Operator controls
14 Operator controls
A designer of prescribed equipment must ensure that the design provides for any operator controls for the prescribed equipment to be—
suitably identified on prescribed equipment so as to indicate their nature and function; and
located so as to be readily and conveniently operated by each person using the prescribed equipment; and
located or guarded to prevent unintentional activation; and
able to be locked into the "off" position to enable the disconnection of all motive power.
Penalty: 100 penalty units for a natural person;
400 penalty units for a body corporate.
If the need for prescribed equipment to be operated during maintenance or cleaning cannot be eliminated, the designer of the prescribed equipment must ensure that the design provides for operator controls that—
permit operation of the prescribed equipment while a person is undertaking the maintenance or cleaning of the prescribed equipment; and
cannot be operated by any person other than the person who is carrying out the maintenance or cleaning of the prescribed equipment; and
allow operation of the prescribed equipment in such a way that any risk associated with the activities to any person who is carrying out the maintenance or cleaning of the prescribed equipment—
is, so far as is practicable, eliminated; or
if it is not practicable to eliminate the risk, is reduced so far as is practicable.
Penalty: 100 penalty units for a natural person;
400 penalty units for a body corporate.
This regulation does not apply to an emergency stop device.
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