Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 472B

In addition to any other information required by these Regulations, a person applying for an engineered stone licence must also include the following with the application—

        (a)     the workplace address at which an engineered stone process is intended to be undertaken under the licence;

        (b)     a copy of a proposed engineered stone control plan;

        (c)     a description of the risk control measures intended to be put in place to eliminate or reduce risks and a justification of those risk control measures;

        (d)     the number of employees who might be exposed to crystalline silica dust at the workplace;

        (e)     the name and address of any supplier from whom the applicant intends to purchase engineered stone;

        (f)     detailed information on the type of information, instruction and training that the applicant intends to provide to employees who undertake an engineered stone process;

        (g)     detailed information on the respiratory protective equipment that the applicant intends to provide to persons who undertake an engineered stone process;

        (h)     a statement that information has been provided to job applicants and employees regarding the health risks associated with exposure to crystalline silica dust that satisfies the requirements of regulations 319ZB and  319ZC.

Reg. 472C inserted by S.R. No. 137/2021 reg. 11.