a guide to safety in the wood products ... - WorkSafe Victoria
a guide to safety in the wood products ... - WorkSafe Victoria a guide to safety in the wood products ... - WorkSafe Victoria
* NEW Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2012On 1 December 2012, the Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations2012 (DG (S&H) Regulations 2012) replaced the Dangerous Goods (Storageand Handling) Interim Regulations 2011 (Interim Regulations) which expired onthis date. The DG (S&H) Regulations 2012 have retained most of the legalrequirements contained in the Interim Regulations. There are only a small numberof changes. This document has not yet been updated to reflect the changesintroduced by the DG (S&H) Regulations 2012. More information on the keychanges introduced by these new regulations can be found in the guidance titledInformation about: Key changes to dangerous goods storage and handlingrequirements available at worksafe.vic.gov.au/dgkeychanges and Moreinformation about: Incident reporting available atworksafe.vic.gov.au/incidentreporting
CONTENTSINTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The legal framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hazard Identification, Risk Assessmentand Risk Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3‘Reasonably practicable’ control measures . . . . . . . . 4Information for employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41. PLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Guarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Using hand tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112. MANUAL HANDLING AT THE WORKPLACE . . . . . 15Manual Handling and Musculoskeletal Disorders . . 16Removal of raw material from storage . . . . . . . . . . 18Transport of materials on the shop floor . . . . . . . . . 20Handling trolleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Manufacturing product at workstations . . . . . . . . . . 24Unloading finished products fromthe production line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Loading finished product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Unloading product and on-site installation . . . . . . . . 303. MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344. ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Wood dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Dangerous goods and hazardous substances. . . . . 37Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Housekeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Plant layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Protective clothing and equipment (PPE) . . . . . . . . 39OTHER USEFUL GUIDANCE MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . 41ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42WorkSafe Victoria is a division of the Victorian WorkCover Authority.The information presented in A Guide to Safety in the Wood Products Manufacturing Industry is intended for general use only. It should not be viewed as a definitive guide to thelaw, and should be read in conjunction with the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004.Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the guide, advice contained herein may not apply in every circumstance. Accordingly, the VictorianWorkCover Authority (VWA) cannot be held responsible, and extends no warranties as to:• the suitability of the information for any particular purpose;• actions taken by third parties as a result of information contained in A Guide to Safety in the Wood Products Manufacturing Industry.This publication is protected by copyright. The Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) encourages the free transfer, copying and printing of this publication if such activities supportthe purposes and intent for which the publication was developed.WORKSAFE VICTORIA / A GUIDE TO SAFETY IN THE WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 1
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- Page 11 and 12: PLANTPermanently fixed physical bar
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- Page 37 and 38: 4ENVIRONMENTNOISEWOOD DUSTDANGEROUS
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