Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Compliance Standard (No. 1) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 194 Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY (HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES) AMENDMENT COMPLIANCE STANDARD (No. 1) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Standard amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of sch 1 (Hazardous substances for which health surveillance must be supplied) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1 (HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH HEALTH SURVEILLANCE MUST BE SUPPLIED)

s1 2 s3 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This standard may be cited as the Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment Compliance Standard (No. 1) 1997 . ˙ Standard amended 2. This standard amends the Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Compliance Standard 1995 . ˙ Amendment of sch 1 (Hazardous substances for which health surveillance must be supplied) 3. Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the schedule.

3 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 ¡ SCHEDULE AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1 (HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH HEALTH SURVEILLANCE MUST BE SUPPLIED) section 3 1. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘4,4’ Methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA)’— insert — ‘Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice’. 2. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Acrylonitrile’, ‘Medical interview if required by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’— omit, insert — ‘Health advice Physical examination if decided by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’. 3. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Asbestos’, ‘Demographic and occupational history’ and ‘Medical interview’— omit, insert — ‘Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice Physical examination if decided by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’.

4 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 4. Schedule 1— insert — ‘Benzene ‘Creosote SCHEDULE (continued) Baseline blood sample haematological profile Demographic, medical occupational history Exposure record Health advice for and Demographic, medical and occupational history Exposure record photosensitivity including Health advice including recognition of photosensitivity and skin changes Physical examination with emphasis on the neurological system and skin noting any abnormal lesions and evidence of skin sensitisation’. 5. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Crystalline silica’— insert — ‘Exposure record Health advice’.

5 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 SCHEDULE (continued) 6. Schedule 1— insert — ‘Inorganic chromium Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice Physical examination with emphasis on the respiratory system and skin Weekly skin inspection of hands and forearms by a responsible person’. 7. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Inorganic mercury’, ‘Physical examination with emphasis on dermatological, gastrointestinal, neurological and renal systems’— omit, insert — ‘Physical examination with emphasis on gastrointestinal systems, neurological, renal systems and skin’. 8. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Isocyanates’— insert — ‘Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice’.

6 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 SCHEDULE (continued) 9. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Organophosphate pesticides’, ‘Baseline examination of red cell and plasma cholinesterase activity levels’ and‘Medical and occupational history’— omit, insert — ‘Baseline examination of red cell and plasma cholinesterase activity levels by the Ellman method Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice’. 10. Schedule 1— insert — ‘Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Demographic, medical and occupational history Dipstick urinalysis for haematuria and proteinuria Exposure record Health advice Physical examination with emphasis on skin noting any abnormal lesions or effects of irritancy Urinary total pentachlorophenol’.

7 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 SCHEDULE (continued) 11. Schedule 1, entry 10, ‘Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons’— omit, insert — ‘Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Exposure including photosensitivity (PAH) record Demographic, medical and occupational history Health advice including recognition of photosensitivity and skin changes Physical examination if decided by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’. 12. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Thallium’— insert — ‘Health advice’. 13. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Thallium’, after ‘Physical examination’— insert — ‘if decided by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’. 14. Schedule 1, column 2, opposite ‘Vinyl chloride’, ‘Demographic and occupational history’— omit, insert — ‘Demographic, medical and occupational history

8 Workplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Amendment (No. 1) No. 194, 1997 SCHEDULE (continued) Health advice Physical examination if decided by the designated doctor supervising the health surveillance’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 26 June 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 27 June 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Training and Industrial Relations. © State of Queensland 1997