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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 192

Laundering, disposal and removal of protective clothing

    (1)     An employer must provide for the laundering or disposal of protective clothing and work clothing if it is reasonably likely that the clothing is contaminated with lead dust.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     The employer must ensure that a person does not remove clothing required to be laundered or disposed of under subregulation (1) from the workplace, except to transfer the clothing to a commercial laundry or for disposal.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (3)     The employer must ensure that clothing to be laundered or disposed of under subregulation (1), is bagged and labelled to indicate that the contents may be contaminated.

Penalty:     100 penalty units for a natural person;

500 penalty units for a body corporate.

Subdivision 3—Lead-risk work

Reg. 193 substituted by S.R. No. 71/2018 reg. 8.



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