hazardous chemicals and explosives being transported if the transport is regulated under another safety law hazardous chemicals in batteries when incorporated in plant hazardous chemicals in portable firefighting or medical equipment for use in a workplace potable liquids that are consumer products at retail premises food and beverages within the meaning of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code that are in a package and form intended for human consumption tobacco or products made of tobacco therapeutic goods within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Commonwealth) at the point of intentional intake by or administration to humans veterinary chemical products within the meaning of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act at the point of intentional administration to animals. The WHS Regulations contain prohibitions or restrictions on certain hazardous chemicals (for example certain carcinogens) except in specified circumstances and a restriction on the age of a person who can supply hazardous chemicals. There are also duties relating to the building, operation and management of pipelines used for the transfer of hazardous chemicals. Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of hazardous chemicals WHS Act Part 2 Division 3 Further duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of substances must also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the substance they design, manufacture, import or supply is without risks to health and safety. This duty includes carrying out testing and analysis as well as providing specific information about the substance. Under the WHS Regulations, manufacturers and importers must correctly classify hazardous chemicals. WHS Regulations Part 7.1 Division 2 Obligations relating to safety data sheets and other matters The WHS Regulations also impose duties on importers, manufacturers and suppliers relating to the preparation of SDS, the disclosure of ingredients, packing, labelling and supply of hazardous chemicals. Officers WHS Act section 27 Duty of officers Officers, for example company directors, have a duty to exercise due diligence to ensure the PCBU complies with the WHS Act and WHS Regulations. This includes taking reasonable steps to ensure the business or undertaking has and uses appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise risks that arise from hazardous chemicals at the workplace. Further information on who is an officer and their duties is available in the .
Precautionary Statement A phrase prescribed by the GHS that describes measures that are recommended to be taken to prevent or minimise the adverse effects of exposure to a hazardous chemical or the improper handling of a hazardous chemical. Risk The possibility harm (death, injury or illness) might occur when exposed to a hazard. Should ‘Should’ indicates a recommended course of action. Substance A chemical element or compound in its natural state or obtained or generated by a process: including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the element or compound and any impurities deriving from the process, but excluding any solvent that may be separated without affecting the stability of the element or compound, or changing its composition. Supply Selling or transferring ownership or responsibility for a chemical. Volunteer association A group of volunteers working together for one or more community purposes where none of the volunteers, whether alone or jointly with any other volunteers, employs any person to carry out work for the volunteer association. Work group A group of workers established to facilitate the representation of workers by one or more health and safety representatives. A work group may be all workers at a workplace but it may also be appropriate to split a workplace into multiple work groups where workers share similar work conditions or are exposed to similar risks and hazards. For example all workers on night shift. Worker Any person who carries out work for a person conducting a business or undertaking, including work as an employee, contractor or subcontractor (or their employee), self-employed person, outworker, apprentice or trainee, work experience student, employee of a labour hire company placed with a 'host employer' or a volunteer. Workplace Any place where work is carried out for a business or undertaking and includes any place where a worker goes, or is likely to be, while at work. This may include offices, factories, shops, construction sites, vehicles, ships, aircraft or other mobile structures on land or water.
