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HEALTH & SAFETY AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
ASSESSMENT
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| Client: |
Orica Australia Pty Ltd
Warehousing & Distribution Services |
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| Project: |
Assessment of the Hazardous Substances storage
and handling procedures. Measurement of personal exposures of the
operators to dusts, noise and chemicals.
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| Our Involvment: |
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The
Orica Australia Pty Ltd warehousing and distribution facility at Chester
Hill handles a wide variety of commercial, agricultural and industrial
chemicals, for storage and transhipment. The assessment was multi-staged
and included:
- Review of the site procedures for the storage, labelling and
handling of Hazardous Materials to ensure compliance with the
specified Orica procedures, the Occupational Health & Safety
(Hazardous Substances) Regulation 1996 and the various Workcover
Authority NSW and Worksafe Australia, Codes of Practice.
- Measurement of personal exposures of
the storemen and forklift truck drivers to a variety of vapours,
chemicals and dusts handled and stored at the facility.
- Measurement of diesel forklift exhaust
gas emissions (CO, CO2, NOx), measured at the exhaust outlet in
accordance with the requirements specified in the Department of
Mineral Resources Mines Inspection Act 1901 - Guidelines for Diesel
and Operator Environment Testing in Underground Coal Mines, MDG
No. 29, July 1995.
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