Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.133Exposure limits for workers
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sec.133 Exposure limits for workers
This section applies if an assessment of a worker’s health under section 131 shows the worker has an unacceptable level of risk from a hazard at a lower level of exposure than the general exposure limit for the hazard, including, for example, because a personal factor of the worker impairs the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard. fitness, diet, pregnancy, physical disability, allergy or phobia The site senior executive for the mine must ensure a personal exposure limit is set for the worker for the hazard to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. s 133 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.133-ssec.1) This section applies if an assessment of a worker’s health under section 131 shows the worker has an unacceptable level of risk from a hazard at a lower level of exposure than the general exposure limit for the hazard, including, for example, because a personal factor of the worker impairs the worker’s ability to tolerate the hazard. fitness, diet, pregnancy, physical disability, allergy or phobia (sec.133-ssec.2) The site senior executive for the mine must ensure a personal exposure limit is set for the worker for the hazard to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.