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: 04 May 2022
07 January 2021 |
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 chemical registers
- Hazardous chemicals GHS 7
- Labelling chemicals
- Safety data sheets
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
11 December 2013 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you work with refractory ceramic fibres (RCF) or high biopersistence fibres and need to manage the health and safety risks to workers.
RCFs are a form of man-made fibre most commonly used as high-performance thermal insulators. They …
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
04 April 2013 |
Public comment
Public submissions closed on 28 September 2012.
The zip file contains the documents and public submissions received during the consultation process.
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- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
21 September 2021 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage risks to workers exposed to diesel exhaust at the workplace, including:
drive-in booth operators
miners
construction workers
oil and gas workers
forklift drivers
loading dock workers …
Document
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Transport
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
06 September 2021 |
Guidance materials
This document outlines the chemicals that will be added to and removed from the workplace exposure standards (WES) list.
You can also see the:
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
Page last updated: 01 Oct 2021
06 September 2021 |
Guidance materials
This document is about using workplace exposure standards (WES). Use this document if you have or manage air monitoring programs at your workplace.
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- Lead
- Hazardous chemicals
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
Page last updated: 01 Oct 2021