Hazardous substances upgrade

The Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) was first released by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission in January 2005. It has now been upgraded to fit the look and feel of the ASCC website and to be compliant with IT requirements within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Although the basic structure and operation of the HSIS will be very similar to the first version, the ASCC has announced a number of new features and improvements that have been introduced. New features include:

• Simplified search screens that can be expanded to an "Advanced Search' screen when required.
• Ability to enter CAS numbers with or without dashes.
• Improved searching where chemical names have a prefix.
• Ability to search for records that were amended within a specified date range.
• A guide to abbreviations and notes used within a particular column of results can be accessed by clicking on the column heading.
• Access to pdf documents that contain all of the hazardous substance records in the database. The consolidated lists will be updated each time there is a change to the records in the searchable database.
• Ability to specify the number of search results displayed on the screen.
• Ability to print search results in pdf format.

The new version is supported by a revised User Instruction Manual and updated guidance material. A dedicated email box for providing feedback on HSIS is available at feedback.HSIS@dewr.gov.au.