Timber Preservatives and Antisapstain Chemicals - Approved Code of Practice for the Safe Use of
Sets minimum standards that will protect the health of workers from the hazards associated with handling timber preservatives and antisapstain chemicals and the plant used to apply them.
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Table of Contents
NOTICE OF ISSUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FOREWORDS
A SUMMARY OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992
Approved Codes of Practice
Employers' Duties
Hazard Management
Information For Employees
Employers To Involve Employees in the Development of Health and Safety
Procedures
Training of Employees and the Safety of Others
Employees' Duties
Accidents and Serious Harm (Records and Notification)
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Application of this Code
1.3 Interpretation
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Enforcement
2. DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL TIMBER PRESERVATION AND ANTISAPSTAIN TREATMENT PLANTS
2.1 General
2.2 Storage Areas for Preservatives, Antisapstain Chemicals, and Freshly
Treated Timber
2.3 Hazardous Areas for Flammable Solvents Electrical Requirements
2.4 Warning Signs
2.5 Tanks and Fittings
2.6 Bunding
2.7 Site Security
2.8 Noise
2.9 Safeguarding the Water Supply
2.10 Fire Fighting Equipment
3. SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PRESERVATION AND ANTISAPSTAIN PLANTS
3.1 General
3.2 Material Safety Data Sheets
3.3 Ventilation - General Considerations
3.4 Housekeeping
3.5 Use of Changing Rooms and Showers
3.6 Plant Entry, Changing and Toilet Facilities
3.7 Emergency Showers, and Eye-washing Facilities
3.8 Eating and Smoking Facilities
3.9 Protective Clothing
3.10 Care of Protective Clothing
3.11 First Aid
3.12 Employee Training
3.13 Medical Surveillance
3.14 Management and Employee Responsibilities
4. TREATMENT PROCESSES AND PLANT
4.1 Pressure Plant, Description of Process
4.2 Pressure Plant, Design and Operation
4.3 Vapour Boron Plant, Description of Process
4.4 Vapour Boron Plant, Design and Operation
4.5 Diffusion and Antisapstain Plant, Description of Process
4.6 Diffusion and Antisapstain Plant, Design and Operation
4.7 Plant Maintenance
5. TYPES OF PRESERVATIVES
5.1 Water-borne, Permanently Fixed Type
5.2 Water-borne, Non-fixed Type
5.3 Vapour Boron Type
5.4 Light Organic Solvent Preservatives (LOSP)
5.5 Oil-borne Preservatives
6. ANTISAPSTAIN CHEMICALS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Health and Environmental Hazards
7. MIXING OF TREATMENT CHEMICALS
7.1 General
7.2 Supply of Chemicals
7.3 General Provisions for Mixing
8. DISPOSAL OF WASTES
8.1 Metal or Plastic Drums
8.2 Plastic or Paper Bags
8.3 Sludge
8.4 Spillages
8.5 Off-cuts
8.6 Steaming Residues
9. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
9.1 Grading of Timber
9.2 Sawdust and Shavings
9.3 Fumigation of Timber
RELATED DOCUMENTS
APPENDIX 1: ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
APPENDIX 2: WORKPLACE EXPOSURE STANDARD (WES)
APPENDIX 3: TRADE NAMES OF FIXED WATER-BORNE PRESERVATIVES IN CURRENT
USE
APPENDIX 4: TRADE NAMES OF LOSP PRESERVATIVES IN CURRENT USE
APPENDIX 5: NON-FIXED PRESERVATIVES IN CURRENT USE
APPENDIX 6: TRADE NAMES OF ANTISAPSTAIN CHEMICALS IN CURRENT USE
APPENDIX 7: HUMAN TOXICITIES OF CONSTITUENT CHEMICALS
1. CCA Formulations
2. Boron Compounds, Water-borne
3. Trimethyl Borate
4. LOSP Formulations
5. Oil-borne Formulations
6. Antisapstain Chemicals
7. Insecticides
APPENDIX 8: EXAMPLE OF AN ENTRY PERMIT
APPENDIX 9: EXAMPLE OF A MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
