About 150,000 workplaces throughout New Zealand use hazardous substances. The risks they pose are often underestimated. For example, common hazardous substances like commercial cleaning products, paints, adhesives, acids, bases and solvents can cause serious harm if not used safely.
SECTION CONTENTS
- About Your Practical Guide
- What are hazardous substances?
- How hazardous substances are classified
- Controls for managing hazardous substances
- Managing risk
- ‘So far as is reasonably practicable’
- Health and safety duties in the workplace
- More about the PCBU