Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATION 2017 - REG 144

144 Oxygen

(1) The site senior executive must ensure a person is not exposed to—

(a) an atmosphere in a confined space on the surface of the mine that has—

(i) an oxygen content of less than 19.5% by volume; or

(ii) an oxygen content of more than 23.5% by volume; or

(b) an atmosphere in any other part of the mine that has an oxygen content of less than 18% by volume.

(2) In this section—

"confined space" means a confined space as defined in AS 2865 ‘Confined Spaces’.