Safe Work Australia imposes new requirements

Archives for February 2016

Safe Work Australia has issued new Guidelines governing safe unpacking procedures for imported shipping containers. This follows a detailed evaluation of the risks of toxic gases in containers – from fumigation and other sources – in Australia. This study showed that a significant percentage of imported containers contained unsafe levels of toxic gas, similar to …[Read more…]

Nordiko has been educating those working in the container industry of the risk of toxic gases in the imported containers for many years. This incident in south Australia shows how real the problem, This could have been prevented by using appropriate gas detection and ventilation equipment: “Source: The Advertiser Adelaide date: 16 Feb 2016″ ” …[Read more…]