New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 400

400 Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that personal protective equipment that is likely to be contaminated with lead dust--

(a) is sealed in a container before being removed from the lead process area, and

(b) so far as is reasonably practicable, is disposed of on the completion of the lead process work at a site equipped to accept lead-contaminated equipment, and

(c) if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is clothing--

(i) is laundered at a laundry, whether on site or off-site, equipped to launder lead-contaminated clothing, or

(ii) if it is not practicable to launder the clothing--is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for lead process work, and

(d) if it is not reasonably practicable to dispose of the personal protective equipment that is not clothing--

(i) is decontaminated before it is removed from the lead process area, or

(ii) if it is not practicable to decontaminate the equipment in the lead process area--is kept in the sealed container until it is re-used for lead process work.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.

Example : Work boots.

(2) The person must ensure that a sealed container referred to in subclause (1) is decontaminated before being removed from the lead process area.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.

Note : Clause 335 also requires the container to be labelled to indicate the presence of lead.

(3) The person must take all reasonable steps to ensure that clothing contaminated with lead-dust is not removed from the workplace unless it is to be--

(a) laundered in accordance with this clause, or

(b) disposed of.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--70 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--345 penalty units.