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AS/NZS 2843.2:2006
[Current]Specifies requirements for the operation of timber preservation equipment used in the treatment area. Deals in general terms with these aspects in a manner intended to prevent and mitigate the health risk to treatment area personnel and minimize environmental contamination from timber preservation plant sites.
Published: 07/07/2006
Pages: 27
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Transport and storage
1.6 Identification of timber-preservative containers
1.7 Approval by regulatory authorities
2 Emergency procedures
2.1 Emergency planning
2.2 Response development
2.3 Site diagrams
2.4 Staffing
2.5 Local emergency services
2.6 Marking of storage vessels
2.7 Access points
2.8 Signs
3 Spills management
3.1 General
3.2 Warning of spills
3.3 Containment of spills
3.4 Re-drumming of spills
3.5 Cleaning of contaminated area
3.6 Decontamination of vehicles and containers
3.7 Decontamination of workers’ clothing
3.8 Marking of contaminated containers
3.9 Fire precautions
4 Worker operational safety
4.1 General
4.2 Access by unauthorized persons
4.3 Personal protective equipment
5 Access to and use of facilities
5.1 General
5.2 Protective clothing
6 Equipment operation
6.1 General
6.2 Pressure vessels
6.3 Vacuum pumps
6.4 Noise
6.5 Firefighting equipment
6.5.1 Fire extinguishers
6.5.2 Fixed installations
6.6 Entry of tanks and treatment vessels
6.7 Safety shut-down system
7 Waste management
7.1 General
7.2 Copper Chromium Arsenic (CCA)
7.2.1 Personal protective equipment
7.2.2 Spills
7.2.3 Sludge
7.2.3.1 General
7.2.3.2 Treatment of chemical sludges
7.2.3.3 Treatment of contaminated material
7.2.3.4 Other sludge
7.2.3.5 Sludge storage
7.3 Creosote
7.3.1 Personal protective equipment
7.3.2 Spills
7.3.3 Odour management
7.4 Boron compounds
7.4.1 Personal protective equipment
7.4.2 Spills outside the treatment area
7.4.2.1 Solutions
7.4.2.2 Solids
7.5 Light organic solvent-borne preservatives (LOSPs)
7.5.1 Personal protective equipment
7.5.2 Spills—Solutions
7.6 Other preservatives
7.6.1 Personal protective equipment
7.6.2 Spills outside the treatment area
7.6.2.1 Solutions
7.6.2.2 Solids
7.7 Treated wood, sawdust and shavings
7.8 Used containers
7.8.1 Emptying and cleaning
7.8.2 Recycling
7.8.3 Container prohibitions
8 Environmental management monitoring
8.1 Stormwater management
8.1.1 External water
8.1.2 Treated-timber storage area water
8.1.3 Treatment area water
8.1.4 Drainage areas
8.2 Odour and noise management
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Cited references in this standard
AS 1678
Emergency procedure guide—Transport (all Parts)
[Current]
Timber preservation plants, Part 1: Timber preservation plant site design