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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 392

Meaning of lead process—pt 7.2

In this part, a lead process consists of any of the following carried out at a workplace:

        (a)     work that exposes a person to lead dust or lead fumes arising from the manufacture or handling of dry lead compounds;

        (b)     work in connection with the manufacture, assembly, handling or repair of, or parts of, batteries containing lead that involves the manipulation of dry lead compounds, or pasting or casting lead;

        (c)     breaking up or dismantling batteries containing lead, or sorting, packing and handling plates or other parts containing lead that are removed or recovered from the batteries;

        (d)     spraying molten lead metal or alloys containing more than 5% by weight of lead metal;

        (e)     melting or casting lead alloys containing more than 5% by weight of lead metal in which the temperature of the molten material exceeds 450 ° C;

        (f)     recovering lead from its ores, oxides or other compounds by thermal reduction process;

        (g)     dry machine grinding, discing, buffing or cutting by power tools alloys containing more than 5% by weight of lead metal;

        (h)     machine sanding or buffing surfaces coated with paint containing more than 1% by dry weight of lead;

              (i)     a process by which electric arc, oxyacetylene, oxy gas, plasma arc or a flame is applied for welding, cutting or cleaning, to the surface of metal coated with lead or paint containing more than 1% by dry weight of lead metal;

        (j)     radiator repairs that may cause exposure to lead dust or lead fumes;

        (k)     fire assays if lead, lead compounds or lead alloys are used;

        (l)     hand grinding and finishing lead or alloys containing more than 50% by dry weight of lead;

        (m)     spray painting with lead paint containing more than 1% by dry weight of lead;

        (n)     melting lead metal or alloys containing more than 50% by weight of lead metal if the exposed surface area of the molten material exceeds 0.1 square metre and the temperature of the molten material does not exceed 450 ° C;

        (o)     using a power tool, including abrasive blasting and high pressure water jets, to remove a surface coated with paint containing more than 1% by dry weight of lead and handling waste containing lead resulting from the removal;

        (p)     a process that exposes a person to lead dust or lead fumes arising from manufacturing or testing detonators or other explosives that contain lead;

        (q)     a process that exposes a person to lead dust or lead fumes arising from firing weapons at an indoor firing range;

        (r)     foundry processes involving—

              (i)     melting or casting lead alloys containing more than 1% by weight of lead metal in which the temperature of the molten material exceeds 450 ° C; or

              (ii)     dry machine grinding, discing, buffing or cutting by power tools lead alloys containing more than 1% by weight of lead metal;

        (s)     a process decided by the regulator to be a lead process under section 393.



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