AS/NZS 2843.2:2000

1 - AS/NZS 2843.2:2000 TIMBER PRESERVATION PLANT SAFETY CODE - PLANT OPERATION
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - FOREWORD
8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
8 - 1.1 SCOPE
8 - 1.2 APPLICATION
8 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.4 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.5 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
8 - 1.6 IDENTIFICATION OF TIMBER-PRESERVATIVE CONTAINERS
9 - 1.7 APPROVAL BY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
10 - SECTION 2 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
10 - 2.1 EMERGENCY PLANNING
10 - 2.2 RESPONSE DEVELOPMENT
10 - 2.3 SITE DIAGRAMS
10 - 2.4 STAFFING
11 - 2.5 LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES
11 - 2.6 MARKING OF STORAGE VESSELS
11 - 2.7 ACCESS POINTS
11 - 2.8 SIGNS
12 - SECTION 3 MANAGING PRESERVATIVE SPILLS
12 - 3.1 GENERAL
12 - 3.2 WARNING OF SPILLS
12 - 3. 3 CONTAINMENT OF SPILLS
12 - 3.4 RE-DRUMMING OF SPILLS
12 - 3. 5 CLEANING OF SPILLED AREA
12 - 3.6 DECONTAMINATION OF VEHICLES AND CONTAINERS
12 - 3.7 DECONTAMINATION OF WORKERS’ CLOTHES
12 - 3.8 MARKING OF CONTAMINATED CONTAINERS
12 - 3.9 FIRE PRECAUTIONS
13 - SECTION 4 WORKER OPERATIONAL SAFETY
13 - 4.1 GENERAL
13 - 4.2 ACCESS TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS
13 - 4.3 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
13 - SECTION 5 ACCESS TO AND USE OF FACILITIES
13 - 5.1 GENERAL
13 - 5.2 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
14 - SECTION 6 EQUIPMENT OPERATION
14 - 6.1 GENERAL
14 - 6.2 PRESSURE VESSELS
14 - 6.3 VACUUM PUMPS
14 - 6.4 NOISE
14 - 6.5 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT
14 - 6.5.1 Fire extinguishers
14 - 6.5.2 Fixed installations
14 - 6.6 ENTRY OF TANKS AND TREATMENT VESSELS
15 - 6.7 SAFETY SHUT- DOWN SYSTEM
16 - SECTION 7 WASTE DISPOSAL
16 - 7.1 GENERAL
16 - 7.2 COPPER CHROME ARSENIC (CCA)
16 - 7.2.1 Personal protective equipment
16 - 7.2.2 Spills
16 - 7.2.3 Sludge
18 - 7.3 CREOSOTE
18 - 7.3.1 Personal protective equipment
18 - 7.3.2 Spills
18 - 7.4 BORON COMPOUNDS
18 - 7.4.1 Personal protective equipment
18 - 7.4.2 Spills outside the treatment plant site
18 - 7.5 LIGHT ORGANIC SOLVENT-BORNE PRESERVATIVES (LOSPs)
18 - 7.5.1 Personal protective equipment
18 - 7.5.2 Spills - Solutions
19 - 7.6 OTHER PRESERVATIVES
19 - 7.6.1 Personal protective equipment
19 - 7.6.2 Spills outside the treatment plant site
19 - 7.7 TREATED WOOD, SAWDUST AND SHAVINGS
19 - 7.8 USED CONTAINERS
19 - 7.8.1 Emptying and cleaning
19 - 7.8.2 Recycling
19 - 7.8.3 Container prohibitions
20 - APPENDIX A - LISTS OF REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
26 - APPENDIX B - REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
27 - APPENDIX C - OPERATIONAL CHECK LIST

Sets out requirements for the operation of timber preservation plants, in order to reduce environmental and occupational hazards.It incorporates information on and the contents of The Australian environmental guidelines for copper chrome arsenate timber preservation plants, which was prepared by Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) and The Timber Preservers Association of Australia (TPAA). Appendices provide lists of some regulatory authorities currently involved in some aspects of timber preservation and an example of operational check list.

This Standard specifies requirements for the operation of timber preservation plants (hereinafter referred to as plant(s)). It deals in general terms with these aspects in a manner intended to reduce the occupational health risk to plant operators and to lower the potential for environmental pollution.

First published as AS 2843.1-2000.
Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 2843.2:2000.