Chemicals & exposure
What must Victorian manufacturers do about silica dust exposure?
Silica dust exposure limits, the engineered stone ban and record-keeping duties Victorian manufacturers must meet, explained by a safety practitioner.
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Chemicals & exposure
Registers, storage, dangerous goods, and the things in the air nobody sees.
7 guides, written for the OHS Act 2004 (Vic).
Chemicals & exposure
Dangerous goods storage: what triggers an EPA or WorkSafe licence
Two Victorian regulators licence dangerous goods storage on different triggers. Here's when WorkSafe and EPA licences apply.
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Chemical Labelling & Storage: What a WorkSafe Inspector Looks For
What Victorian manufacturers need for compliant chemical labels, SDS registers and dangerous goods notification before an inspection.
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Noise, Dust and Fumes: Your Exposure Duties on the Factory Floor
Victoria's noise, dust and fume exposure duties explained: the 85 dB standard, WES limits, silica rules and the 2026 WEL transition.
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The Ordinary Task That Started One of Melbourne's Biggest Industrial Fires
A routine decanting job, a static spark, and a fire that took 180 firefighters four hours to control. What actually causes static discharge fires during chemical transfer, and the controls that prevent them.
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SDS registers and hazardous chemicals: what a Victorian factory must keep
What a hazardous substances register and safety data sheets must contain in Victoria, how current SDSs need to be, and what an inspector checks.
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What needs to be in your hazardous substances register in Victoria?
Victorian workplaces using hazardous chemicals need a register under the OHS Regulations 2017. What it must include, and who needs access to it.
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