190Dangerous incidents—the WHS (MPS) Act, s 14

190 Dangerous incidents—the WHS (MPS) Act, s 14

190 Dangerous incidents—the WHS (MPS) Act, s 14

(1) For the WHS (MPS) Act, section 14(c), an incident in relation to a workplace that exposes a worker or other person to a serious risk to a person’s health or safety emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to one or more of following is a dangerous incident—

(a) an uncontrolled escape, spillage or leakage of a substance,

(b) an uncontrolled implosion, explosion or fire,

(c) an uncontrolled escape of gas or steam,

(d) an uncontrolled escape of a pressurised substance,

(e) the fall or release from a height of plant, a substance or a thing,

(f) the collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, plant that is required to be authorised within the meaning of the WHS Act, Part 4,

(g) the collapse or partial collapse of a structure,

(h) the collapse or failure of an excavation or of shoring supporting an excavation,

(i) the inrush of water, mud or gas in workings at an underground excavation or tunnel,

(j) the unintended interruption of the main system of ventilation at an underground excavation or tunnel,

(k) the loss of control of heavy earthmoving machinery, including the failure of braking or steering,

(l) the unintended activation, movement or failure to stop of vehicles or machinery,

(m) a collision involving a vehicle or mobile plant,

(n) damage to, or failure of, a part of a winding system or a shaft or shaft equipment,

(o) damage to plant or structures,

(p) a failure of ground, or of slope stability control measures,

(q) rock falls, instability of cliffs, steep slopes or natural dams, occurrence of sinkholes, development of surface cracking or deformations or release of gas at the surface, due to subsidence,

(r) a vehicle or plant making contact with an energised source having a voltage greater than 1,200V, other than testing equipment applied to energised equipment in accordance with the WHS Regulations,