Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 319ZC

An employer who is an engineered stone licence holder must ensure that employees who are likely to be exposed to risks associated with the undertaking of an engineered stone process are given information, instruction and training in—

        (a)     the health risks associated with exposure to crystalline silica dust; and

        (b)     the need for, and proper use of, any risk control measures required under these Regulations; and

        (c)     how the risk control measures are to be implemented.

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

    300 penalty units for a body corporate.

Notes

1     Regulation 163 sets out the duty of an employer to control risks associated with silica dust produced or generated at a workplace. See also regulation 154.

2     Subdivision 3 of Division 3 of this Part imposes duties on an employer to implement specific measures to control risks associated with engineered stone.

Reg. 319ZD inserted by S.R. No. 137/2021 reg. 7.