Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:5:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 11/11)
Character Range: 70861–72788

modified under Schedule 6 to these Regulations.
Note: The tables in Schedule 6 to these Regulations replace some of the tables in the GHS 3.
hazard category means a division of criteria within a hazard class in the GHS.
hazard class means the nature of a physical, health or environmental hazard under the GHS.
hazardous area means an area in which:
 (a) an explosive gas is present in the atmosphere in a quantity that requires special precautions to be taken for the construction, installation and use of plant; or
 (b) a combustible dust is present, or could reasonably be expected to be present, in the atmosphere in a quantity that requires special precautions to be taken for the construction, installation and use of plant.
hazardous chemical means a substance, mixture or article that satisfies the criteria for any one or more hazard classes in the GHS (including a classification referred to in Schedule 6 to these Regulations), unless the only hazard class or classes for which the substance, mixture or article satisfies the criteria are any one or more of the following:
 (a) acute toxicity—oral—category 5;
 (b) acute toxicity—dermal—category 5;
 (c) acute toxicity—inhalation—category 5;
 (d) skin corrosion/irritation—category 3;
 (e) aspiration hazard—category 2;
 (f) flammable gas—category 2;
 (g) acute hazard to the aquatic environment—category 1, 2 or 3;
 (h) chronic hazard to the aquatic environment—category 1, 2, 3 or 4;
 (i) hazardous to the ozone layer.
Note: The tables in Schedule 6 to these Regulations replace some tables in the GHS.
hazardous manual task means a task that requires a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any person, animal or thing that involves one or more of the following:
 (a) repetitive or sustained force;
 (b) high or sudden force;
 (c) repetitive movement;
 (d) sustained or awkward posture;
 (e) exposure to vibration.
Examples: