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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.36Visitors’ self-escape
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### sec.36 Visitors’ self-escape
The site senior executive for a coal mine must ensure a visitor does not enter an operating area at the mine unless—
the visitor’s fitness level is assessed in an appropriate way, including, for example, by a questionnaire, to decide if the visitor’s fitness level is adequate to allow the visitor to self-escape from the area; and
having regard to conditions prevailing in the area, the visitor’s fitness level is adequate for the self-escape; and
personal protective equipment given to the visitor for the self-escape fits the visitor.
- (a) the visitor’s fitness level is assessed in an appropriate way, including, for example, by a questionnaire, to decide if the visitor’s fitness level is adequate to allow the visitor to self-escape from the area; and
- (b) having regard to conditions prevailing in the area, the visitor’s fitness level is adequate for the self-escape; and
- (c) personal protective equipment given to the visitor for the self-escape fits the visitor.