19 March 2020 |
Legislation
The model Work Health and Safety (Blood Lead Removal Levels) amended Regulations 2018 – model provisions amends:
R394 Meaning of lead risk work
R407 Frequency of biological monitoring
R415 Removal of worker from lead risk work …
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Model WHS Laws
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
01 October 2015 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage diesel exhaust exposures at the workplace.
Exposure to diesel exhaust can cause eye, nose, throat and lung irritation, and suffocation. Long-term exposure can:
worsen allergies
increase the risk of heart and lung disease…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 27 Apr 2022
01 July 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide helps manufacturers and importers correctly classify hazardous chemicals according to the model Work Health and Safety Regulations.
This guide helps you:
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- Classifying chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
Page last updated: 09 Mar 2022
18 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to isocyanates.
Isocyanates are a group of highly reactive, organic compounds of the formula R-N=C=O.
Examples of work with isocyanates include work where you release isocyanates as…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Health monitoring
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Hazardous chemicals
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
09 July 2012 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide to manage the risks of isocyanates at your workplace.
Isocyanates are hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing materials, like:
polyurethane foams
rubbers
plastics
varnishes
adhesives
paints. …
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Health monitoring
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Hazardous chemicals
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
22 December 2011 |
Legislation
A list of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants and how to meet your duties under the Work Health and Safety Act and Regulations.
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- Asbestos
- Carcinogens
- Confined spaces
- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 27 Jan 2022
28 August 2020 |
Guidance materials
Australia uses the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) to classify and label chemicals.
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- Classifying chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals GHS 7
- Labelling chemicals
Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021
28 August 2020 |
Guidance materials
Australia uses the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) to classify and label chemicals.
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- Classifying chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Labelling chemicals
- Safety data sheets
Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021
28 August 2020 |
Legislation
The Model Work Health and Safety Regulations (Hazardous Chemicals) Amendment 2020 amends the model WHS Regulations to implement the
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- Classifying chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Law and regulation
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021
19 September 2019 |
Guidance materials
Advice about safely storing swimming pool chemicals.
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Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021