Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.38

3.38 .         Identification and assessment of hazards in relation to atmosphere

                Without limiting regulations 3.1 and 3.32, a person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor or a self-employed person must —

            (a)         identify each hazard arising from an oxygen deficient atmosphere or a toxic atmosphere to which a person at the workplace is likely to be exposed;

            (b)         assess the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from each hazard, if any, identified under paragraph (a); and

            (c)         consider whether the risk may be reduced by any of the means referred to in regulation 3.39.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.38 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]