Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations If a person is
required, under regulation 3.40 or 3.41, to ensure that a supplied air
respirator is provided for use at a workplace then the person
must —
(a)
assess the number of sets of supplied air respirators that should be provided
for regular, emergency or rescue purposes at the workplace;
(b)
assess whether self-contained breathing apparatus should be provided for
emergency use and rescue at the workplace and, if so, the number of sets of
such apparatus that should be provided;
(c)
ensure that each supplied air respirator provided for use at the
workplace —
(i)
has been selected in accordance with AS/NZS 1715 to
suit the circumstances of the case and is used and maintained in accordance
with that Standard; and
(ii)
complies with relevant requirements of AS/NZS 1716;
(d) in
the case of a supplied air respirator by which air is supplied to the user by
means of an air line or air hose, assess whether there should be provided for
use at the workplace a device that warns when the air supply is about to fail;
(e)
assess whether there should be provided for use at the workplace a supplied
air escape type-respirator in the event that the flow of supplied air fails;
and
(f)
ensure that each person required to use a supplied air respirator for
emergency or rescue purposes at a workplace is trained in the use of the
equipment and in emergency procedures.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
[Regulation 3.42 amended in Gazette
14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]