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, according to current knowledge, should not cause adverse health effects or undue discomfort to nearly all workers.
Exposure standards are specified in the model Work Health and Safety Regulations as mandatory legal limits to protect the health of workers and minimise exposure to chemicals in the workplace. There are some 644 exposure standards, as listed in Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants.
The public consultation period is open for six weeks from 9 November 2015 until 18 December 2015. Submissions close at 5.30 pm AEDT, Friday 18 December 2015.
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