Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 353

353 Safety signs

(1) This section applies if a safety sign is required to control an identified risk in relation to using, handling, generating or storing hazardous chemicals at a workplace.

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace must display a safety sign at the workplace to—

(a) warn of a particular hazard associated with the hazardous chemicals; or

(b) state the responsibilities of a particular person in relation to the hazardous chemicals.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The person must ensure that the safety sign is—

(a) located next to the hazard; and

(b) clearly visible to a person approaching the hazard.

(4) In this section—

"safety sign" does not include a placard.