Chemicals are classified as hazardous or non-hazardous in accordance with set criteria by safe work Australia.
Some chemicals can be dangerous goods. That is they poses an immediate physical hazard to health, property and the environment.
A wide range of substances, medicines and poisons are also controlled under the department of health regulations these substances can be found on a poisons list and they are divided into eight different groups called poison schedules. For example, S4 drugs are prescription-only medicines.
Hazardous chemicals
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- ±á³§332ÌýHazardous Chemicals
- ±á³§301ÌýPCB Spill Response & Disposal
- ±á³§305ÌýMercury Spills
Dangerous goods
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- ±á³§333ÌýPlacard, Manifest & Notification
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- ±á³§404ÌýDangerous Goods Storage
- ±á³§629ÌýDangerous Goods Transport by Air
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- ±á³§625ÌýGeneric Controls for Storage of Dangerous Goods
- ±á³§680ÌýSchedule 11 placard & manifest quantities
- ±á³§619ÌýA list of Dangerous Goods classes with examples
- ±á³§428ÌýAt a glance look at Dangerous Goods classes
- ±á³§623ÌýDangerous Goods Compatibility Matrix
- ±á³§624ÌýExamples of Dangerous Goods that are incompatible with each other
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- HS605ÌýDangerous Goods Storage Checklist Template
- HS606ÌýFlammable Liquid Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS607ÌýFlammable Liquid Roofed Storage Checklist
- HS608ÌýOxidising Store Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS609ÌýCorrosive Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS610ÌýCryogen Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS611ÌýToxic Cabinet Storage Checklist
Global Harmonised System
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- HS681ÌýFact Sheet on the GHS
- HS682ÌýGHS Hazard classess Summary
- HS683ÌýList of Hazard Statements
- HS684ÌýList of Precautionery Statements
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- ±á³§429ÌýLabelling Guideline
- ±á³§648ÌýHow to use the HSIS for concentration cut-offs
Scheduled drugs & carcinogens
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- Please seeÌý
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- HS335ÌýProhibited and Restricted Cacinogens
- HS685ÌýList of Prohibited Carcinogens
- HS686ÌýList of Restricted Carcinogens
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Weblinks
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- Link to Australian Standards website: ()
- WorkCover NSW: ()Ìý
- ThermoFisher Scientific online Safety Data sheets ()
- UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) For GHS Revision 4 classification and criteria ()
- Safe Work Australia: Hazardous Chemical Information System (HCIS) ()
- CCID (Chemical Classification and Information Database) : New Zealand: For information on chemicals classified in accordance with the GHS under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) regulations ()
- eChemPortal : OECD: Information on physical and chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity and toxicity of substances. Classification according to GHS provided when available ()
- UN Model Regulations (transport of dangerous goods) : UN. For Internationally agreed classification criteria for dangerous goods.Ìý Does not contain information for health hazards except acute toxicity categories 1, 2 and 3()
- GESTIS – Substance Database : Germany. Information for the safe handling of hazardous chemicals at work (health effects, necessary protective measures, first aid), and on physical and chemical properties ()
- GHS Converter website. A European resource which helps translate from existing hazard classifications into the GHS system. ()
