19ZHPower of site health and safety representative to require mining operation to stop in case of imminent serious harm (1)This section applies if a site health and safety representative believes on reasonable grounds that serious harm to any person is likely to be caused imminently by the whole, or a part or an aspect, of a mining operation. (2)The site health and safety representative may— (a)stop the whole, or a part or an aspect, of the mining operation and immediately advise the person in charge of the operation or part or aspect of the operation; or (b)require the person in charge of the operation or part or aspect of the operation to stop the operation. (3)If a site health and safety representative requires a person to stop the whole, or a part or an aspect, of a mining operation, that person must do so. (4)The site health and safety representative must, as soon as practicable after exercising the power under subsection (2), advise the site senior executive of the action taken under that subsection and the reasons for the action taken. (5)If a site health and safety representative has advised the site senior executive of action taken under subsection (2), the site senior executive must notify WorkSafe of that fact.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:45:20 +0000
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