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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
75Personal protective equipment in emergencies
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75 Personal protective equipment in emergencies
(1) This regulation applies in relation to a worker who is to enter a
confined space in order to carry out first aid or rescue procedures in
(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking for which the
worker is carrying out work must ensure that air supplied respiratory
equipment is available for use by, and is provided to, the worker in
an emergency in which:
(a) the atmosphere in the confined space does not have a safe
oxygen level; or
(b) the atmosphere in the space has a harmful concentration of
an airborne contaminant; or
(c) there is a serious risk of the atmosphere in the space
becoming affected in the way referred to in paragraph (a) or
(b) while the worker is in the space.
(3) The person conducting the business or undertaking for which the
worker is carrying out work must ensure that suitable personal
protective equipment is available for use by, and is provided to, the
worker in an emergency in which:
(a) an engulfment has occurred inside the confined space; or
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(b) there is a serious risk of an engulfment occurring while the
worker is in the space.
Note for regulation 75
Regulation 44 applies to the use of personal protective equipment, including the
equipment provided under this regulation.