sec.131Health assessment of workers

sec.131 Health assessment of workers

This section applies if a hazard with potential to cause a significant adverse effect on the safety or health of a person is identified at a mine. The site senior executive for the mine must ensure— the physical and medical condition of each worker at the mine is assessed to check, as far as reasonably practicable, for any condition that may impair the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard without harming the worker or the worker’s future children; and a record of the assessment (a health assessment record ) is kept. The assessment must be carried out in an appropriate way, including, for example, by a medical examination, having regard to the nature of the hazard. The assessment must be carried out— before the worker is exposed to the hazard at the mine; and periodically, as necessary, to assess changes in the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard. If the site senior executive considers the assessment needs to be carried out by a medical examination, the site senior executive must arrange for the assessment to be done by, or under the supervision of, an appropriate doctor. The appropriate doctor must give— the site senior executive a health assessment report; and the worker a copy and explanation of the report. The worker’s employer must pay for the worker’s assessment and the health assessment reports. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. Subsection (6) is not a safety and health obligation for the Act . s 131 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.131-ssec.1) This section applies if a hazard with potential to cause a significant adverse effect on the safety or health of a person is identified at a mine. (sec.131-ssec.2) The site senior executive for the mine must ensure— the physical and medical condition of each worker at the mine is assessed to check, as far as reasonably practicable, for any condition that may impair the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard without harming the worker or the worker’s future children; and a record of the assessment (a health assessment record ) is kept. (sec.131-ssec.3) The assessment must be carried out in an appropriate way, including, for example, by a medical examination, having regard to the nature of the hazard. (sec.131-ssec.4) The assessment must be carried out— before the worker is exposed to the hazard at the mine; and periodically, as necessary, to assess changes in the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard. (sec.131-ssec.5) If the site senior executive considers the assessment needs to be carried out by a medical examination, the site senior executive must arrange for the assessment to be done by, or under the supervision of, an appropriate doctor. (sec.131-ssec.5A) The appropriate doctor must give— the site senior executive a health assessment report; and the worker a copy and explanation of the report. (sec.131-ssec.6) The worker’s employer must pay for the worker’s assessment and the health assessment reports. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.131-ssec.7) Subsection (6) is not a safety and health obligation for the Act .