Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 380

    (1)     The operator of a major hazard facility must develop a safety role for the operator's employees, including the specific procedures employees are required to follow to assist the operator to —

        (a)     identify major incident hazards and possible major incidents under regulation 368; and

        (b)     adopt or review risk control measures under regulations 371 and 379; and

        (c)     conduct and document a safety assessment; and

        (d)     review a safety assessment under regulation 379; and

        (e)     establish and implement a safety management system.

    (2)     The operator must review the safety role for employees developed under this regulation if there is any change of circumstances, including a modification to a major hazard facility, that would require additional or different knowledge and skills on the part of employees to perform the role.

Notes

1     Act compliance—section 21 (see regulation 7).

2     Part 4 of the Act sets out the duty of the employer to consult, including involving the health and safety representative (if any). See also regulation 21 and the consultation requirements in Division 9 of this Part.

3     Safety assessment and safety management system are defined in regulation 5.

Division 7—Controls under Dangerous Goods Act 1985—Protection of property