WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES AND PETROLEUM SITES) REGULATION 2014 - REG 5 Meaning of principal hazard

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES AND PETROLEUM SITES) REGULATION 2014 - REG 5

5 Meaning of principal hazard

(cl 612 model WHS Regs)

In this Regulation, a
"principal hazard" is any activity, process, procedure, plant, structure, substance, situation or other circumstance relating to the carrying out of--

(a) mining operations that have a reasonable potential to result in multiple deaths in a single incident or a series of recurring incidents in relation to any of the following--

(i) ground or strata failure,

(ii) inundation or inrush of any substance,

(iii) mine shafts and winding systems,

(iv) gas outbursts,

(v) spontaneous combustion,

(vi) subsidence,

(vii) roads or other vehicle operating areas,

(viii) air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants,

(ix) fire or explosion,

(x) a hazard identified by the mine operator under clause 34 of the WHS Regulations, or

(b) petroleum operations that have a reasonable potential to result in multiple deaths in a single incident or a series of recurring incidents in relation to any of the following--

(i) roads or other vehicle operating areas,

(ii) air quality or dust or other airborne contaminants,

(iii) fire or explosion,

(iv) a hazard identified by the petroleum site operator under clause 34 of the WHS Regulations.