18 February 2022 |
Guide
This guide explains what you must do to keep your workers safe from the risks of respirable crystalline silica (silica dust).
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- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Hazardous chemicals
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Health, illness and disease
Page last updated: 28 Nov 2022
11 December 2013 |
Guide
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
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
09 July 2012 |
Guide
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.
Isocyanates in the workplace can…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Health monitoring
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
12 April 2012 |
Guide
Use this guide if your workplace carries out electroplating.
It can also be used by workplaces undertaking:
anodizing or hot-dip galvanizing
electroless plating
metal finishing.
Electroplating work uses hazardous chemicals, live electrical…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
01 July 2020 |
Guide
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: 24 Nov 2022
18 February 2020 |
Resources
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
28 August 2020 |
Resources
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 |
Resources
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
27 February 2015 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet to manage the health and safety risks of solvents at your workplace.
Solvents are widely used in workplaces. For example, they are in cleaning and degreasing materials, paints, lacquers and varnishes, adhesives, inks and …
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- All industries
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Hazardous chemicals
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
15 February 2016 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet if you manufacture or import agricultural and veterinary (AgVet) chemicals.
It includes changes to work health and safety (WHS) labelling requirements for AgVet chemicals.
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Labelling chemicals
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021