Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If an employee is
working alone underground in an underground mine and is not in frequent
communication with or within easy hearing of other employees, the manager of
the mine must ensure that the employee is inspected, visited or communicated
with, at least every 2 hours.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(2) The manager of an
underground mine must ensure that if hazardous conditions exist underground at
any workplace in the mine —
(a) no
employee works alone in that workplace; and
(b) any
employee working in a team in that workplace is at all times within sight of
another employee.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.