Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.95Time and resources for carrying out tasks
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sec.95 Time and resources for carrying out tasks
The site senior executive for a mine must ensure time is allocated, and the mine’s resources are distributed, to enable each worker at the mine to carry out the worker’s tasks without creating an unacceptable level of risk. Without limiting subsection (1) , the site senior executive must ensure the worker is given the supervision, and help from other competent persons, necessary to achieve an acceptable level of risk. In this section— resources includes the following things— access and transport; communication methods; facilities, materials and plant; consumable items, spare parts and personal protective equipment leadership, guidance and training; procedures, including procedures for coordinating activities, and standard work instructions and other relevant information. s 95 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 ; 2024 SL No. 167 s 59 (sec.95-ssec.1) The site senior executive for a mine must ensure time is allocated, and the mine’s resources are distributed, to enable each worker at the mine to carry out the worker’s tasks without creating an unacceptable level of risk. (sec.95-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the site senior executive must ensure the worker is given the supervision, and help from other competent persons, necessary to achieve an acceptable level of risk. (sec.95-ssec.3) In this section— resources includes the following things— access and transport; communication methods; facilities, materials and plant; consumable items, spare parts and personal protective equipment leadership, guidance and training; procedures, including procedures for coordinating activities, and standard work instructions and other relevant information.
- (a) access and transport;
- (b) communication methods;
- (c) facilities, materials and plant; Examples— consumable items, spare parts and personal protective equipment
- (d) leadership, guidance and training;
- (e) procedures, including procedures for coordinating activities, and standard work instructions and other relevant information.