Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 196A

196A Site senior executive must tell contractor particular matters

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a contractor provides or arranges for a worker to perform work, or provide a service, at a mine; and

(b) the site senior executive for the mine becomes aware of any of the following matters—

(i) an injury or illness to the worker from operations that causes the worker to be absent from work;

(ii) a high potential incident happening at the mine that causes or has the potential to cause a significant adverse effect on the safety or health of the worker;

(iii) any proposed change to the mine, or plant or substance used at the mine, that affects, or may affect, the safety and health of the worker.

(2) The site senior executive for the mine must tell the contractor about the matter as soon as practicable after the matter comes to the site senior executive’s knowledge.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.