Chemicals

Hazardous substances and dangerous substances

Procedures / Guidelines

Forms

Legislation, codes and standards

Occupational Health Safety and Welfare Act 1986
Occupational Health Safety and Welfare Regulations 2010 particularly Division 1.3 of the OHSW Regulations (General principles) and Division 4.1 (General hazardous substances)
Approved Code of Practice for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances
Approved Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances
Dangerous Substances Act 1979
Dangerous Substances Regulations 2002
Safe Work Australia Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods Overview on national framework
Safe Work Australia Hazardous Substances Regulatory Package
Draft Model Code of Practice - Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals, Safe Work Australia December 2010
Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road or Rail ('Australian Dangerous Goods Code') 7th Edition
Australian Standards UniSA Subscription

AS/NZS 2243.2:1997 Part 2: Safety in laboratories - Chemical Aspects

AS/NZS 2243.8:2001 Part 8: Safety in laboratories – Fume cupboards

AS/NZS 2243:10:2004 Part 10: Safety in laboratories – Storage of chemicals

AS 1940 2004, The storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids
Safe Work Australia National Standard for the Storage and Handling of Workplace Dangerous Goods [NOHSC: 1015 (2001)] National Dangerous Goods Framework
Safe Work Australia National Code of Practice for the Storage and Handing of Dangerous Goods [NOHSC: 2017 (2001)] National Dangerous Goods Framework

Resources

Chemgold3

A web-based Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) database and chemical management system

Chemgold3 (or Chemgold III) has been endorsed by senior management as the chemical management software to be adopted university-wide for accessing Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and maintaining chemical store manifests. The University has a contract with Chemwatch for online access to Chemgold3 (CG3).

All UniSA staff and students have access to Chemgold3 via the Staff portal and the Student portal. Students have access to ChemFFX, a simplified 'skin' of ChemGold IIl giving full access to the MSDS database.

Chemgold3 can be used to access:

Vendor MSDSs (produced by the supplier, manufacturer or importer of the chemical)
Gold MSDSs (produced by Chemwatch)
Mini MSDSs (produced by Chemwatch)
Emergency information
Labels (UniSA has several standard label formats available on CG3)
Manifests

General user access gives full use of the MSDS and Labelling features.

A training handout contains a flowchart showing how the use of Chemgold3 links with the steps in the safe management of hazardous chemicals.

The setting up or deletion of chemical stores is administered by members of the CG3 super user group (see list below). Staff wishing to read or write the contents of a chemical store manifest will need to obtain a password through their super user. In most instances you will be asked to provide an email authorisation from a person with responsibility in your area such as your supervisor, the head of the research group, or school business manager.

Chemwatch Help

Chemgold III is supplied by an external provider, Chemwatch. If you require help with the use of Chemgold III please contact Chemwatch, not the UniSA Helpdesk.

You have several choices for obtaining help from Chemwatch by clicking on the following icons in Chemgold3:

	Download the Chemgold3 or ChemFFX user guide
	Download instructions on using the various Chemgold III Modules
	Chat with the Chemwatch live support help desk
	Email the Chemwatch helpdesk at helpdesk@chemwatch.net

Step by Step Easyguides are available showing how to create and maintain manifests and produce labels.

Other sources of help: CG3 super users

Further help can be obtained through your local CG3 super user.

If you want to read or write to a store manifest you will need to contact your super user to obtain a password for the relevant store(s). In most instances you will be asked to provide an email authorisation from a person with responsibility in your area such as your supervisor, the head of the research group, or school business manager.

Chemgold3 Super Users

Research & Innovation	Ian Wark Research Institute	Christina Koutlakis	Christina.Koutlakis@unisa.edu.au	25780
Research & Innovation	Ian Wark Research Institute	Philip Moore	Philip.Moore@unisa.edu.au	23684
Resources	FMU	Justin Faggotter	Justin.Faggotter@unisa.edu.au	23348
Health Sciences	School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences	Jeanette Lunnie	Jeanette.Lunnie@unisa.edu.au	22154
Health Sciences	School of Health Sciences	Ziggy Gniadek	Ziggy.Gniadek@unisa.edu.au	22491
ITEE	CERAR	Tunde Heinrich	Tunde.Heinrich@unisa.edu.au	23410
	CERAR	Raja Dharmarajan	Raja.Dharmarajan@unisa.edu.au	26264
	CERAR	Kannan Krishnan	Kannan.Krishnan@unisa.edu.au	N/A
	AMME	Cho Lee	Cho.Lee@unisa.edu.au	23727
	School of NBE	Victor Vorel	Victor.Vorel@unisa.edu.au	23167
	Division	Brenton Bellchambers	Brenton.Bellchambers@unisa.edu.au	25648
EASS	All Div EASS	Helen Webb	Helen.Webb@unisa.edu.au	27164
Rest of UniSA	UniSA not covered above	Ian Furness	Ian.Furness@unisa.edu.au	22703

Students accessing ChemGold3 should ensure that their safe use of chemicals is under the oversight of a UniSA academic or professional staff member, e.g. their research or course supervisor.

For further information on ChemGold3 please contact OHSW & IM Services on 830 22703.

Training

Visit OHSW Training Courses to find approaching training workshops on chemical safety and Chemgold3 and register online.

Extra Chemgold3 training sessions can be run for your School or Research Institute by arrangement with OHSW&IM Services.

Schools or Research Institutes can also arrange their own in-house training including training delivered by Chemwatch trainers. Chemwatch training costs are the responsibility of the local Cost Centre.