Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 - SECT 16

             (1)  This section applies to a manufacturer of a substance that the manufacturer ought reasonably to expect will be used by employees at work on a prescribed ship or prescribed unit.

             (2)  The manufacturer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the substance is so manufactured as to be, when properly used, safe for employees and without risk to their health.

             (3)  The manufacturer must take all reasonable steps to carry out, or cause to be carried out, the research, testing and examination necessary to:

                     (a)  discover; and

                     (b)  eliminate or minimise;

any risk to the health or safety of employees that may arise from the use of the substance.

             (4)  The manufacturer must take all reasonable steps to make available to an operator, in connection with the use of the substance by employees at work, adequate information about:

                     (a)  its intended use; and

                     (b)  details of its composition; and

                     (c)  any conditions necessary to ensure that, when put to its intended use, it will be safe for employees and without risk to their health; and

                     (d)  the first aid and medical procedures that should be followed if the substance causes injury.

Penalty:  200 penalty units.