Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.136Monitoring workers’ exposure
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sec.136 Monitoring workers’ exposure
This section applies to a hazard at a mine— that has the potential to exceed the exposure limit applying to a worker for the hazard; or for which the level of risk may vary. The site senior executive for the mine must ensure the worker’s exposure to the hazard is monitored, and the monitoring results are analysed, regularly. If a relevant Australian standard or national standard states a way of carrying out the monitoring or analysis, the site senior executive must ensure the monitoring or analysis is done in the stated way. for inhalable dust—AS 3640 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of inhalable dust’ for respirable dust—AS 2985 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of respirable dust’ s 136 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 ; 2023 SL No. 71 s 9 (sec.136-ssec.1) This section applies to a hazard at a mine— that has the potential to exceed the exposure limit applying to a worker for the hazard; or for which the level of risk may vary. (sec.136-ssec.2) The site senior executive for the mine must ensure the worker’s exposure to the hazard is monitored, and the monitoring results are analysed, regularly. (sec.136-ssec.3) If a relevant Australian standard or national standard states a way of carrying out the monitoring or analysis, the site senior executive must ensure the monitoring or analysis is done in the stated way. for inhalable dust—AS 3640 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of inhalable dust’ for respirable dust—AS 2985 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of respirable dust’
- (a) that has the potential to exceed the exposure limit applying to a worker for the hazard; or
- (b) for which the level of risk may vary.
- 1 for inhalable dust—AS 3640 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of inhalable dust’
- 2 for respirable dust—AS 2985 ‘Workplace atmospheres—Method for sampling and gravimetric determination of respirable dust’