Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 1 · Dangerous Occurrences
Feedback & supportFIRST SCHEDULESections 4(1) and 64(1)Dangerous Occurrences
1. Bursting of a revolving vessel, wheel, grindstone or grinding wheel moved by mechanical power.
mechanical power
“mechanical power” means any energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, compressed air or gas, or the combustion of fuel or explosive, which is used to drive or work any machinery;
2. Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist, piling frame or other appliance used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any load bearing part thereof (except breakage of chain or rope slings), or the overturning of a crane.
3. Explosion or fire damage to the structure of any room or place in which persons are at work, or to any machinery or plant contained therein, and resulting in the complete suspension of ordinary work in the room or place or stoppage of machinery or plant for 5 hours or more, where the explosion or fire is due to the ignition of dust, gas or vapour, or the ignition of celluloid or substance composed wholly or in part of celluloid.
at work
“at work” means —(a)in relation to an employee, all times when the employee is performing work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by his or her employer, wherever that work is carried out;(b)in relation to a self-employed person, all times when the person is performing work as a self-employed person, wherever the work is carried out; and(c)in any other case, all times when the person is performing work at the direction of the other person who engaged him or her, wherever the work is carried out;
4. Electrical short circuit or failure of electrical machinery, plant or apparatus, attended by explosion or fire or causing structural damage thereto, and involving its stoppage or disuse for 5 hours or more.
machinery
“machinery” includes —(a)any oil engine, gas engine, steam engine, and any other machine in which mechanical movement, either linear or rotated or both, takes place;(b)any steam boiler, gas cylinder, air receiver, steam receiver, steam container or refrigerating plant pressure receiver;(c)any appliance for transmission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving straps or bands or gearing; and(d)any electrical generator or electrical motor,but does not include any machinery used solely for the propulsion of vehicles;
5. Explosion or fire affecting any room in which persons are at work and causing complete suspension of ordinary work therein for 24 hours or more.
6. Explosion or failure of structure of a steam boiler or of a receiver or container used for the storage at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting from the compression of gas.
7. Failure or collapse of formwork or its supports.
8. Collapse, in part or in whole, of a scaffold exceeding 15 metres in height or of a suspended scaffold or a hanging scaffold from which any person may fall more than 2 metres.
9. Accidental seepage or entry of seawater into a dry dock or floating dock causing flooding of the dry dock or floating dock.[18/2011]