Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 392

    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 regulation   393.