Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.33

3.33 .         Standards relevant to certain protective clothing and equipment

        (1)         If a person —

            (a)         is required under any of these regulations to identify a hazard at a workplace and to assess the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from the hazard; and

            (b)         concludes from the assessment process that a risk might be reduced by any of the personal protective clothing or equipment set out in column 1 of the Table to this regulation,

                then the person must ensure that the personal protective clothing or equipment is in accordance, and complies, with the relevant requirements of each Standard set out opposite the clothing or equipment in column 2 of the Table.

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Means of protection	Standard
Safety helmet	AS/NZS 1801
Eye protection	AS/NZS 1337 and AS/NZS 1338
Gloves	AS/NZS 2161
Footwear	AS/NZS 2210
Skin protection by way of sunscreen	AS/NZS 2604
Clothing to protect skin against burns by heat or fire	AS 2375
Clothing to protect skin against toxic or volatile chemicals	AS 3765

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        (2)         A person does not commit an offence under subregulation (1) if, proof of which is on the person, the protection provided by the person in relation to a particular risk is of an equivalent or higher standard than the means of protection referred to in subregulation (1).

        (3)         Nothing in subregulation (1) affects any requirement in the Act or in these regulations to provide such protection as will protect a person from a risk if the means of protection referred to in subregulation (1) would not provide adequate protection in relation to that risk.

        [Regulation 3.33 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2003 p. 63; 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]