26Identification of hazards

26 Identification of hazards

(1) An occupier of premises where dangerous goods are stored and handled must ensure that any hazard associated with the storage and handling of dangerous goods at the premises is identified, having regard to what the occupier knows or ought reasonably to know about the hazard.

(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), in identifying hazards, the occupier must have regard to—

(a) any information about the hazardous properties inherent to the dangerous goods, including information in an SDS for the dangerous goods available to the occupier; and

(b) the chemical and physical properties of the dangerous goods, including physical state, viscosity, vapour pressure, chemical energy, particle size, solubility, electrical conductivity, reactivity, combustion products and concentration; and

(c) any manufacturing and transport processes at the premises involving the dangerous goods, including—

(i) physical processes such as separation, mixing, absorption and changes of state; and

(ii) processes involving chemical reaction; and

(d) the temperatures and pressures to which the dangerous goods are subjected during the processes referred to in paragraph (c); and

(e) the structures, plant (including the characteristics of the materials used in the plant), systems of work and practices that are used in the storage and handling of the dangerous goods at the premises; and

(f) the physical location and arrangement of areas, structures and plant used for the storage and handling of the dangerous goods at the premises; and

(g) the structures, plant (including the characteristics of the materials used in the plant), systems of work and practices that are not used to store or handle the dangerous goods at the premises but that could interact with the dangerous goods at the premises; and

(h) the chemical and physical reactions between the dangerous goods and other substances and articles with which the dangerous goods may come into contact at the premises; and

(i) the type and characteristics of incidents associated with the dangerous goods, including incidents affecting the structures or plant used to store or handle the dangerous goods.

Division 3—General duty to control risk