Queensland Consolidated Regulations

COAL MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 49

49 Monitoring for workers’ exposure to hazards

(1) A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for periodic monitoring of the level of risk from hazards at the mine that are likely to create an unacceptable level of risk.

(2) The system must also provide for notice of any appreciable increase in the level of risk to a coal mine worker at the mine to be given to the worker’s employer.

(3) An employer who is given a notice under subsection (2) must give a copy of the notice to the employer’s appointed medical adviser.

(4) An employer must ensure that, if a coal mine worker employed by the employer is exposed to a hazard at a coal mine that may increase the level of risk to the worker, the worker’s exposure to the hazard is periodically monitored to assess the level of risk to the worker.

(5) In this section—

"risk" means a risk likely to affect a person’s health.