sec.141Requirements for rural industry work

sec.141 Requirements for rural industry work

This section applies to a person conducting a business or undertaking that involves rural industry work performed at a workplace. The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— specified electrical equipment used by the person is visually inspected for electrical safety defects before it is connected to a socket-outlet; and if rural industry work is proposed to be performed, the proposed work is assessed to decide whether it involves a stated electrical risk factor; and if proposed rural industry work involves a stated electrical risk factor, control measures are implemented to prevent the electrical risk from the stated electrical risk factor; and if specified electrical equipment is used by the person that involves a stated electrical risk factor, the equipment— is connected to a safety switch; or is inspected and tested at least annually by a competent person and complies with AS/NZS 3760 (In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment and RCDs) when tested; and control measures are implemented for the risk of electric shock or burns from electrical welding work performed in the business or undertaking, including the wearing of protective clothing, gloves and footwear. If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (2) (d) (ii) the competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that states the prescribed details. If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (2) (d) (ii) the competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use. The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person; the tag was attached by the competent person. In this section— personally supported electrical equipment includes hand held, or carried, electrical equipment, including, for example, a backpack-type vacuum cleaner. stated electrical risk factor means any of the following— use of plug-in electrical equipment in an unroofed area or wet area, including, for example, a hose down area; use of personally supported electrical equipment if the electrical supply cord is subject to flexing while the equipment is being used; use of plug-in electrical equipment that is exposed to environmental factors that subject the equipment to abnormal wear or deterioration. corrosive or other damaging dusts corrosive chemicals in the air Subsections (1) to (5) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ). (sec.141-ssec.1) This section applies to a person conducting a business or undertaking that involves rural industry work performed at a workplace. (sec.141-ssec.2) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— specified electrical equipment used by the person is visually inspected for electrical safety defects before it is connected to a socket-outlet; and if rural industry work is proposed to be performed, the proposed work is assessed to decide whether it involves a stated electrical risk factor; and if proposed rural industry work involves a stated electrical risk factor, control measures are implemented to prevent the electrical risk from the stated electrical risk factor; and if specified electrical equipment is used by the person that involves a stated electrical risk factor, the equipment— is connected to a safety switch; or is inspected and tested at least annually by a competent person and complies with AS/NZS 3760 (In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment and RCDs) when tested; and control measures are implemented for the risk of electric shock or burns from electrical welding work performed in the business or undertaking, including the wearing of protective clothing, gloves and footwear. (sec.141-ssec.3) If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (2) (d) (ii) the competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that states the prescribed details. (sec.141-ssec.4) If, after inspecting and testing the equipment under subsection (2) (d) (ii) the competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure— the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use. (sec.141-ssec.5) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless— the equipment is new; or both of the following apply— the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person; the tag was attached by the competent person. (sec.141-ssec.6) In this section— personally supported electrical equipment includes hand held, or carried, electrical equipment, including, for example, a backpack-type vacuum cleaner. stated electrical risk factor means any of the following— use of plug-in electrical equipment in an unroofed area or wet area, including, for example, a hose down area; use of personally supported electrical equipment if the electrical supply cord is subject to flexing while the equipment is being used; use of plug-in electrical equipment that is exposed to environmental factors that subject the equipment to abnormal wear or deterioration. corrosive or other damaging dusts corrosive chemicals in the air Subsections (1) to (5) are linked to the electrical safety duty in section 30 of the Act (see section 7 (1) ).