Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If a designer has
identified a hazard under regulation 6.3, and has assessed any risk of
exposure of a person to that hazard, the designer must consider whether the
risk of exposure may be reduced by any of the means referred to in
subregulation (2).
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(2) The means referred
to in subregulation (1) include reducing the risk of exposure, in an
appropriate case, by —
(a)
ensuring the plant is designed according to the relevant Australian Standard;
(b)
ensuring that any powered mobile plant is designed to reduce, as far as is
practicable, the risk of overturning, or of a falling object coming into
contact with the operator; and
(c)
ensuring that where, despite reduction measures, there is a risk of exposure
to a situation where —
(i)
a powered mobile plant may overturn;
(ii)
a falling object may come into contact with the operator
of a powered mobile plant; or
(iii)
the operator of a powered mobile plant may be ejected
from the seat,
the risk of exposure
to a hazard in that type of situation is limited by the provision of an
appropriate combination of operator protective devices.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.