Hazardous Chemicals Register

Purpose. This register lists every hazardous chemical held at the Brunswick and Preston sites, its hazard classification, storage location and maximum quantity, and the date of the current safety data sheet.

1.How the register is kept

The Quality and WHS Coordinator maintains this register. A product is added when it is approved under the Chemical Safety Policy and removed when the last container leaves site. The register is checked against the physical stock each quarter and after any spill. Safety data sheets are filed in the red folders at each chemical store in the same order as the register.

2.Print and dye studio, Preston

The studio holds reactive and acid dyes, dye auxiliaries and screen preparation chemicals. Powdered dyes must be weighed in the weighing booth with extraction on. Sodium hydroxide and acetic acid are stored on separate bunded shelves.

• Reactive dye powders, assorted shades: irritant, sensitiser; maximum 6 kilograms; bunded dye shelf
• Acid dye powders, assorted shades: irritant; maximum 4 kilograms; bunded dye shelf
• Sodium hydroxide flake: corrosive; maximum 5 kilograms; alkali shelf
• Acetic acid 80 percent: corrosive, flammable; maximum 5 litres; acid cabinet
• Screen emulsion remover: irritant; maximum 5 litres; screen room shelf
• Sodium carbonate: irritant; maximum 10 kilograms; alkali shelf

3.Footwear workshop, Preston

The workshop holds solvent-based and water-based adhesives, primers, solvents and finishing products. Solvent-based products are stored in the flammable liquids cabinet and used only at the extracted adhesive bench.

• Polychloroprene contact adhesive, solvent based: flammable, irritant; maximum 10 litres; flammable cabinet
• Polyurethane adhesive, solvent based: flammable, sensitiser; maximum 5 litres; flammable cabinet
• Halogenating primer: flammable, corrosive; maximum 2 litres; flammable cabinet
• Cleaning solvent, aliphatic hydrocarbon: flammable; maximum 5 litres; flammable cabinet
• Water-based latex adhesive: not classified; maximum 10 litres; adhesive bench shelf
• Edge ink and finishing dressings: flammable; maximum 3 litres; finishing shelf

4.Production and finishing, Brunswick

The Brunswick site holds spot cleaning fluid, machine oil, thread lubricant and pressing chemicals. Spot cleaning fluid is used only at the extracted spotting table.

• Spot cleaning fluid, chlorinated: harmful, hazardous to health; maximum 5 litres; spotting cabinet
• Sewing machine oil: not classified; maximum 20 litres; mechanic store
• Silicone thread lubricant: not classified; maximum 5 litres; mechanic store
• Pressing water treatment tablets: irritant; maximum 2 kilograms; pressing store

5.Warehouse and cleaning, both sites

General cleaning products and the diesel for the forklift are held in the warehouse chemical cupboard and the fuel locker respectively.

• Floor cleaner concentrate: irritant; maximum 10 litres; cleaning cupboard
• Sanitiser spray: not classified; maximum 5 litres; cleaning cupboard
• Diesel fuel: flammable, harmful; maximum 40 litres; external fuel locker

6.Register review

This register is reviewed in full each January, when a product is added or removed and after any spill or exposure event. Safety data sheets older than five years must be replaced with the current supplier version.