South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations400—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—$6 000.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
Example—
Work boots.
(2) The person must
ensure that a sealed container referred to in subregulation (1) is
decontaminated before being removed from the lead process area.
Note—
Regulation 335 also requires the container to be labelled to indicate the
presence of lead.
Maximum penalty:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$6 000.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.
(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 regulation; or
(b)
disposed of.
Maximum penalty:
(a) In
the case of an individual—$6 000.
(b) In
the case of a body corporate—$30 000.