health representative or a person representing the site safety and health representative. - (a) to inspect coal mines to assess whether the level of risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; - (b) to review procedures in place at coal mines to control the risk to safety and health of coal mine workers so that it is at an acceptable level; - (c) to detect unsafe practices and conditions at coal mines and to take action to ensure the risk to the safety and health of coal mine workers is at an acceptable level; - (d) to participate in investigations into serious accidents and high potential incidents and other matters related to safety or health at coal mines; - (e) to investigate complaints from coal mine workers regarding safety or health at coal mines; - (f) to help in relation to initiatives to improve safety or health at coal mines. - (a) the site senior executive or a person representing the site senior executive; - (b) a site safety and health representative or a person representing the site safety and health representative.