Management of risks to health or safety
351 Management of risks to health or safety
A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety associated with using, handling, generating or storing a hazardous chemical at a workplace.
| Note |
| WHS Act – section 19 (see regulation 9). |
In managing risks the person must have regard to the following:the hazardous properties of the hazardous chemical; any potentially hazardous chemical or physical reaction between the hazardous chemical and another substance or mixture, including a substance that may be generated by the reaction; the nature of the work to be carried out with the hazardous chemical; any structure, plant or system of work – that is used in the use, handling, generation or storage of the hazardous chemical; or that could interact with the hazardous chemical at the workplace.
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