Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LAW REFORM (WORK HEALTH) AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO 30 OF 2007) - SECT 52

Regulation 39

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39     Risk management

    (1)     The primary goal of risk management is to eliminate workplace risk as far as reasonably practicable and, if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate a risk, to minimise it as far as reasonably practicable.

    (2)     When an employer formulates risk management measures, the following questions should be addressed in regard to each identified risk:

    (a)     whether it is possible to eliminate the relevant source of risk entirely;

    (b)     whether the source of the risk can be isolated from workers;

    (c)     whether the source of the risk can be controlled by engineering means;

    (d)     whether the risk can be controlled by administrative means (such as the adoption of a different system of work, different working practices, or the introduction of warning systems);

    (e)     whether the risk can be avoided or reduced by the use of personal protective clothing or equipment.