Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 446

446 Duty to limit use of equipment

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must not use, or direct or allow a worker to use, either of the following on asbestos or ACM—

(a) high-pressure water spray;

(b) compressed air.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to the use of a high pressure water spray for fire fighting or fire protection purposes.

(3) A person conducting a business or undertaking must not use, or direct or allow a worker to use, any of the following equipment on asbestos or ACM unless the use of the equipment is controlled—

(a) power tools;

(b) brooms;

(c) any other implements that cause the release of airborne asbestos into the atmosphere.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(4) In subsection (3) , the use of equipment is
"controlled" if—

(a) the equipment is enclosed during its use; or

(b) the equipment is designed to capture or suppress airborne asbestos and is used in accordance with its design; or

(c) the equipment is used in a way that is designed to capture or suppress airborne asbestos safely; or

(d) any combination of paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c) applies.