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Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floors
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 08:21
by rae
Could someone please direct me to the Australian standard regarding the requirements for floor coverings on Lab floors?
We have a lab that has timber parquetry on the floor. Most of the finish( varnish) has worn away so it is virtually bare timber. We are having a "discussion" with the business manager regarding recovering with nonslip vinyl. The flooring man whom quoted on the floor said the timber obviously does not meet Asutralian standards for Labs, I need information to backup our point of view as the business manager does not believe the floor has a problem!!
Lorrae
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 09:15
by DavidPeterson
You could try:
AS/NZS 2243.1:2005
Safety in laboratories - Planning and operational aspects
or
AS 2243:2006 Safety in Laboratories
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 10:09
by rae
Ok I will try these. Now does anyone have a copy of said standards. Do you actually need to buy them or is there a website that I can access?
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 10:41
by DavidPeterson
I don't have copy, just found the info online when I saw your post. Best I could see is that you need to buy them (and they aren't cheap).
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 11:12
by JudyM
Last time I looked at buying Standards they were hundreds of dollars each. :O
Perhaps you could contact Workcover I'm sure they would have some information that would be useful.
I can't believe I've just posted 3 times in about 3 minutes. Someone please tell me to shut up!!
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 11:18
by rae
I've managed to find the relevant standards and they are abot $130 each!!
I found this useful document though which I thought was very interesting.
http://www.ltav.org.au/labcon2003_OHS_L ... n_2002.pdf
Thanks Lorrae
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 11:29
by RosalieM
Haha JudyM! No one will tell you to shut up!! Keep it up!
Re: Urgent help Required- Australian Standards for lab floor
Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 08:41
by DavidPeterson
I definitely found this interesting, especially the section on Classroom Configurations (pp26-30).
I have 6 labs, 5 of which are arranged as on p 28 and 1 arranged ass on p 29.
My issue is that we don't meet AS2982.1.2.7.9 (c) requiring 1350mm between each workbench AND 1000mm between writing desks and work benches - we are only 1200mm between workbenches and from desks to workbench less 800mm.
What configurations do others have? Do they meet the standards? Is this a legislated mandatory standard or voluntary?
I'd love to be able to shut the labs down and get them rebuilt so that they meet the standard!