Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022
Part 72 — Lead
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Part 7.2 — Lead
Division 1 — Lead process
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Meaning of lead process 297
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Regulator may decide lead process 299
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Meaning of lead risk work 300
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Duty to give information about health risks of lead process 300
Division 2 — Control of risk
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Containment of lead contamination 301
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Cleaning methods 301
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Prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking 302
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Provision of changing and washing facilities 302
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Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment 303
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Review of control measures 304
Division 3 — Lead risk work
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Identifying lead risk work 306
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Notification of lead risk work 307
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Changes to information in notification of lead risk work 308
Division 4 — Health monitoring
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Duty to provide health monitoring before first commencing lead risk work 309
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Duty to ensure that appropriate health monitoring is provided 310
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Frequency of biological monitoring 310
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Duty to ensure health monitoring is supervised by registered medical practitioner with relevant experience 312
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Duty to pay costs of health monitoring 313
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Information that must be provided to registered medical practitioner 313
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Duty to obtain health monitoring report 314
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Duty to give health monitoring report to worker 315
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Duty to give health monitoring report to regulator 315
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Duty to give health monitoring report to relevant persons conducting businesses or undertakings 316
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Removal of worker from lead risk work 316
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Duty to ensure medical examination if worker removed from lead risk work 317
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Return to lead risk work after removal 318
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Health monitoring records 319