Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 319X

An employer or a self-employed person must not use or cause to be used compressed air or other compressed gases to clean the following, unless the use of that air or gas does not result in a concentration of respirable crystalline silica that exceeds the exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica—

        (a)     a work area where an engineered stone process has been undertaken;

        (b)     if a person has been in a work area where an engineered stone process is being or has been undertaken, the clothing the person was wearing in that area.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 24 (see  regulation 7).

Pt 4.5 Div. 4 (Heading and regs 319Y–319ZG) inserted by S.R. No. 137/2021 reg. 7, substituted as Pt 4.5 Div. 4 (Heading and regs 319Y–319ZB) by S.R. No. 63/2024 reg. 11.

Division 4—Prohibition on work involving engineered stone benchtops, panels or slabs

Reg. 319Y substituted by S.R. No. 63/2024 reg. 11.