This document contains a list of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants and how to meet your duties under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and the WHS Regulations. It also includes references to sections of the WHS Act and Regulations that set out legal requirements. These references are not exhaustive.

The guidance document is intended for manufacturers and importers of substances, mixtures and articles who have a duty under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and Regulations to classify them. It may also be useful for suppliers, persons conducting a business or undertaking, workers and other persons involved with hazardous chemicals. 
The document provides information and guidance on:

This Code applies to chemicals defined as hazardous under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations and that are handled aor stored at the workplace. It provides practical guidance on how to prepare a safety data sheet for any hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. It applies to any person conducting a business or undertaking involved in the manufacture or import of hazardous chemicals that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, in workplaces

This Code applies to chemicals defined as hazarouds under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations and are handled or stored at the workplace. It outlines recommended practice to label chemicals that have known health, safety of enviornmenta hazards, including if there is insufficient information to allow it to be correctly classified. The label should reflect the current state of knowledge.

PubChem is an open chemistry database at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It contains information on chemical structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, toxicity data, and many others. PubChem records are contributed by hundreds of data sources. Examples include: government agencies, chemical vendors, journal publishers, and more. In 2020 it covered information on 253 million substances.

The website provides access to information on asbestos, biological agents, chemical agents, limit values, risk assessments etc. Only the section on substances and materials can be accessed without log-in. 

Workers involved in patient treatment and handling samples can be exposed to significant harmful effects from chemical substances, gases and smoke, for example formalin, oestrogens, fungicides and coal tar (for the treatment of certain skin diseases) and various disinfectants. The website presents a short overview of these effects and provides links to further information.

This guidance document deals with the opening of containers. About one in five imported containers emits harmful concentrations of hazardous substances. This guidance document aims to protect employees from exposure to hazardous substances when opening containers.
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) has developed practical guidance to improve the safety and health of employees in the workplace and to meet legal requirements.

The leaflet targets small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and provides an overview of the relevant aspects of the transportation of dangerous goods by giving answers to frequently asked questions, for example:

• What are dangerous goods and how can we recognise them?
• How should dangerous goods be packaged?
• How should gas cylinders and spray cans be transported?

The leaflet also includes a checklist for dangerous goods in cars and vans for workshops.