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Managing risks associated with lead in the workplace
LEAD – Great news if you want a healthy work-force! Lead is one of the HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS REQUIRING HEALTH MONITORING in Australia. It’s detrimental effects on humans and the unborn baby are well documented. Like me, you will be pleased to hear that the exposure levels for lead are going to be reduced, reducing the […]
Managing risks when unpacking shipping containers
Safework Australia has recently updated its suite of risk management advice sheets regarding this topic. The ones that I would like to talk about are: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemical Exposure when Unpacking Shipping Containers Information Sheet & particularly Managing Risks of Methyl Bromide Exposure when Unpacking Shipping Containers Information Sheet. A few years ago […]
Honeywell Midas gas detectors Vulnerable to Hacking
I remember the time when ‘HACKING’ meant chopping into a piece of wood or a tree…. How things change. As our world becomes more and more an IoT (Internet of Things), this type of incident is bound to occur more often. I believe this is the first time that a gas detector has been able […]
Express your views on lead in the workplace
Safe Work Australia has just released the following: Express your views on lead in the workplace Safe Work Australia invites you to have your say on proposed changes to work health and safety requirements for inorganic lead. Current scientific evidence suggests that current legislated blood lead levels and workplace exposure standards do not adequately […]
WorkSafe Victoria – Asbestos in imported building products
Following on from WorkCover NSW issuing a prohibition order on building panels containing asbestos imported from China, WorkSafe Victoria has released a SAFETY ALERT regarding asbestos in imported building panels. The polystyrene insulated panels were marked as ASBESTOS FREE but testing revealed the presence of chrysotile (white) asbestos. The safety alert informs that it is […]
Hazardous Substances Information System Updated – December 2015
After a slight hiccup with the uploading process, last week Safe Work Australia has completed an update of the Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) database and the GHS Hazardous Chemical Information List (HCIL) to incorporate assessments made by the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS). These changes represent human health […]
Is it SAFE to send your Kids to School?
his month the Australian Government Asbestos Safety & Eradication Agency has released a SAFETY ALERT aimed at schools (see link below). The safety alert is to advise of the reported presence of asbestos rock samples contained in some “mineral kits” purchased by schools. These kits have been sold throughout Australia and continue to be available […]
Express your views about workplace exposure standards for hazardous chemicals
In case you missed Safe Work Australia’s recent press release… Safe Work Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Baxter is urging interested parties to express their views about exposure standards for hazardous chemicals used in workplaces in a public consultation process. Exposure standards refer to the airborne concentration of individual chemicals in the worker’s breathing zone which, […]
Are you a business owner in Victoria?
Have your say! EPA Victoria have just released a “SCHEDULED PREMISES REGULATIONS REVIEW DISCUSSION PAPER” As ‘Scheduled Premises’ applies to so many industries, please have a look at this and have your say, all replies are considered. If you need any air monitoring done – remember to give Kelvin a call on 0423 659 […]