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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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211 Emergency stops
(1) If plant at a workplace is designed to be operated or attended by
more than 1 person and more than 1 emergency stop control is
fitted, the person with management or control of plant at the
workplace must ensure that the multiple emergency stop controls
are of the "stop and lock off" type so that the plant cannot be
restarted after an emergency stop control has been used unless
that emergency stop control is reset.
(2) If the design of plant at a workplace includes an emergency stop
control, the person with management or control of the plant at the
workplace must ensure that:
(a) the stop control is prominent, clearly and durably marked and
immediately accessible to each operator of the plant; and
(b) any handle, bar or push button associated with the stop
control is coloured red; and
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(c) the stop control cannot be adversely affected by electrical or
electronic circuit malfunction.