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.
Cobalt (CAS 7440-48-4; Co) is a grey metal that exists in a number of oxidation states, including divalent (Co[II]) and trivalent (Co[III]) oxidation states.
Examples of work activities involving cobalt and its compounds that may require special attention include:
Hazardous chemicals requiring health monitoring and examples of chemicals to consider for health monitoring.
The information in this guidance is taken from regulation 436 (asbestos) and Schedule 14 of the model WHS Regulations.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to nickel.
Nickel (CAS 7440-02-0) is a hard, silver-white metal that exists naturally in the earth’s crust. It’s in small amounts in food, water, air and soil.
The main uses of nickel are:
This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to organophosphate pesticides.
Organophosphate (OPs) insecticides are widely used on a large variety of crops. Examples of work activities involving OPs include:
There are several factors that increase the risk of getting sick from the heat in the workplace. This checklist will help you work out if you have a risk of heat-related illness at your workplace.
The follow provides information about common enquiries for working in heat.
Find out how to manage the risks of fatigue at work.
Everyone in the workplace has a work health and safety (WHS) duty.
Health monitoring is the monitoring of a worker by doctors to identify changes in their health status because of exposure to certain substances. If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must provide health monitoring to workers if there is a signifi
This page provides guidance on first aid for heat-related illness. It includes what to do in the case of dehydration, heat rash and cramps, and fainting. If you think a person may have heat exhaustion or heat stroke, call an ambulance immediately.
Noise can damage your hearing if it’s too loud. Both sudden, loud noises, like an explosion, and constant, loud noise, like working near industrial machinery, can damage your hearing.
Inorganic lead (lead) and lead compounds are found in many workplaces.
This guide is for workers who use hazardous chemicals.
This guide is for people conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) with workers who may e exposed to hazardous chemicals.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers to uranium.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to trichloroethylene.
This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to tetrachloroethylene.
Tetrachloroethylene (CAS 127-18-4) is a colourless, volatile, non-flammable, chlorinated hydrocarbon.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK).
MIBK (CAS 108-10-1) is a colourless, flammable liquid with a sweet smell that is moderately soluble in water.
The guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to butanone.
Butanone (CAS 78-93-3) is also known as methyl ethyl ketone (MEK). It’s a colourless, flammable liquid with a sweet acetone-like smell.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to fluorides.
Fluorine (as F2) (CAS 7782-41-4):
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is a pale-yellow gas at normal temperature
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to dichloromethane.
Dichloromethane (CAS 75-09-2) is a colourless liquid with a sweet smell.
Examples of work with dichloromethane include:
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to xylene.
Xylene (mixed isomers; CAS 1330-20-7) is a natural part of petroleum and coal tar. It is colourless, flammable and has a sweet smell.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to toluene.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to styrene.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to ethyl benzene.
Ethyl benzene (CAS 100-41-4) is a colourless, flammable liquid with a petrol-like smell. It is a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to cyclophosphamide.
Cyclophosphamide (CAS 50-18-0) is:
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an anti-cancer drug used in chemotherapy and as an immunosuppressant
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to carbon disulphide.
Pure carbon disulfide (CAS 75-15-0):
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is a clear, colourless liquid that has a sweet, pleasant smell
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to beryllium.
Beryllium (CAS 7440-41-7) is a grey metal that is found in nature as a mineral with silica or with aluminium and silica.
Antimony (CAS 7440-36-0) is a brittle, silver white metallic element. You can find antimony (Sb) in different oxidation states, like free metal, trivalent (Sb[III]) and pentavalent (Sb[V]) oxidation.
Use this guide to manage the risks of isocyanates at your workplace.
Isocyanates are hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing materials, like:
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to 4,4'-Methylene Bis (2Chloroaniline) [MOCA].
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to vinyl chloride.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to thallium.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP).
Pure pentachlorophenol (CAS 87-86-5) is a colourless or white, needle-like crystal.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to inorganic mercury.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to inorganic lead.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to creosote
Creosote (CAS 8001-58-9; 8021-39-4; 8007-45-2) is the name for products that are mixtures of many chemicals.
This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to chromium.
Chromium (CAS 7440-47-3) is a steel-grey metal that exists as:
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a free metal
This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to cadmium.
The guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to benzene.
The guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to asbestos.
Examples of work with asbestos include:
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to arsenic.
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to acrylonitrile.
Acrylonitrile (CAS 107-13-1) is a clear, colourless, highly flammable liquid with a mild, bad odour. You may know it as vinyl cyanide.