21 Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas Category 1 50kg or 50L 500kg or 500L 4.3 (PG I) 22 Category 2 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L 4.3 (PG II) 23 Category 3 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L 4.3 (PG III) 24 Any combination of chemicals from Items 21 to 23 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L
25 Oxidising liquids and oxidising solids Category 1 50kg or 50L 500kg or 500L 5.1 (PG I) 26 Category 2 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L 5.1 (PG II) 27 Category 3 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L 5.1 (PG III) 28 Any combination of chemicals from Items 25 to 27 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L
29 Organic peroxides Type A 5kg or 5L 50kg or 50L GTDTBT—Note 4 30 Type B 50kg or 50L 500kg or 500L 5.2 (Type B) 31 Type C to F 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L 5.2 (Type C–F) 32 Any combination of chemicals from Items 30 and 31 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L
33 Acute toxicity Category 1 50kg or 50L 500kg or 500L 6.1 (PG I)— Note 5 34 Category 2 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L 6.1 (PG II) 35 Category 3 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L 6.1 (PG III) 36 Any combination of chemicals from Items 33 to 35 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L 37 Skin corrosion Category 1A 50kg or 50L 500kg or 500L 8 (PG I) 38 Category 1B 250kg or 250L 2500kg or 2500L 8 (PG II) 39 Category 1C 1000kg or 1000L 10 000kg or 10 000L 8 (PG III)
Fibreglass work Catalysts and resins used contain styrenes and organic peroxides, also use of solvents such as acetone and Methyl ethyl ketones (MEK) Flammable liquids, oxidising substances and exothermic heat generation capable of causing combustion in other flammable or combustible materials Film industry Acetate and nitrocellulose films as well as solvents Highly flammable and may be liable to spontaneous combustion when exposed to air Food industry Grains, flours, sugars, fermentation gases, alcohols Combustible particles in the form of husks and fine dusts, flammable or combustible gases, and liquids Gas industry Manufacturing, storage, transmission, pumping and transport LPG, methane, hydrogen, acetylene, gas accumulation in tanks, pipes and tankers Laboratories Mixing, blending, storage, heating, reactions, acids, alkalis, oxides and peroxides, use of Bunsen burners Flammable and combustible gases, liquids, solids, dusts, exothermic heat, flames, oxidising agents Metal production and manufacturing, iron, steel and foundry work, product manufacture Melting, casting, milling, grinding, welding, electroplating Molten metals and heat, mechanical attrition milling, metal dusts, shavings, filings, welding gases and sparks Flammable solvents and electrolysis can produce hydrogen gas bubbles Mining Coal mining Coal dust, methane gas, hydrogen gas, sulphur powder Metaliferous mines Iron, aluminium, magnesium, zinc Metal powders and dusts Paint industry Oil and solvent-based paints, spray-painting Flammable and combustible aerosolised particles, mists vapours, fumes Paper and cardboard manufacturing Paper and cardboard processes bleaching fibres and paper—use of peroxides, fibreboard box manufacture Combustible particles in the form of fibres and dusts, flammable or combustible materials and articles, oxidising agents
Petroleum industry and other chemical manufacturing Crude oil and other petroleum products such as petroleum gases, petroleum fuels and oils including diesel and biodiesel, bitumen, kerosene etc Generation of flammable and combustible hydrocarbons in the form of flammable gases Pharmaceutical Bulk storage, mixing and blending Flammable and combustible materials and articles Plastics manufacture Plastics including vinyls, ethylene, styrene, vinyl chloride Flammable and combustible solids, powders, oxidation, heat, static sparks Printing industry Inks, dyes, solvents, paper and cardboard Flammable and combustible materials and articles, for example paper & cardboard Road works Asphalt and bitumen, LPG heating, kerosene, solvents Flammable and combustible materials and articles Sewage treatment Organic waste treatment Generation of methane and hydrogen sulphide gases Textile industry Cotton, linen, silk, synthetics Fibres Tyre manufacture Hot rubber moulding, gluing and grinding rubber Heat, flammable and combustible glues, combustible dusts and solids Underground car parks and cellars Accumulation of heavier than air gases, carbon monoxide Flammable gas and asphyxiant Woodworking Milling and processing, furniture and cabinet-making glues, thinners, oils, waxes, plastics, rubber, shellac Sawdust, fine wood dusts, flammable and combustible solvents
Assessment result and recommendations by (person responsible): Occupational Hygiene Consultant Pty Ltd. Actions due by and re-inspection date 1 March 2012 Approved by/name General Manager Signature Date 2/1/2012 Assessor’s name Occupational Hygiene Consultant Pty Ltd Signature Date 2/1/2012