Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00420:front:0:p37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00420
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 99044–101918

* keep the hazardous chemicals within any control temperature range where necessary
    * keep the hazardous chemical and the packaging dry, unless the packages themselves are impervious to moisture.
This does not apply where the hazardous chemicals are about to be used in a manufacturing process.
Some hazardous chemicals may provide an expiry date on the label and SDS. Where a chemical has passed its expiry date it should not be used, but be disposed of in accordance with manufacturer's instructions and local laws.

Impact protection – containers, structures and plant
To prevent damage from the movement of the structure or plant including any attached pipe work or equipment, you should ensure that structures or plant used for the storage or handling of hazardous chemicals are appropriately located and fixed to stable foundations.
Measures required for preventing or controlling impact normally depends on the nature of risks.  Impact protection measures may be necessary for:
    * structures containing large quantities of hazardous chemicals
    * plant and equipment including storage and process vessels, associated pipe work, pumps and controls
    * storage areas (including transit storage) for packages, IBCs and associated shelves and racks
    * exposed parts of the fire protection systems.
The most effective ways to protect containers, pipework, pumps and attachments from impact
is to locate the containers away from trafficable areas or prevent vehicle access. Installation
of crash protection measures, such as bollards and guardrails is an alternative means of impact protection. These should be designed to absorb the energy of any reasonably foreseeable impact and minimise the likelihood of injury to anyone involved in the incident.

Containing spills
Regulation 357: A person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace must ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable that where there is a risk of a spill or leak of a hazardous chemical in a solid or liquid form, provision is made in each part of the workplace where a hazardous chemical is used, handled, stored or generated for a spill containment system that contains within the workplace any spill or leak of a hazardous chemical and any resulting effluent.
When a spill, leak or accidental release of hazardous chemicals occurs, appropriate actions must be taken to contain the hazardous chemicals within the workplace.
The spill containment system must describe how to contain, cleanup and dispose of the spill
or leak and any resulting effluent. The system must not create a hazard by bringing together different hazardous chemicals that are not compatible or that would react together to cause a fire, explosion, harmful reaction or evolution of flammable, toxic or corrosive vapour.
Leaving containers open when not in use is one of the main causes of spills and can