| Document ID (ISN) | 61397 |
| CIS number |
93-1761 |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
CCH Australia 65-405
|
| Title |
Occupational Health and Safety (Lead Control) Regulations 1988 [Australia - Victoria] |
| Bibliographic information |
In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 7p. (pages numbered 60,713 - 60,723). |
| Abstract |
These regulations (made on 30 June 1988, gazetted as S.R. 268/1988) were issued under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 (CIS 88-1751). Contents: prohibition of persons under 16yrs of age in lead process areas; obligation of employers to control lead exposure at source (8h TWA: 0.15mg/m3); provision of protective clothing and equipment; exposure assessment; cleaning of lead process areas; prohibition of eating, drinking and smoking in lead process areas; provision of changing rooms and washing facilities; information and education of workers; biological monitoring; medical examinations and surveillance; authorised medical practitioners; exemptions. In annex: definition of lead processes; standard forms for the results of biological monitoring and medical examinations. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; lead; Victoria |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
protective clothing; welfare facilities; limitation of exposure; law; exposure tests; replaced; medical supervision |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | Victoria |
| Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Lead and compounds
Inorganic substances
|
