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Working with silica and silica containing products guidance material
18 February 2022 |
Guide
This guide explains what you must do to keep your workers safe from the risks of respirable crystalline silica (RCS or silica dust).
Document
  • Crystalline silica and silicosis
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Agriculture
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining
  • Health, illness and disease
  • Managing health and safety
  • Document
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Guide for preventing and responding to cyanide poisoning in the workplace
19 March 2020 |
Guide
Use this guide if you manage cyanide in the workplace.  Exposure to cyanide can cause cyanide poisoning to workers who store, handle and use cyanide.  Supporting Information model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace…
Document
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Mining
  • Managing health and safety
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Managing risks of hazardous chemical exposure when unpacking shipping containers – Information sheet
19 February 2016 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet if you, or the workers you manage, unpack shipping containers.  Shipping containers can have hazardous chemical residues in the air and on surfaces.   Airborne hazardous chemicals are a significant risk to workers’ health and…
Document
  • Cargo handling
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
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Managing risks of methyl bromide exposure when unpacking shipping containers - information sheet -
19 February 2016 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet if you, or the workers you manage, unpack shipping containers that have been fumigated with methyl bromide.  Methyl bromide is used as a fumigant to stop pests, like insects, from being imported into Australia.  This…
Document
  • Cargo handling
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
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Guidance for managing the risks of diesel exhaust
01 October 2015 |
Guide
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,…
Document
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
  • Agriculture
  • Construction
  • Mining
  • Transport
  • Managing health and safety
  • The work environment
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Hazard surveillance: Residual chemicals in shipping containers
19 December 2012 |
Reports
Several European studies have reported high levels of residual chemical levels in sealed shipping containers. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service found similar results when testing containers in Australia. These findings raise potential…
Document
  • Cargo handling
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Research and studies
  • Safety by industry and business
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