OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 - SECT 19 Duties of suppliers in relation to plant and substances

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 - SECT 19

  (1)   This section applies to a supplier of any plant or substance that the supplier ought reasonably to expect will be used by employees at work on a prescribed ship or prescribed unit.

  (2)   The supplier must take all reasonable steps to ensure that, at the time of supply, the plant or substance is in such condition as to be, when properly used, safe for employees and without risk to their health.

  (3)   The supplier must take all reasonable steps to carry out, or cause to be carried out, the research, testing and examination necessary to:

  (a)   discover; and

  (b)   eliminate or minimise;

any risk to the health or safety of employees that may arise from the condition of the plant or substance.

  (4)   The supplier must take all reasonable steps to make available to an operator, in connection with the use of the plant or substance by employees at work, adequate information about:

  (a)   the condition of the plant or substance at the time of supply; and

  (b)   any risk to the health and safety of employees to which the condition of the plant or substance may give rise unless it is properly used; and

  (c)   the steps that need to be taken in order to eliminate such risk; and

  (d)   in the case of a substance--the first aid and medical procedures that should be followed if the condition of the substance causes injury.

Penalty:   200 penalty units.