Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 675K

675K .         Health monitoring report

        (1)         Health monitoring must be documented in a health monitoring report in an approved form.

        (2)         The health monitoring report of a worker at a mine must include the following —

            (a)         the name and date of birth of the worker;

            (b)         the name and registration number of the registered medical practitioner carrying out or supervising the monitoring;

            (c)         the name and address of —

                  (i)         the mine operator of the mine; and

                  (ii)         the person conducting a business or undertaking who commissioned the health monitoring;

            (d)         the date of the health monitoring;

            (e)         an explanation of the results;

            (f)         any advice indicating an adverse health effect resulting from exposure to a risk associated with mining operations;

            (g)         any recommendation that the mine operator take remedial measures, including whether the worker can continue to carry out the type of work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring;

            (h)         whether medical counselling is required for the worker in relation to the work that triggered the requirement for health monitoring.