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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- HS332 Hazardous Chemicals
- HS301 PCB Spill Response & Disposal
- HS305 Mercury Spills
Dangerous goods
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- HS625 Generic Controls for Storage of Dangerous Goods
- HS680 Schedule 11 placard & manifest quantities
- HS619 A list of Dangerous Goods classes with examples
- HS428 At a glance look at Dangerous Goods classes
- HS623 Dangerous Goods Compatibility Matrix
- HS624 Examples of Dangerous Goods that are incompatible with each other
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- HS605 Dangerous Goods Storage Checklist Template
- HS606 Flammable Liquid Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS607 Flammable Liquid Roofed Storage Checklist
- HS608 Oxidising Store Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS609 Corrosive Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS610 Cryogen Cabinet Storage Checklist
- HS611 Toxic Cabinet Storage Checklist
Global Harmonised System
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- HS681 Fact Sheet on the GHS
- HS682 GHS Hazard classess Summary
- HS683 List of Hazard Statements
- HS684 List of Precautionery Statements
Scheduled drugs & carcinogens
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- Please see RECS
Weblinks
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- Link to Australian Standards website: (Link)
- WorkCover NSW: (Link)
- ThermoFisher Scientific online Safety Data sheets (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- GHS Converter website. A European resource which helps translate from existing hazard classifications into the GHS system. (Link)
