by sheryl hoffmann, laboratory manager concordia college, sa [email protected]
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WHS & GHS Update
By Sheryl Hoffmann, Laboratory ManagerConcordia College, SA
Commonwealth , ACT, NSW & Qld all implemented Work Health and Safety Act 2011 & Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 from 1 January 2012 Northern Territory used slightly different name:Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 & Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations from 1 January 2012
Tasmania Work Health and Safety Act 2012 from1 January 2013
WHS Update
South Australia Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 still in parliament
Victoria Bill not yet introduced
Western Australia Bill not yet introduced
WHS Update
Introduced into parliament on 7 April 2011 Withdrawn Reintroduced 19 May 2011 Debated in lower house: 28 Sept, 19 Oct &
10 Nov 2011 Debated in upper house: 22 Nov & 29 Nov
2011, 16 Feb & 1 March 2012 Still not passed
SA
In SA’s we must still comply with:
OHSW Act (1986)OHSW Regulations (2010)& various Codes of Practice
but…
So where do we stand?
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS 1995Declaration of Classified ChemicalsNOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to Part 4 of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1995, I, Paul Holloway, Minister of Industrial Relations, do hereby declare that chemicals that are classified and labelled under the Globally Harmonised System Scheme Version 2 (GHS Scheme) comply with the Approved Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances (the Code) in South Australia.Dated 3 May 2010.PAUL HOLLOWAY, Minister for Industrial Relations
SA Government Gazette, 6 May 2010
Bottles supplied with GHS Labels are OK
We can label bottles with GHS labels eg decanted bottles
So…
In SA we are still required to have a MSDS.
But the MSDS will not match the GHS labelled bottle!
So I recommend having a MSDS & a SDS.
No similar provision for SDS
Don’t panic - WAIT. Get organised first by understanding what is happening
Expect to run the 2 systems side by side for the next 5 years
Expect chaos & uncertainty for the next 5 years!
My recommendation…
Safety in your workplace
http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/SafetyInYourWorkplace/HazardousSubstancesAndDangerousGoods/Pages/HazardousSubstancesAndDangerousGoods.aspx
Worksafe Australia
If you received chemicals from a supplier that has a GHS labels, I recommend that you: use GHS compliant decanted labels for class sets
use old OHS&W labels for solutions you prepare from these chemicals
My recommendation…
Example
Conc. Hydrochloric AcidCauses severe skin burns and eye damage. May cause respiratory irritation. May be corrosive to metals.
Decanted GHS Label
Hazard statements & pictogram were copied from the large bottle.
Why …
Bottle Conc. Sulfuric Acid
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
Chemwatch
Conc Sulfuric Acid May intensify firer; oxidizer. May be corrosive to metals Causes
severe skin burns and eye damage. Fatal if inhaled. May
cause cancer
Chemwatch
2M Sulfuric Acid Harmful if inhaled. May cause
cancer. May be corrosive to metals Causes severe skin burns and eye
damage.
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