Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 3.5.6.

Operational stop controls and emergency stop devices

3.5.6. Operational stop controls and emergency stop devices



(1) If plant is designed to be operated or attended by more than one person
and more than one stop control is fitted, the designer of the plant must
ensure that the design provides for the multiple stop controls to be of the
"stop and lock-off" type so that the plant cannot be restarted after a stop
control has been used unless each stop control is reset.

Penalty: 100 penalty units for a natural person; 500 penalty units for a body
corporate.

(2) If the design of the plant includes an emergency stop device for the
plant, the designer of the plant must ensure that the design provides-

   (a)  for the device to be prominent, clearly and durably marked and
        immediately accessible to each operator of the plant; and

   (b)  for any handle, bar or push button associated with the device to be
        coloured red; and

   (c)  that the device cannot be adversely affected by electrical or
        electronic circuit malfunction.

Penalty: 100 penalty units for a natural person; 500 penalty units for a body
corporate.