Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 357

357 Containing and managing spills

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that where there is a risk from a spill or leak of a hazardous chemical in a solid or liquid form, provision is made in each part of the workplace where the hazardous chemical is used, handled, generated or stored for a spill containment system that contains within the workplace any part of the hazardous chemical that spills or leaks, and any resulting effluent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) The person must ensure that the spill containment system would not create a hazard by bringing together different hazardous chemicals that are not compatible.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The person must ensure that the spill containment system provides for the cleanup and disposal of a hazardous chemical that spills or leaks, and any resulting effluent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"compatible" , for 2 or more substances, mixtures or items, means that the substances, mixtures or items do not react together to cause a fire, explosion, harmful reaction or evolution of flammable, toxic or corrosive vapour.