Victorian Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2007 (SR NO 54 OF 2007) - REG 5.3.2

r. 5.3.2

    (1)     For the purposes of this Part, a mining hazard is any activity, procedure, plant, process, substance, situation or other circumstance that could pose a risk to health or safety in relation to—

        (a)     ground control;

        (b)     slope stability;

        (c)     rock falls;

        (d)     rock bursts;

        (e)     susceptibility to seismic activity;

        (f)     inrush of water or semi-solids;

        (g)     shaft sinking or winding;

        (h)     mining plant, including mobile plant and remote control equipment;

              (i)     heavy transport equipment;

        (j)     mine fires or explosions;

        (k)     gas outbursts;

        (l)     loss of ventilation;

        (m)     airborne dust;

        (n)     radiation from rock strata or other sources;

        (o)     proximity to dangerous openings;

        (p)     tailings dams;

        (q)     exposure to sodium cyanide and its reaction products;

        (r)     any other matter determined by the Authority under subregulation (2)—

but does not include a major incident hazard.

    (2)     The Authority may determine an activity, procedure, plant, process, substance, situation or other circumstance to be a mining hazard for the purposes of this Part.