1. By Sheryl Hoffmann, Laboratory Manager Concordia College, SA shoffmann@concordia.sa.edu.au

2. Commonwealth, ACT, NSW & Qld all implemented Work Health and Safety Act 2011 & Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 from 1 January 2012 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 Northern Territory used slightly different name: Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 & Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations from 1 January 2012Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations Tasmania Work Health and Safety Act 2012 fromWork Health and Safety Act 2012 1 January 2013

3. South Australia Work Health and Safety Bill 2011Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 still in parliament Victoria Bill not yet introduced Western Australia Bill not yet introduced

4.  Introduced into parliament on 7 April 2011  Withdrawn  Reintroduced 19 May 2011  Debated in lower house: 28 Sept, 19 Oct & 10 Nov 2011  Debated in upper house: 22 Nov & 29 Nov 2011, 16 Feb & 1 March 2012  Still not passed

5. In SA’s we must still comply with:  OHSW Act (1986)  OHSW Regulations (2010)  & various Codes of Practice but…

6. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS 1995 Declaration of Classified Chemicals NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to Part 4 of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1995, I, Paul Holloway, Minister of Industrial Relations, do hereby declare that chemicals that are classified and labelled under the Globally Harmonised System Scheme Version 2 (GHS Scheme) comply with the Approved Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances (the Code) in South Australia. Dated 3 May 2010. P AUL H OLLOWAY, Minister for Industrial Relations

7.  Bottles supplied with GHS Labels are OK  We can label bottles with GHS labels eg decanted bottles

8.  In SA we are still required to have a MSDS.  But the MSDS will not match the GHS labelled bottle!  So I recommend having a MSDS & a SDS.

9.  Don’t panic - WAIT.  Get organised first by understanding what is happening  Expect to run the 2 systems side by side for the next 5 years  Expect chaos & uncertainty for the next 5 years!

10. Safety in your workplace http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/SafetyInY ourWorkplace/HazardousSubstancesAndDange rousGoods/Pages/HazardousSubstancesAndDa ngerousGoods.aspx

11. If you received chemicals from a supplier that has a GHS labels, I recommend that you:  use GHS compliant decanted labels for class sets  use old OHS&W labels for solutions you prepare from these chemicals

13. Conc. Hydrochloric Acid Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. May cause respiratory irritation. May be corrosive to metals.

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