400Laundering, disposal and removal of personal protective equipment

400 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.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $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.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.

| Note | | Regulation 335 also requires the container to be labelled to indicate the presence of lead. |

(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 –