Lead is a hazard to worker health and safety. Learn about lead in the workplace and the health effects from working with it. 

Hazardous chemicals can be dangerous if they are not properly managed.  

Inorganic lead (lead) and lead compounds are found in many workplaces.

Australia has transitioned to the 7th Revised Edition of the GHS (GHS 7), which includes some changes to hazardous chemical classifications and precautionary statements. 

Chemicals are any substance that has a defined composition. The information provided here relates to manufactured chemicals and how to manage them. 

This report provides detailed information about:

This document outlines the criteria to assign a skin notation to a chemical. 

This document is about a new notation for ‘immediately dangerous to life or health’ (IDLH) in the 

This information is on the 

This document outlines the chemicals that will be added to and removed from the workplace exposure standards (WES) list. 

You can also see the: 

This document details primary and secondary sources of health-based data used to inform recommendations for workplace exposure standards (WES) for hazardous chemicals and sources for recommendations for notations.

Supporting information

This document outlines the criteria for how to find hazardous chemicals that could be added to or removed from the 

This document identifies appropriate domestic and international sources that support the

This document is about a process to recommend health-based values and advisory notations for chemicals in the 

Use this guide to manage the risks of isocyanates at your workplace. 

Isocyanates are hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing materials, like: 

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. 

Use this guide if your workplace carries out electroplating.  

It can also be used by workplaces undertaking: