South Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 2.4.3

2.4.3—Hazard identification and risk assessment

        (1)         An employer must identify any confined space associated with the performance of work and any reasonably foreseeable hazard associated with working in the confined space.

        (2)         An employer must ensure, before any work which involves entry into a confined space is commenced for the first time, that a risk assessment is undertaken by a competent person.

        (3)         A risk assessment undertaken for the purposes of subregulation (2) must at least include an assessment of the following:

            (a)         if the work can be carried out without the need to enter the confined space; and

            (b)         the nature of the confined space and the work required to be carried out; and

            (c)         the various ways in which the work could be carried out; and

            (d)         the risks associated with the method of work selected, the plant to be used, and any potentially hazardous condition that may exist inside the confined space; and

            (e)         the need for emergency and rescue procedures.

        (4)         An employer must ensure that the risk assessment required under subregulations (2) and (3) is revised whenever there is evidence that indicates that it is no longer valid.

        (5)         An employer must ensure that a report is prepared on any risk assessment under this regulation and that the report is retained for at least five years from the date of the last entry in the report.