24 February 2021 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace.
Use this…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazardous chemical registers
- Hazardous chemicals
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Lead
- Model WHS Laws
- Registers, manifests and placards
- Risk management
- Safety data sheets
- Hazardous chemicals
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 19 Jun 2023
20 March 2020 |
Resources
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to inorganic lead.
Lead (CAS 7439-92-1) is a soft, metallic, blue-grey, heavy metal. You might come across lead at work as a dust or fume in a pure, oxide or salt form.
You can find lead…
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- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
This information sheet provides advice on the current laws and requirements when managing inorganic lead in the workplace.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
This report:
forms evidence for the review of workplace blood lead removal levels (the level at which workers need to be removed from lead risk work)
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
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
R417 …
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Model WHS Laws
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
17 January 2017 |
Regulatory impact statement
This Decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) is the result of Safe Work Australia’s review of the current toxicological information and overseas trends in the regulation of lead in the workplace. It examines options to reduce the adverse health…
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- Lead
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
21 November 2014 |
Reports
The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazard surveillance research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- Research and studies
- Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
Video and audio
Under the model Work Health and Safety Laws, workplaces that handle or use hazardous chemicals must use the hierarchy of controls to manage health and safety risks.
This video shows you how to use the hierarchy and choose the best controls.
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- Lead
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Hazardous chemicals
Page last updated: 29 Oct 2021