sec.39Resources for first aid and medical treatment

sec.39 Resources for first aid and medical treatment

This section applies to a mine if facilities or procedures for first aid or medical treatment for emergencies are decided to be necessary for the mine under a risk management process carried out under section 32 . The site senior executive must, if it is appropriate having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, ensure the mine has the following things— adequate supplies of first aid and trauma kits; basic life support training for workers; equipment appropriate for controlling the on-site hazards identified by the risk management process; facilities and procedures for liaising with, and using, local and state emergency services; if the nature or remoteness of the mine’s operations limit the effectiveness of local or state emergency services— the availability of suitably trained site-based personnel and suitable first aid and medical equipment; and facilities and procedures for evacuating persons from the site for medical treatment. s 39 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 amdt 8 (amdt could not be given effect) (sec.39-ssec.1) This section applies to a mine if facilities or procedures for first aid or medical treatment for emergencies are decided to be necessary for the mine under a risk management process carried out under section 32 . (sec.39-ssec.2) The site senior executive must, if it is appropriate having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, ensure the mine has the following things— adequate supplies of first aid and trauma kits; basic life support training for workers; equipment appropriate for controlling the on-site hazards identified by the risk management process; facilities and procedures for liaising with, and using, local and state emergency services; if the nature or remoteness of the mine’s operations limit the effectiveness of local or state emergency services— the availability of suitably trained site-based personnel and suitable first aid and medical equipment; and facilities and procedures for evacuating persons from the site for medical treatment.

• (a) adequate supplies of first aid and trauma kits;
• (b) basic life support training for workers;
• (c) equipment appropriate for controlling the on-site hazards identified by the risk management process;
• (d) facilities and procedures for liaising with, and using, local and state emergency services;
• (e) if the nature or remoteness of the mine’s operations limit the effectiveness of local or state emergency services— (i) the availability of suitably trained site-based personnel and suitable first aid and medical equipment; and (ii) facilities and procedures for evacuating persons from the site for medical treatment.
• (i) the availability of suitably trained site-based personnel and suitable first aid and medical equipment; and