529CEMonitoring in relation to processing of CSS that is high risk

529CE Monitoring in relation to processing of CSS that is high risk

[Regulation 529CE Inserted by S.R. 2024, No. 36, Applied:01 Sep 2024] A person conducting a business or undertaking who is carrying out, or directing or allowing a worker to carry out, the processing of a CSS that is high risk must –

(a) undertake air monitoring for respirable crystalline silica in accordance with regulation 50 ; and

(b) provide air monitoring results to the regulator, in a form approved by the regulator, if the airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica has exceeded the workplace exposure standard, as soon as reasonably practicable and no more than 14 days from the date on which the air monitoring result was reported to the person conducting a business or undertaking; and

(c) provide health monitoring, for all workers carrying out the processing of a CSS that is high risk, in accordance with Division 6 of Part 7.1 of these regulations

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.