Workshop Carbon Monoxide and Exhaust Extraction Safe Work Procedure

Suits automotive workshops, farm sheds, depots, warehouses and anyone who runs engines or LPG forklifts indoors. It sets out extraction and ventilation first, then what to do when an alarm sounds or someone feels unwell.

What Is Included In Our Workshop Carbon Monoxide and Exhaust Extraction Safe Work Procedure?

• Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
• Why carbon monoxide gives no warning, and the Regulation s 49 and s 50 duties
• Engines outdoors first, then tailpipe extraction and ventilation
• Carbon monoxide alarms as one control, with maker’s testing
• When air monitoring is needed, and 30 year result records
• Pits and tanks: when they are confined spaces
• What to do if an alarm sounds or someone feels unwell
• Notifiable incident test and workers’ compensation report
• Records, training and review

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 26A (approved codes of practice), s 28 (duties of workers), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents, including s 36(a), s 37(c), s 38 and s 39), ss 47 and 49 (consultation)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 34 to 38 (risk management), s 39 (information, training and instruction), s 43 (emergency plan), ss 49 and 50 (exposure standards and air monitoring), ss 51 to 53 (hazardous atmospheres, ignition sources, flammable substances), Part 4.3 from s 62 (confined spaces), schedule 19 (the definitions of confined space and exposure standard)
• Workplace Exposure Standard for Airborne Contaminants (Safe Work Australia): the Regulation relies on it for exposure standards. It is named only and not reproduced, so check the current standard for carbon monoxide at its source
• Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): ss 141 to 144 (fuel gas cylinders carried in enclosed vehicles), named for scope only
• Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): s 133 (employer’s duty to report an injury)
• Welding Processes Code of Practice 2021 (Qld): sections 3.1 and 4.1 and appendix B. Confined Spaces Code of Practice 2021 (Qld): sections 3.2 and 3.3. Excavation Work Code of Practice 2021 (Qld): section 4.6. Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021 (Qld): appendix J. All are approved codes of practice, and a business must follow an approved code or manage the risk in a way that gives an equivalent or higher standard (WHS Act s 26A)
• No Queensland code of practice is written for vehicle workshop exhaust, so the codes above are used for what they say about similar hazards
• This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (7 pages), A4 portrait
• Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
• Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
• A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
• Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history

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