Placarding for storage of hazardous chemicals under the Work Health and Safety

June 26, 2019

When emergency services respond to fires and chemical spills at workplaces using, storing and handling hazardous chemicals, the responders need to know the potential hazards. For effective and efficient emergency action, they need information about the type, quantity and locations of the hazardous chemicals stored at the workplace. Placards are a way to alert emergency services and other people to the presence of hazardous chemicals and provide information about them. They are an important part of an overall safety management strategy for workplaces storing or handling hazardous chemicals. Workplaces using, storing and handling hazardous chemicals in tanks or in quantities exceeding prescribed quantities are required to be placarded under the Work Health and Safety Regulation

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