Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 4.1

4.1 .         Protective clothing and equipment

        (1)         The manager of, and each employer at, a mine must ensure that employees and other persons at the mine — 

            (a)         wear or use personal protective clothing or equipment provided if it is necessary to protect them against any hazard at the mine; and

            (b)         are properly fitted with such clothing or equipment and are properly instructed by a competent person as to how to use the clothing or equipment.

        Penalty: See regulation 17.1.

        (2)         The manager of, and each employer at, a mine must ensure that any personal protective clothing and equipment supplied for use at the mine — 

            (a)         conforms with any applicable Australian Standard;

            (b)         is properly maintained; and

            (c)         is replaced if it becomes defective.

        Penalty: See regulation 17.1.

        (3)         If a sign or notice is displayed at a mine directing that persons wear or use any personal protective clothing or equipment in an area of the mine, any employee or other person entering or in that area must wear or use the clothing or equipment.

        Penalty: See regulation 17.1.

        (4)         Subregulation (3) does not apply to an employee or person who has, before entering the area, been exempted in writing by the manager from wearing or using the clothing or equipment in that area.

        (5)         An employee and any other person at a workplace must ensure that loose clothing, personal adornments and hair are confined so as to prevent entanglement with any machinery, electrical equipment or other device at the workplace.

        Penalty: See regulation 17.1.