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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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222 Industrial robots
(1) This regulation applies to a person with management or control of
an industrial robot or other remotely or automatically energised
plant at a workplace.
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 174
(2) The person must not direct or allow a worker to work in the
immediate vicinity of the plant if it could start without warning and
cause a hazard, unless suitable control measures are in place to
control the risks to health and safety.
(3) If the remote or automatic energising of the plant could lead to risks
to health and safety, the person must ensure that access to the
area in the immediate vicinity of the plant is controlled at all times:
(a) by isolating the area; or
(b) by:
(i) providing interlocked guards; or
(ii) if a risk remains, providing presence-sensing devices; or
(iii) if a risk then remains, providing permit to work systems.