10Plan required if risk from airborne dust at mine

10 Plan required if risk from airborne dust at mine

(1)  A mine operator must, if there is a potential risk to health and safety from airborne dust at the mine, ensure that there is a major hazard management plan in respect of the risk.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $13 000; and

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 500.

(2)  The major hazard management plan in respect of the potential risk to health and safety from airborne dust at the mine is to make provision for the following matters:

(a) the measures, including both operational and personal protective measures, to be taken to minimise the exposure of people at the mine to any airborne dust;

(b) the measures to be taken to prevent the exposure of people at the mine to airborne dust concentrations in excess of the exposure standard or the concentration specified in regulation 21(3) , whichever applies to the dust concerned;

(c) the use of water, or other suitable agents or engineering methods generally, to reduce airborne dust resulting from the mining, transport or handling of minerals or ore.