41Prescription of dangerous incidents for purposes of Work Health and Safety Act 2012

41 Prescription of dangerous incidents for purposes of Work Health and Safety Act 2012

(1)  For the purposes of paragraph (l) of the definition of dangerous incident in section 37 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 , the following events are prescribed:

(a) an accident or incident involving a mine winder or shaft, including serious mine winder overwind;

(b) any of the following events, at a mine, that causes a person to lose consciousness:

(i) the application of a physical force to the person;

(ii) the exposure of the person to a hazardous chemical;

(iii) a lack of oxygen in relation to the person;

(c) in relation to a workplace that is a mine, any other event of which the mine operator has been given notice under subregulation (2) .

(2)  The Chief Inspector of Mines may, by notice to a mine operator, specify an event to be an event that is a dangerous incident for the purposes of paragraph (l) of the definition of dangerous incident in section 37 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 .