Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 3.4.21.

Emergency procedures-personal protective equipment

3.4.21. Emergency procedures-personal protective equipment



(1) An employer must provide an employee with air-supplied respiratory
protective equipment if the employee enters, or carries out emergency
procedures in, a confined space in an emergency-

   (a)  arising from an atmosphere that does not have a safe oxygen level or
        has a harmful level of any contaminant; or

   (b)  if there is a likelihood of a condition under paragraph (a) arising
        while the employee is in the confined space.

Note Act compliance-section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7).



(2) An employer must provide an employee with appropriate personal protective
equipment if the employee enters or carries out emergency procedures in a
confined space in an emergency-

   (a)  arising from engulfment; or

   (b)  if there is a likelihood of a condition under paragraph (a) arising
        while the employee is in the confined space.

Note Act compliance-section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7).

(3) An employer must ensure that an employee uses the personal protective
equipment provided under this regulation.

Note Act compliance-section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7).