Hazardous chemicals register How do I set up a hazardous chemical register? If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking, you must ensure that: a register of hazardous chemicals used, handled, or stored at the workplace is prepared that a …
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Hazardous chemical records and signs for workplaces If you have hazardous chemicals in your workplace, under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations you must have: a register, recording any amount of hazardous chemicals signs (placards) to tell …
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Using safety data sheets Who should use safety data sheets If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) with hazardous chemicals at your workplace, an SDS helps you keep your workers safe. The information in an SDS is general. You …
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Preparing safety data sheets Manufacturers and importers duties for safety data sheets If you manufacture or import hazardous chemicals , you must: prepare an SDS as soon as possible after you manufacture or import a hazardous chemical review each SDS …
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Safety data sheets If you supply, use or store hazardous chemicals, you must keep copies of the SDS in your workplace. If you manufacture or import chemicals, you are responsible for making a correct SDS for each hazardous chemical. Supporting …
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Labelling hazardous chemicals Supporting information Model Code of Practice Model Code of Practice: Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace Safe Work Australia pages …
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Using the GHS The United Nations created GHS to be a single, global method to: classify chemicals communicate chemical hazards through labels and safety data sheets (SDS). GHS pictograms for hazards The GHS has 9 pictograms that …
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Classifying chemicals in Australia Classifying hazardous chemicals in Australia Australia uses the GHS to classify hazardous chemicals. These classifications are based on defined criteria, for example: the amount of a chemical that will poison someone, …
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Hazardous chemicals - Resources
Resources Model Code of Practice Model Code of Practice – Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace Model Code of Practice – Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals Model Code of Practice – Labelling workplace hazardous …
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Hazardous chemicals - Overview
Overview What are hazardous chemicals? Hazardous chemicals are any substance, mixture or article classified under a hazard category in the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals . We use GHS classifications in …