319LCrystalline silica hazard control statement required for high risk crystalline silica work

319L Crystalline silica hazard control statement required for high risk crystalline silica work

(1) An employer or a self-employed person must not perform high risk crystalline silica work unless—

(a) a crystalline silica hazard control statement is prepared for the work before the work commences; and

(b) the work is performed in accordance with that statement.

(2) If high risk crystalline silica work is not performed in accordance with a crystalline silica hazard control statement prepared under subregulation (1), the employer or self-employed person must—

(a) stop that work immediately or as soon as it is safe to do so; and

(b) not resume the work until the statement is—

(i) complied with; or

(ii) reviewed and, if necessary, revised in accordance with regulation 319M.

(3) For high risk crystalline silica work that is high risk construction work, if a safe work method statement prepared under regulation 327 addresses the matters required by a crystalline silica hazard control statement—

(a) preparation of that safe work method statement is sufficient compliance with the requirement to prepare a crystalline silica hazard control statement; and

(b) compliance with that safe work method statement is sufficient compliance with a crystalline silica hazard control statement in relation to the risk to health or safety of exposure to crystalline silica dust.

Reg. 319M inserted by S.R. No. 137/2021 reg. 7.