Gas Leak Response Safe Work Procedure Template
Editable Word gas leak response safe work procedure for Queensland: recognising a leak, ignition sources, evacuation, emergency calls, notifying the regulator and re-entry.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits any Queensland workplace with LPG cylinders, gas appliances or gas pipework. It sets out what to do in the first minutes and who must be told, and it notes both notification laws that may apply.
What Is Included In Our Gas Leak Response Safe Work Procedure?
- Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
- Plain definitions of hazardous atmosphere, LEL and ignition source
- Recognising a leak and why smell alone is not enough
- Removing ignition sources
- Evacuation, muster and keeping people out
- Closing a cylinder valve only when safe and trained
- Calling Triple Zero (000) and the gas supplier
- Notifiable incidents and the gas law notification, with the overlap explained
- Licensed gas work and re-entry
- Records, training and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 35, 37 and 38 (notifiable incidents), s 39 (preserving the site)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 39 (training), s 43 (emergency plans), ss 51 and 52 (hazardous atmospheres and ignition sources), s 53 (flammable stock), ss 355, 359 and 360 (hazardous chemicals: fire and explosion, fire protection)
- Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld): s 706 (prescribed incidents), s 726 (gas work licence)
- Petroleum and Gas (Safety) Regulation 2018 (Qld): ss 8 and 10 (dangerous incident, prescribed incidents)
- Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace Code of Practice 2021 (Qld): gas cylinders
- It is unsettled whether the WHS Act or the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 notification applies to a gas leak, or both. This document tells you to consider both
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (5 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
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.
How to use it
From download to site in three steps
Buy and download
Check out with card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download buttons appear straight away and the links are emailed to you.
Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word (registers are Excel). Edit it in Word or Excel, or free in Word and Excel for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
Your download buttons appear as soon as checkout finishes, and the links are emailed to you. You can re-download from your account at any time.
Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
If it doesn't match its description or has a fault, we'll fix it, and if we can't, we'll refund you (or give you store credit if you'd prefer). Check the sample pages first, as we don't refund a change of mind.
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