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• What law applies
• What are hazardous materials?
  • Understanding hazardous materials
  • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  • Health effects from hazardous substances
  • Assessing the risk of exposure
  • Controlling the risk of exposure
• Type of hazardous substance – Rural chemicals and pesticides
• Type of hazardous substance – Lead
  • What is lead and how can I be exposed
  • How to avoid lead exposure
  • Health effects from lead absorption
  • How to control lead risks
  • Working with lead based paint
  • Lead audit checklist
  • Lead paint removal/residential buildings audit checklist
• Dangerous practices with hazardous substances
• Hazardous substances and laboratories
• Dangerous goods
  • What are dangerous goods?
  • Responsibilities for dangerous goods
  • Classes of dangerous goods
  • Key stakeholder agencies
  • Managing the risk from dangerous goods
  • Transport and storage of dangerous goods
• Type of dangerous goods – ammonium nitrate
  • What is ammonium nitrate?
  • Hazards of ammonium nitrate
  • Storage and handling
  • Hazard identification and risk management
  • Security checklist
• Type of dangerous goods - gas cylinders
  • Hazards
  • Gas cylinder markings
  • Provision of information
  • Storage
  • Safe handling practices
  • Housekeeping
  • Safety signs
  • Emergency planning
• Managing incompatible goods
  • Storage management
  • Segregation tool for hazardous goods
  • Segregation techniques
  • Other issues

Hazardous materials codes of practice

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Risk management
• Rural industry

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Safe handling practices

• Avoid knocking cylinders about. Prevent damage to cylinders from impact from other objects (e.g. crashing into other cylinders). Some cylinders (e.g. acetylene) may react violently after being excessively shaken, heated, or knocked about.
• Cylinders should never be used as rollers to move other objects.
• When moving cylinders avoid rolling them. Ensure that an appropriate mechanical handling device (e.g. cylinder trolley with a restraining strap). Workcover Victoria has advice on manual handling of gas cylinders can be found within the Victorian Government publication, Delivering large gas cylinders - a guide to manual handling (non-Queensland Government link).
• Eye protection, safety shoes and gloves should be worn in gas cylinder storage and handling areas.

Last updated 21 August 2008

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