Chemical

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.

Procedures

Guidelines

Information

Resources

Procedures

Guidelines

Information

Storage Checklists

Information

Labelling

Scheduled Drugs

Please see RECS

Carcinogens

Useful weblinks

  • Link to Australian Standards website: (Link)

  • WorkCover NSW: (Link

  • ChemAlert: (Link)

  • Merck Chemicals SDS search page: (link)

  • ThermoFisher Scientific online Safety Data sheets (link)

  • Model Code of Practice:Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals (link)

  • Model Code of Practice: Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals (link) 

  • Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace (link) 

  • Model Work Health and Safety Regulations (hazardous chemicals) Amendment 2020 (link)

  • UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) For GHS Revision 4 classification and criteria (link)

  • Safe Work Australia: Hazardous Chemical Information System (HCIS) (link)

  • 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 (Link)

  • OHSA Occuptional Chemical Database : United States:Hazard data on a large number of chemical substances that may be encountered in industrial hygiene investigations (link)

  • eChemPortal : OECD: Information on physical and chemical properties, environmental fate and behaviour, ecotoxicity and toxicity of substances. Classification according to GHS provided when available (link)

  • UN Model Regulations (transport of dangerous goods) : UN. For Internationally agreed classification criteria for dangerous goods.  Does not contain information for health hazards except acute toxicity categories 1, 2 and 3 (link)

  • Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road & Rail (ADG Code). For Australian classification criteria for dangerous goods.  Does not contain information for health hazards except acute toxicity categories 1, 2 and 3 (link)

  • 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 (link)

  • European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) : EU. For information on how to classify chemicals in accordance with GHS (link)

  • GHS Converter website. A European resource which helps translate from existing hazard classifications into the GHS system. (link)