Queensland Consolidated Regulations

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 39

39 Resources for first aid and medical treatment

(1) This section applies to a mine if facilities or procedures for first aid or medical treatment for emergencies are decided to be necessary for the mine under a risk management process carried out under section 32 .

(2) The site senior executive must, if it is appropriate having regard to the nature and complexity of the mine’s operations, ensure the mine has the following things—

(a) adequate supplies of first aid and trauma kits;

(b) basic life support training for workers;

(c) equipment appropriate for controlling the on-site hazards identified by the risk management process;

(d) facilities and procedures for liaising with, and using, local and state emergency services;

(e) if the nature or remoteness of the mine’s operations limit the effectiveness of local or state emergency services—

(i) the availability of suitably trained site-based personnel and suitable first aid and medical equipment; and

(ii) facilities and procedures for evacuating persons from the site for medical treatment.