Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sch.2E-sec.30Keeping health surveillance reports
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sch.2E-sec.30 Keeping health surveillance reports
A site senior executive for a mine must ensure a copy of a health surveillance report obtained under this regulation is kept for at least the following period after the report is received— for a hazard with a cumulative or delayed effect—30 years; lead, silica, noise or vibration for another hazard—7 years. If the mine ceases operations in the period the copy of the health surveillance report is required to be kept under subsection (1) , the site senior executive must ask for, and comply with, the CEO’s directions about the copy’s storage. (sch.2E-sec.30-ssec.1) A site senior executive for a mine must ensure a copy of a health surveillance report obtained under this regulation is kept for at least the following period after the report is received— for a hazard with a cumulative or delayed effect—30 years; lead, silica, noise or vibration for another hazard—7 years. (sch.2E-sec.30-ssec.2) If the mine ceases operations in the period the copy of the health surveillance report is required to be kept under subsection (1) , the site senior executive must ask for, and comply with, the CEO’s directions about the copy’s storage.
- (a) for a hazard with a cumulative or delayed effect—30 years; Examples— lead, silica, noise or vibration
- (b) for another hazard—7 years.