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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
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### sec.39A Additional obligations
This section applies to each of the following persons—
a coal mine worker at a coal mine;
another person at a coal mine;
an ROC worker for a coal mine.
The person has the following additional obligations—
to work or carry out the person’s activities in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk;
to ensure, to the extent of the responsibilities and duties allocated to the person, that the work and activities under the person’s control, supervision, or leadership is conducted in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk;
to the extent of the person’s involvement—to participate in and conform to the risk management practices of the mine;
to comply with instructions given for safety and health of persons by the coal mine operator or site senior executive for the mine or a supervisor at the mine;
to work at or for the coal mine only if the person is in a fit condition to carry out the work without affecting the safety and health of others;
not to do anything wilfully or recklessly that might adversely affect the safety and health of someone else at the mine.
s 39A ins 2024 No. 34 s 8
(sec.39A-ssec.1) This section applies to each of the following persons— a coal mine worker at a coal mine; another person at a coal mine; an ROC worker for a coal mine.
(sec.39A-ssec.2) The person has the following additional obligations— to work or carry out the person’s activities in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk; to ensure, to the extent of the responsibilities and duties allocated to the person, that the work and activities under the person’s control, supervision, or leadership is conducted in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk; to the extent of the person’s involvement—to participate in and conform to the risk management practices of the mine; to comply with instructions given for safety and health of persons by the coal mine operator or site senior executive for the mine or a supervisor at the mine; to work at or for the coal mine only if the person is in a fit condition to carry out the work without affecting the safety and health of others; not to do anything wilfully or recklessly that might adversely affect the safety and health of someone else at the mine.
- (a) a coal mine worker at a coal mine;
- (b) another person at a coal mine;
- (c) an ROC worker for a coal mine.
- (a) to work or carry out the person’s activities in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk;
- (b) to ensure, to the extent of the responsibilities and duties allocated to the person, that the work and activities under the person’s control, supervision, or leadership is conducted in a way that does not expose the person or someone else to an unacceptable level of risk;
- (c) to the extent of the person’s involvement—to participate in and conform to the risk management practices of the mine;
- (d) to comply with instructions given for safety and health of persons by the coal mine operator or site senior executive for the mine or a supervisor at the mine;
- (e) to work at or for the coal mine only if the person is in a fit condition to carry out the work without affecting the safety and health of others;
- (f) not to do anything wilfully or recklessly that might adversely affect the safety and health of someone else at the mine.