Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.69

3.69 .         Welding of lugs and saddle pieces

        (1)         A person who welds a lug or saddle piece to a steel structure or tank which supports, or is to support, a scaffold at a workplace must not depart for any purpose whatever leaving the lug or saddle piece partially and incompletely welded.

        Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an employee: the regulation 1.15 penalty.

        Penalty in any other case:

            (a)         for a first offence, $25 000; and

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, $31 250.

        (2)         A person who welds a lug or saddle piece to a steel structure or tank which supports, or is to support, a scaffold at a workplace must endorse his or her initials, with a durable crayon, on the structure or tank, immediately adjacent to every lug or saddle piece that has been finally and completely welded.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for a first offence, $2 000; and

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, $2 500.

        [Regulation 3.69 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6014 and 6017.]